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Run, monitor, resume, merge, and debug Ralph loops. An agent skill from mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.
Install Ralph Loop
$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill ralph-loop -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator ralph-loop --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/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ralph-loop .claude/skills/ralph-loop && 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 "ralph-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/skills/ralph-loop into .claude/skills/ralph-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ralph-loop", 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/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/skills/ralph-loopType 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 mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill ralph-loop -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator ralph-loop --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ralph-loop .agents/skills/ralph-loop && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ralph-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/skills/ralph-loop into .agents/skills/ralph-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ralph-loop", 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 mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill ralph-loop -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator ralph-loop --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ralph-loop .cursor/skills/ralph-loop && 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 "ralph-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/skills/ralph-loop into .cursor/skills/ralph-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ralph-loop", 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/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git --path skills/ralph-loop--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 mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill ralph-loop -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator ralph-loop --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ralph-loop .gemini/skills/ralph-loop && 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 "ralph-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/skills/ralph-loop into .gemini/skills/ralph-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ralph-loop", 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 mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator ralph-loopInstalls 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 mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill ralph-loop -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ralph-loop .github/skills/ralph-loop && 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 "ralph-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/skills/ralph-loop into .github/skills/ralph-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ralph-loop", 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 mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill ralph-loop -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator ralph-loop --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ralph-loop .opencode/skills/ralph-loop && 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 "ralph-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/skills/ralph-loop into .opencode/skills/ralph-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ralph-loop", 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
ralph-loop- GitHub stars
- 3.2k
- Token cost
- ~480 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 239 words
- Files
- 4 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 16
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Run, monitor, resume, merge, and debug Ralph loops. An agent skill from mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.
- Works in 6 steps: Start with ralph loops list or ralph… → If the user wants execution, run ralph… → If the loop is stuck or suspicious,… → …
- The user asks to operate ralph run
- SKILL.md covers Use This Skill For, Workflow, Guardrails and Read These References When…
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Ralph Loop is an agent skill from mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator. Run, monitor, resume, merge, and debug Ralph loops. Use this skill whenever the user asks to operate ralph run or ralph loops, inspect loop state, recover suspended loops, analyze diagnostics, or unblock merge queue issues.
Its SKILL.md is about 480 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/commands.md` and `references/diagnostics.md`).
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Autonomous loops. The repository describes itself as: An improved implementation of the Ralph Wiggum technique for autonomous AI agent orchestration. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user asks to operate ralph run
- Inspect loop state
- Recover suspended loops
- Analyze diagnostics
Example prompts
- “/ralph-loop”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Start with ralph loops list or ralph loops list --json to establish the
- If the user wants execution, run ralph run ... with the right core config
- If the loop is stuck or suspicious, inspect logs, history, and diff
- If the loop is suspended, read .ralph/suspend-state.json and use
- If a loop is queued or in needs-review, inspect the diff first, then use
- Use diagnostics when you need detailed evidence about hats, events, tool
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit edc2b32. 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
Ralph Loop loads about 480 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 239 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 mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator at commit edc2b32, republished under its MIT licence (© mikeyobrien). 239 words, ~480 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ralph-loop/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- ralph-loop
- description
- Run, monitor, resume, merge, and debug Ralph loops. Use this skill whenever the user asks to operate `ralph run` or `ralph loops`, inspect loop state, recover suspended loops, analyze diagnostics, or unblock merge queue issues.
Ralph Loop
Use this skill to operate Ralph loops from the outside.
Use This Skill For
- Starting or continuing a Ralph run with the right
-cand-Hinputs - Inspecting loop state, worktrees, logs, history, and diffs
- Resuming a hook-suspended loop
- Merging or discarding completed worktree loops
- Debugging unexpected loop behavior with current diagnostics files
Workflow
- Start with
ralph loops listorralph loops list --jsonto establish the current state. - If the user wants execution, run
ralph run ...with the right core config and hats source. - If the loop is stuck or suspicious, inspect
logs,history, anddiffbefore changing state. - If the loop is suspended, read
.ralph/suspend-state.jsonand useralph loops resume <id>. - If a loop is queued or in
needs-review, inspect the diff first, then usemerge,process,retry, ordiscardas appropriate. - Use diagnostics when you need detailed evidence about hats, events, tool calls, parse errors, or performance.
Guardrails
- Prefer the CLI over direct edits to
.ralphstate files. - Treat tasks and memories as the canonical runtime systems; do not center scratchpad as the primary state model.
- Inspect diffs before merging.
- Only remove lock or queue artifacts when the underlying process is confirmed dead.
- Manual edits under
.ralph/are last-resort recovery steps and should be called out explicitly when used.
Read These References When Needed
- For command recipes and operator flows:
references/commands.md - For diagnostics files and suspend-state details:
references/diagnostics.md
© mikeyobrien, MIT. 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 3 other files (references) in skills/ralph-loop of mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.
- SKILL.md
- agents/openai.yaml
- references/commands.md
- references/diagnostics.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit edc2b32
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Loop this skillmikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator | 3.2k | — | ~480 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Show Me Your Work Decision Logcursor/plugins | 10k | 9 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Autoresearch Iteration Loopuditgoenka/autoresearch | 6.5k | 1 repos | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| AutopilotYeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode | 40k | 1 repos | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Install Loop Engineeringcobusgreyling/loop-engineering | 11k | 1 repos | ~648 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| LoopyForward-Future/loopy | 3.2k | — | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Ralph Loop
What does Ralph Loop do?
Run, monitor, resume, merge, and debug Ralph loops. An agent skill from mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator. Ralph Loop is an agent skill from mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator. Run, monitor, resume, merge, and debug Ralph loops.
When should I use Ralph Loop?
Ralph Loop fits situations like: the user asks to operate ralph run; inspect loop state; recover suspended loops; analyze diagnostics.
How do I install Ralph Loop in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill ralph-loop -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ralph-loop in mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator) 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 mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill ralph-loop -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ralph-loop in mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator) 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 mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --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?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ralph Loop is instructions for the agent only.
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. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Ralph Loop use?
Ralph Loop 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 Ralph Loop use?
About 480 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 796 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
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), Autopilot (Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode, 40k stars) and Install Loop Engineering (cobusgreyling/loop-engineering, 11k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Ralph Loop?
mikeyobrien (a GitHub user) maintains it in mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator, which has 3,166 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.