Create and manage simple heartbeat automations attached to the current Codex thread.

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Install Loop

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill loop -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template 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/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/loop .claude/skills/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
loop
GitHub stars
562
Token cost
~796 tokens
SKILL.md length
437 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Create and manage simple heartbeat automations attached to the current Codex thread.

  • Works in 7 steps: Infer the task from the request and… → Decide whether a heartbeat is useful.… → Use the requested cadence when sensible.… → …
  • Jason invokes $loop
  • SKILL.md covers Set Up The Loop and Use Judgment
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Loop is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template. Create and manage simple heartbeat automations attached to the current Codex thread. Use when Jason invokes $loop or asks this thread to keep going, check again, follow up, retry, monitor, or resume on a recurring cadence.

Its SKILL.md is about 800 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

When your agent uses it

  • Jason invokes $loop
  • Asks this thread to keep going
  • Resume on a recurring cadence

Example prompts

  • “/loop”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Infer the task from the request and current thread. Infer the stop condition when one is clear.
  2. Decide whether a heartbeat is useful. Use one when the work benefits from returning to this thread after time passes or external state may…
  3. Use the requested cadence when sensible. Otherwise choose a cadence from the task's expected feedback latency, urgency, cost, and risk of…
  4. Choose a short verb-led name and a self-contained task prompt. Put the work, its completion condition, and this terminal behavior in the…
  5. Call the automation tool with
  6. After creation succeeds, rename the current thread to loop: using the thread-title tool without inventing a thread ID.
  7. Return only the loop name, cadence, and what it will do.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit df86376. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Loop loads about 796 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 437 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~57
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~796

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 437 words (~796 tokens).

“Turn a plain-English request into a heartbeat on the current thread with as little ceremony as possible.”

— opening of SKILL.md by jxnl
name
loop
last_edited
2026-06-15

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .codex/skills/loop of jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit df86376

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Questions about Loop

What does Loop do?

Create and manage simple heartbeat automations attached to the current Codex thread. Loop is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template. Create and manage simple heartbeat automations attached to the current Codex thread.

When should I use Loop?

Loop fits situations like: jason invokes $loop; asks this thread to keep going; resume on a recurring cadence.

How do I install Loop in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill loop -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/loop in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template) into .claude/skills/loop in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Loop in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill loop -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/loop in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template) into .agents/skills/loop in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use 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 jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill 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/loop, .gemini/skills/loop, .github/skills/loop and .opencode/skills/loop in your project.

What does Loop need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Loop is instructions for the agent only.

Does 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 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Loop use?

No licence was found for Loop or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Loop use?

About 796 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Loop?

jxnl (a GitHub user) maintains it in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template, which has 562 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 22, 2026.

Source: jxnl/personal-monorepo-template on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.