# Design loop engineering workflows for coding agents

> Use Loop Engineering to scaffold, audit, and operate repeatable coding-agent loops with explicit state, budget, readiness, and tool-specific patterns.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/design-loop-engineering-workflows-for-coding-agents` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/design-loop-engineering-workflows-for-coding-agents`
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- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
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- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/design-loop-engineering-workflows-for-coding-agents

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# Design loop engineering workflows for coding agents

Use Loop Engineering to scaffold, audit, and operate repeatable coding-agent loops with explicit state, budget, readiness, and tool-specific patterns.

## Prerequisites

Node.js/npm for loop-init, loop-audit, loop-cost, loop-sync, loop-context, loop-worktree, and optional loop-mcp-server; an installed coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Grok, or Cursor.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npx @cobusgreyling/loop-init .
- npx @cobusgreyling/loop-init . --pattern daily-triage --tool grok
- npx @cobusgreyling/loop-cost --pattern daily-triage --level L1
- npx @cobusgreyling/loop-audit . --suggest

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- cd tools/loop-init && npm ci && npm test && node dist/cli.js /path/to/project --pattern daily-triage --tool grok
- cd tools/loop-audit && npm ci && npm test && node dist/cli.js /path/to/project --suggest

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Getting Started (5 minutes)](#getting-started-5-minutes)
- | [Pattern Picker](docs/pattern-picker.md) | Which loop to run first — **start here if unsure** |
- | [Starters](starters/) | Clone-and-run kits (Grok, Claude Code, Codex, Opencode) |

- Source: https://github.com/cobusgreyling/loop-engineering
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cobusgreyling/loop-engineering/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://cobusgreyling.github.io/loop-engineering/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/design-loop-engineering-workflows-for-coding-agents/)