Codex-compatible Ralph loop runner with dual engines (compat local state loop + optional open-ralph-wiggum backend).

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Ralph Loop

skills CLI
$ npx skills add foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill ralph-loop -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills ralph-loop --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/bundled/skills/ralph-loop .claude/skills/ralph-loop && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
ralph-loop
GitHub stars
3.6k
Token cost
~503 tokens
SKILL.md length
125 words
Files
2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
81
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Codex-compatible Ralph loop runner with dual engines (compat local state loop + optional open-ralph-wiggum backend).

  • Tasks that involve Autonomous loops
  • SKILL.md covers Engine model, Script, Usage and Vibe compatibility, plus 1 more section
  • Runs PowerShell scripts from its folder

What it does

Ralph Loop is an agent skill from foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills. Codex-compatible Ralph loop runner with dual engines (compat local state loop + optional open-ralph-wiggum backend).

Its SKILL.md is about 500 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Autonomous loops. The repository describes itself as: Intelligent Skill routing and workflow orchestration for AI agents — +21.12 pp reward, −29.6% tokens on SkillsBench with DeepSeekV4Flash-VE. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Autonomous loops

Example prompts

  • “/ralph-loop”

Requirements

  • PowerShell

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ddcaa2a. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (PowerShell), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Ralph Loop loads about 503 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 125 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~32
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~503

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills at commit ddcaa2a, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© foryourhealth111-pixel). 125 words, ~503 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ralph-loop/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
ralph-loop
description
Codex-compatible Ralph loop runner with dual engines (compat local state loop + optional open-ralph-wiggum backend).

ralph-loop

This is a Codex-oriented ralph-loop command with two execution engines.

Engine model

  • Keeps the same command name: ralph-loop.
  • Keeps the same default state file format: .claude/ralph-loop.local.md.
  • Default compat engine keeps local-state semantics and manual --next.
  • Optional open engine delegates to external open-ralph-wiggum CLI for auto-iteration.

Script

  • Script path: scripts/ralph-loop.ps1

Usage

powershell
$codexHome = if ($env:CODEX_HOME) { $env:CODEX_HOME } else { Join-Path $HOME '.codex' }
$script = Join-Path $codexHome 'skills/ralph-loop/scripts/ralph-loop.ps1'

# Start a local compat loop
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $script Build a todo API --max-iterations 20 --completion-promise DONE

# Move to the next iteration manually
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $script --next

# Show current loop state
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $script --status

# Force restart with a new prompt
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $script New prompt --max-iterations 10 --force

# Use open-ralph-wiggum backend (auto loop, defaults to --agent codex and --no-commit)
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $script --engine open Build a todo API --max-iterations 20 --completion-promise DONE

Vibe compatibility

  • Safe in /vibe routed sessions as a direct execution tool.
  • Does not force multi-agent orchestration.
  • Keeps command names stable for unified memory and invocation.
  • open engine remains mutually exclusive with active XL team orchestration.

Notes

  • Compat mode: if max_iterations is reached, the local state file is removed automatically.
  • Compat mode: completion promises are tracked in local state.
  • Open mode: --next, --force, --state-file, --stop are not available (managed by external ralph CLI semantics).

© foryourhealth111-pixel, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in bundled/skills/ralph-loop of foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/ralph-loop.ps1

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ddcaa2a

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Questions about Ralph Loop

What does Ralph Loop do?

Codex-compatible Ralph loop runner with dual engines (compat local state loop + optional open-ralph-wiggum backend). Ralph Loop is an agent skill from foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills. Codex-compatible Ralph loop runner with dual engines (compat local state loop + optional open-ralph-wiggum backend).

When should I use Ralph Loop?

Ralph Loop fits situations like: tasks that involve Autonomous loops.

How do I install Ralph Loop in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill ralph-loop -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (bundled/skills/ralph-loop in foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills) into .claude/skills/ralph-loop in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ralph Loop in Codex?

Run `npx skills add foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill ralph-loop -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (bundled/skills/ralph-loop in foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills) into .agents/skills/ralph-loop in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ralph Loop 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 foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill ralph-loop -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ralph-loop, .gemini/skills/ralph-loop, .github/skills/ralph-loop and .opencode/skills/ralph-loop in your project.

What does Ralph Loop need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Ralph Loop needs PowerShell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: PowerShell.

Does Ralph Loop access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Ralph Loop 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Ralph Loop use?

Ralph Loop is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ralph Loop use?

About 503 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Ralph Loop?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ralph Loop: Show Me Your Work Decision Log (cursor/plugins, 10k stars), Autoresearch Iteration Loop (uditgoenka/autoresearch, 6.5k stars), Install Loop Engineering (cobusgreyling/loop-engineering, 11k stars) and Loopy (Forward-Future/loopy, 3.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ralph Loop?

foryourhealth111-pixel (a GitHub user) maintains it in foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills, which has 3,612 GitHub stars. The repository holds 81 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 31, 2026.

Source: foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.