Autonomous Loops
affaan-m/ECC
Patterns and architectures for autonomous Claude Code loops — from simple sequential pipelines to RFC-driven multi-agent DAG systems.
Execute a roadmap autonomously to completion — the layer above start-task.
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Install Ab Start Roadmap
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-roadmap -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-roadmap --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap .claude/skills/ab-start-roadmap && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "ab-start-roadmap" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap into .claude/skills/ab-start-roadmap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-roadmap", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmapType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-roadmap -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-roadmap --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap .agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ab-start-roadmap" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap into .agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-roadmap", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-roadmap -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-roadmap --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap .cursor/skills/ab-start-roadmap && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "ab-start-roadmap" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap into .cursor/skills/ab-start-roadmap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-roadmap", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git --path .agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-roadmap -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-roadmap --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap .gemini/skills/ab-start-roadmap && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ab-start-roadmap" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap into .gemini/skills/ab-start-roadmap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-roadmap", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-roadmapInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-roadmap -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap .github/skills/ab-start-roadmap && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ab-start-roadmap" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap into .github/skills/ab-start-roadmap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-roadmap", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-roadmap -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-roadmap --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap .opencode/skills/ab-start-roadmap && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ab-start-roadmap" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap into .opencode/skills/ab-start-roadmap/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-roadmap", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
ab-start-roadmap- GitHub stars
- 192
- Token cost
- ~781 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 386 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 26
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Execute a roadmap autonomously to completion — the layer above start-task.
- Works in 2 steps: The project root (the current working… → Only if the project has no such file (AB…
- A roadmaps tasks are planned and you want them run in dependency order
- Calls npx
- With independent tasks optionally in parallel
What it does
Ab Start Roadmap is an agent skill from ayoubben18/ab-method. Execute a roadmap autonomously to completion — the layer above start-task. Use when a roadmap's tasks are planned and you want them run in dependency order, with independent tasks optionally in parallel. Verifies the dependency tree is planned before running; stops if a needed task has no plan. Executor only.
Its SKILL.md is about 780 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: A workflow system for Claude Code and Codex. It grills a problem into a domain-grounded plan, then either drives it through test-driven missions you review one at a time, or… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- A roadmaps tasks are planned and you want them run in dependency order
- With independent tasks optionally in parallel
Example prompts
- “/ab-start-roadmap”
Requirements
- Node.js
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- The project root (the current working directory) first. If /.ab-method/... exists, use it. A project's own .ab-method/structure/index.yaml…
- Only if the project has no such file (AB Method installed as a plugin rather than with npx ab-method), read the bundled copy…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 85946e3. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
npx
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Ab Start Roadmap loads about 781 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 386 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from ayoubben18/ab-method at commit 85946e3, republished under its MIT licence (© ayoubben18). 386 words, ~781 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ab-start-roadmap/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- ab-start-roadmap
- description
- Execute a roadmap autonomously to completion — the layer above start-task. Use when a roadmap's tasks are planned and you want them run in dependency order, with independent tasks optionally in parallel. Verifies the dependency tree is planned before running; stops if a needed task has no plan. Executor only.
This skill runs the AB Method start-roadmap workflow.
Follow the workflow defined in .ab-method/core/start-roadmap.md exactly — it contains the dependency-tree verification gate, the parallelism-mode prompt, the topological execution loop, and the failure/resume rules.
Before doing anything, check .ab-method/structure/index.yaml. It defines where roadmaps and tasks are stored and how they reference each other. Paths are user-configurable; never hardcode them.
Locating .ab-method/. Every .ab-method/... path — here and inside the workflow files — is resolved in this order:
- The project root (the current working directory) first. If
<project>/.ab-method/...exists, use it. A project's own.ab-method/structure/index.yamlis how it customises its paths, so it always wins — check for it even when the bundled copy is right there. - Only if the project has no such file (AB Method installed as a plugin rather than with
npx ab-method), read the bundled copy:../../../.ab-method/relative to thisSKILL.md.
The bundled copy is read-only reference material. Every path the index or a workflow names (docs/..., CONTEXT.md, UBIQUITOUS_LANGUAGE.md, ...) is relative to the project root — never to the folder the bundled files live in. Never write inside that folder.
Key points: build the DAG from roadmap.md; verify the whole dependency tree before executing — a task is runnable only if it has a real plan (progress-tracker.md with missions) and its deps are done; if a needed dependency is unplanned, STOP and tell the user to plan it first with ab-create-task. No "Proceed?" prompt — it starts on invocation. Parallelism comes from the invocation: sequential by default (safe, portable), git worktrees only when explicitly asked. Each task runs by ab-start-task rules (subagent per mission, tdd, commit per green mission). On Codex the parent orchestrates flat — one subagent level, no agent-in-agent — because Codex's spawn_agent is one level deep and cannot nest (NESTING_UNAVAILABLE); never design a task as a subagent that spawns mission-subagents here. (Claude Code, which can nest, defaults to the nested task-subagent → mission-subagent shape for context isolation — that's the Claude path, not this one.) Update roadmap.md statuses as tasks complete; re-runs resume from the frontier. Re-runnable / incremental: a task NEEDS WORK whenever its progress-tracker.md has any unchecked mission, regardless of its status: field — so after a completed roadmap, ab-extend-task can add missions (reopening those tasks), and re-running executes only the tasks with new work, in dependency order, skipping finished ones. Never define or reshape tasks — this is executor only.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap of ayoubben18/ab-method.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 85946e3
Compare with similar skills
Ab Start Roadmap next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ab Start Roadmap this skillayoubben18/ab-method | 192 | — | ~781 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Autonomous Loopsaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 4 repos | ~5.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Roadmap Communicatoralirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | 1 repos | ~648 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Executealirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | — | ~831 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Autonomous Agentsdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | 2 repos | ~553 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Autonomous Agent Harnessaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 2 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Ab Start Roadmap
What does Ab Start Roadmap do?
Execute a roadmap autonomously to completion — the layer above start-task. Ab Start Roadmap is an agent skill from ayoubben18/ab-method. Execute a roadmap autonomously to completion — the layer above start-task.
When should I use Ab Start Roadmap?
Ab Start Roadmap fits situations like: A roadmaps tasks are planned and you want them run in dependency order; with independent tasks optionally in parallel.
How do I install Ab Start Roadmap in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-roadmap -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap in ayoubben18/ab-method) into .claude/skills/ab-start-roadmap in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Ab Start Roadmap in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-roadmap -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap in ayoubben18/ab-method) into .agents/skills/ab-start-roadmap in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Ab Start Roadmap in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-roadmap -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ab-start-roadmap, .gemini/skills/ab-start-roadmap, .github/skills/ab-start-roadmap and .opencode/skills/ab-start-roadmap in your project.
What does Ab Start Roadmap need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Ab Start Roadmap needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.
Does Ab Start Roadmap access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Ab Start Roadmap safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Ab Start Roadmap use?
Ab Start Roadmap is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Ab Start Roadmap use?
About 781 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Ab Start Roadmap?
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Who maintains Ab Start Roadmap?
ayoubben18 (a GitHub user) maintains it in ayoubben18/ab-method, which has 192 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.
Source: ayoubben18/ab-method on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.