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loop-engineering: AI Coding

Name: loop-engineering: AI Coding
Author: cobusgreyling

Get practical patterns and CLI tools for loop engineering with AI coding agents, ideal for founders in automation and devops.

10,946 stars1,488 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 8/10Updated 9/4/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Loop-engineering provides practical patterns and CLI tools for designing systems that prompt and orchestrate AI coding agents, ideal for automation and devops founders.

When to use it

•You need to automate repetitive development tasks using AI coding agents.
•You want to design a system that can prompt and orchestrate AI agents to improve efficiency.
•You're looking for a tool to help you audit, initialize, and calculate the cost of loop engineering with AI coding agents.

Ready-to-paste prompt

Run `loop-audit --help` to see the available options for auditing your loop engineering setup.

Heads up: Make sure you have Node.js and Git installed on your system before attempting to clone and run the loop-engineering repository.

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/loop-engineering && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/loop-engineering/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/loop-engineering/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How loop-engineering: AI Coding works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Loop-engineering: AI Coding is a medium TypeScript project (~10k lines across 59 code files, plus 26 test files). You install it into your AI tool with one command; there is nothing to run yourself. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Medium codebase

~10k lines · 59 code files · ~1 h to skim

Setup

Install as a skill / plugin

Add it to Claude Code (or your AI tool) with one command — 41 skills inside. Nothing to run yourself.

Runs on

Inside your AI tool

Helper scripts use Node.js

TypeScript 56%JavaScript 38%Shell 4%Python 2%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
AGENTS.md
The instructions the AI actually follows
3
skills/budget-negotiator/SKILL.md
Inside skills/ — an example of what the AI is told to do
4
examples/README.md
A worked example — copy this to get going

What's in each folder

skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions7 files

starters/Templates112 files

examples/Examples you can copy83 files

docs/Documentation34 files

templates/Templates24 files

tools/Helper scripts130 files

scripts/Helper scripts77 files

stories/Folder22 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksExamples includedMIT licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/loop-engineering && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/loop-engineering/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/loop-engineering/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

cobusgreyling

Language

TypeScript