# Feedback Loop Detection

> Tactic for identifying circular causation — detect feedback loops, classify as reinforcing or balancing, document loop structure.

- Skill: `yogsoth-ai/feedback-loop-detection` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add yogsoth-ai/feedback-loop-detection`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/yogsoth-ai/feedback-loop-detection/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: yogsoth-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/yogsoth-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/yogsoth-ai/feedback-loop-detection

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# Feedback Loop Detection

Identify circular causation in the causal graph. Most real systems have feedback loops — they must be documented explicitly.

## Available SOPs

- causal-chain-query — trace paths looking for cycles
- loop-documentation — document identified loops
- mechanism-edge-creation — create edges that close loops

## Guiding Principles

- **Loops are normal.** Don't assume acyclicity. Real causal systems almost always have feedback.
- **Classify loops.** Reinforcing (positive feedback, amplification) vs balancing (negative feedback, homeostasis).
- **Time delays matter.** A loop with a 10-year delay behaves differently from one with a 10ms delay.
- **Dominant loops.** In systems with multiple loops, identify which loop dominates behavior.
- **Break points.** Identify where interventions could break harmful loops.

## Minimum Yield

<HARD-GATE>
≥1 loop identified and classified (or explicit confirmation that no loops exist in the current subgraph) per invocation.
</HARD-GATE>

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## Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

| SOP | When to use |
| --- | --- |
| causal-chain-query | SOP for tracing causal chains — follow edges from cause to effect through intermediate variables. |
| loop-documentation | SOP for documenting a feedback loop — classify, describe dynamics, identify break points. |
| mechanism-edge-creation | SOP for creating a causal mechanism edge — documents how one variable causes changes in another. |

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