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	.mobile-lifecycle-list li {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: 24px minmax(0, 1fr);
	gap: 7px;
	min-width: 0;
	padding: 13px 8px 13px 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
	}
	.mobile-lifecycle-list li:nth-child(even) { padding-left: 10px; border-left: 1px solid var(--line); }
	.mobile-lifecycle-list span {
	color: var(--blue);
	font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
	font-size: 0.65rem;
	font-weight: 600;
	}
	.mobile-lifecycle-list strong { display: block; font-size: 0.88rem; line-height: 1.25; }
	.mobile-lifecycle-list small { display: block; margin-top: 3px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.7rem; line-height: 1.4; }
	.mobile-lifecycle-outcomes {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	}
	.mobile-lifecycle-outcomes div { min-width: 0; padding: 12px 8px 13px 0; }
	.mobile-lifecycle-outcomes div + div { padding-left: 9px; border-left: 1px solid var(--line); }
	.mobile-lifecycle-outcomes strong { display: block; color: var(--blue); font-size: 0.78rem; }
	.mobile-lifecycle-outcomes span { display: block; margin-top: 2px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.66rem; line-height: 1.35; }

	.principles, .link-grid, .pattern-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
	.contribute-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
	.principle, .card, .pattern {
	min-width: 0;
	border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	padding: 18px 22px 18px 0;
	}
	.principle + .principle, .card + .card, .pattern + .pattern { padding-left: 22px; }
	.principle p, .card p { margin: 7px 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.9rem; }
	.principle h3, .card h3, footer h4 { display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 8px; }
	.principle h3 .icon, .card h3 .icon, footer h4 .icon { width: 17px; height: 17px; margin-top: 2px; color: var(--blue); }
	.principles { margin-top: 34px; }
	.choice-why {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: 220px minmax(0, 1fr);
	gap: 34px;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
	padding: 22px 0;
	}
	.choice-why h3 { margin: 0; font-size: 0.96rem; }
	.choice-why p { max-width: 850px; margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1.6; }
	.choice-fit {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
	margin-bottom: 30px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	}
	.choice-fit-column { min-width: 0; padding: 22px 24px 22px 0; }
	.choice-fit-column + .choice-fit-column { border-left: 1px solid var(--line); padding-left: 24px; }
	.choice-fit-label { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; margin: 0; color: var(--ink); font-size: 0.88rem; }
	.choice-fit-label .icon { width: 17px; height: 17px; color: var(--green); }
	.choice-fit-column:last-child .choice-fit-label .icon { color: var(--violet); }
	.choice-fit ul { margin: 12px 0 0; padding-left: 18px; }
	.choice-fit li { margin-top: 7px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.82rem; line-height: 1.5; }
	.choice-fit li::marker { color: var(--blue); }
	.choice-steps {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
	border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	}
	.choice-step { min-width: 0; padding: 20px 20px 20px 0; }
	.choice-step + .choice-step { border-left: 1px solid var(--line); padding-left: 20px; }
	.choice-step .number {
	display: block;
	margin-bottom: 8px;
	color: var(--blue);
	font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
	font-size: 0.67rem;
	font-weight: 700;
	}
	.choice-step strong { display: block; font-size: 0.9rem; }
	.choice-step p { margin: 6px 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.78rem; line-height: 1.5; }
	.choice-sequence { margin: 16px 0 28px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.84rem; line-height: 1.55; }
	.choice-sequence strong { color: var(--ink); }
	.pattern-grid { gap: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong); }
	.pattern {
	display: flex;
	min-height: 178px;
	flex-direction: column;
	color: var(--ink);
	text-decoration: none;
	transition: color 140ms ease, border-color 140ms ease;
	}
	.pattern-grid .pattern:nth-child(n) { border-top: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); border-left: 1px solid var(--line); padding: 20px 22px; }
	.pattern-grid .pattern:nth-child(3n+1) { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; }
	.pattern-grid .pattern:nth-child(3n) { padding-right: 0; }
	.pattern:hover { color: var(--blue); border-color: var(--blue); text-decoration: none; }
	.pattern .category {
	display: block;
	margin-bottom: 8px;
	color: var(--blue);
	font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
	font-size: 0.62rem;
	font-weight: 650;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
	.pattern .sym { display: block; color: var(--quiet); font-size: 0.76rem; line-height: 1.4; }
	.pattern .name { display: block; margin-top: 6px; font-weight: 760; line-height: 1.35; }
	.pattern .outcome { display: block; margin-top: auto; padding-top: 14px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.74rem; line-height: 1.5; }
	.pattern .outcome strong { color: var(--ink); }
	.filter-row { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 18px; margin: 0 0 16px; }
	.pattern-filter {
	width: min(100%, 460px);
	min-height: 44px;
	border: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	border-radius: 6px;
	padding: 10px 13px;
	color: var(--ink);
	background: var(--surface);
	}
	.pattern-filter::placeholder { color: var(--quiet); }
	.filter-row > a { margin-left: auto; font-size: 0.8rem; font-weight: 700; }
	.filter-empty { margin: 0 0 18px; color: var(--muted); }

	.card { display: block; color: var(--ink); text-decoration: none; }
	a.card:hover { color: var(--blue); border-color: var(--blue); text-decoration: none; }
	.runtime-kind {
	display: block;
	margin-bottom: 8px;
	color: var(--blue);
	font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
	font-size: 0.64rem;
	font-weight: 650;
	line-height: 1.2;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
	.runtime-kind.executable { color: var(--green); }
	.future-grid {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
	border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	}
	.future-track {
	display: flex;
	min-width: 0;
	flex-direction: column;
	padding: 24px 24px 24px 0;
	}
	.future-track + .future-track { border-left: 1px solid var(--line); padding-left: 24px; }
	.future-track h3 { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; margin: 0; font-size: 1rem; }
	.future-track h3 .icon { width: 18px; height: 18px; color: var(--blue); }
	.future-track ul { margin: 16px 0 22px; padding-left: 19px; }
	.future-track li { margin-top: 9px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.86rem; line-height: 1.5; }
	.future-track li::marker { color: var(--blue); }
	.future-output { margin: auto 0 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding-top: 14px; color: var(--quiet); font-size: 0.76rem; line-height: 1.5; }
	.future-output strong { display: block; margin-bottom: 3px; color: var(--ink); }
	.future-steps {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	}
	.future-step { min-width: 0; padding: 20px 20px 20px 0; }
	.future-step + .future-step { border-left: 1px solid var(--line); padding-left: 20px; }
	.future-step span {
	display: block;
	color: var(--blue);
	font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
	font-size: 0.63rem;
	font-weight: 700;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
	.future-step strong { display: block; margin-top: 6px; font-size: 0.88rem; }
	.future-step p { margin: 5px 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.76rem; line-height: 1.5; }
	.future-shared {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: 180px minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
	gap: 22px;
	align-items: center;
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	padding: 20px 0;
	}
	.future-shared strong { font-size: 0.92rem; }
	.future-shared p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.84rem; line-height: 1.55; }
	.star-history-chart {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	color: inherit;
	line-height: 0;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	.star-history-chart img { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; }
	.growth-note {
	display: flex;
	align-items: center;
	justify-content: space-between;
	gap: 24px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	padding: 20px 0;
	}
	.growth-note p { max-width: 760px; margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.88rem; }
	.growth-note .button { flex: 0 0 auto; }
	code {
	border: 1px solid var(--line);
	border-radius: 4px;
	padding: 1px 5px;
	background: #eef2f8;
	color: var(--ink);
	font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
	font-size: 0.84em;
	}
	.maturity-guide {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: 180px minmax(0, 1fr);
	gap: 30px;
	align-items: start;
	margin: 0 0 30px;
	border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
	padding: 20px 0;
	}
	.maturity-guide h3 { margin: 0; font-size: 0.96rem; line-height: 1.35; }
	.maturity-guide p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.88rem; line-height: 1.62; }
	.maturity-guide p + p { margin-top: 8px; }
	.maturity-guide strong { color: var(--ink); }
	.levels { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong); }
	.level {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: 64px minmax(190px, 0.72fr) minmax(0, 2.2fr);
	gap: 24px;
	align-items: start;
	padding: 25px 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
	}
	.level .number { padding-top: 2px; color: var(--blue); font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 0.76rem; font-weight: 700; }
	.level-intro h3 { margin: 0; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.35; }
	.level-intro p { margin: 6px 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.82rem; line-height: 1.5; }
	.level-facts { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 22px; margin: 0; }
	.level-facts > div { min-width: 0; }
	.level-facts dt { color: var(--quiet); font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 0.62rem; font-weight: 650; letter-spacing: 0; text-transform: uppercase; }
	.level-facts dd { margin: 6px 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.52; }

	.resource-explorer { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong); }
	.resource-toolbar {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: minmax(240px, 1.4fr) repeat(4, minmax(132px, 0.66fr)) auto;
	gap: 10px;
	padding: 16px 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
	}
	.resource-input, .resource-select {
	width: 100%;
	min-height: 44px;
	border: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	border-radius: 6px;
	padding: 9px 12px;
	color: var(--ink);
	background: var(--surface);
	}
	.resource-input::placeholder { color: var(--quiet); }
	.resource-reset, .resource-more {
	align-items: center;
	justify-content: center;
	gap: 7px;
	min-height: 44px;
	border: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	border-radius: 6px;
	padding: 9px 13px;
	color: var(--ink);
	background: var(--surface);
	font-weight: 700;
	cursor: pointer;
	}
	.resource-reset { display: inline-flex; }
	.resource-reset .icon { width: 15px; height: 15px; }
	.resource-reset:hover, .resource-more:hover { border-color: var(--blue); color: var(--blue); }
	.resource-collections { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
	.resource-collection {
	display: inline-flex;
	align-items: center;
	justify-content: center;
	gap: 6px;
	min-height: 42px;
	border: 0;
	border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;
	padding: 9px 14px;
	color: var(--muted);
	background: transparent;
	font-size: 0.82rem;
	font-weight: 700;
	cursor: pointer;
	}
	.resource-collection:hover { color: var(--ink); }
	.resource-collection[aria-pressed="true"] { border-bottom-color: var(--blue); color: var(--blue); }
	.resource-collection .icon { width: 15px; height: 15px; }
	.resource-summary { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px; min-height: 58px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong); }
	.resource-count { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.86rem; }
	.resource-sort { width: auto; min-width: 176px; }
	.resource-list { min-height: 180px; }
	.resource-row-head {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.5fr) 72px minmax(170px, 0.55fr) minmax(130px, 0.4fr);
	gap: 22px;
	padding: 11px 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
	color: var(--quiet);
	font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
	font-size: 0.66rem;
	font-weight: 650;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
	.resource-item {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.5fr) 72px minmax(170px, 0.55fr) minmax(130px, 0.4fr);
	gap: 12px 22px;
	align-items: start;
	padding: 18px 0 16px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
	}
	.resource-work, .resource-publication, .resource-evidence { min-width: 0; }
	.resource-title { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 760; line-height: 1.35; text-decoration: none; }
	.resource-title:hover { color: var(--blue); }
	.resource-item p { margin: 0; }
	.resource-contribution { margin-top: 6px !important; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.86rem; line-height: 1.5; }
	.resource-authors { margin-top: 7px !important; color: var(--quiet); font-size: 0.76rem; line-height: 1.45; }
	.resource-meta { margin-top: 7px; color: var(--quiet); font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 0.68rem; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
	.resource-cell-label { display: none; margin-bottom: 5px; color: var(--quiet); font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 0.62rem; font-weight: 650; text-transform: uppercase; }
	.resource-year-value { color: var(--ink); font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 0.9rem; font-weight: 700; }
	.resource-year.is-empty { min-height: 1px; }
	.resource-venue { display: block; color: var(--ink); font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
	.resource-publisher, .resource-date, .resource-identifier { display: block; margin-top: 4px; color: var(--quiet); font-size: 0.72rem; line-height: 1.4; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
	.resource-type-label { display: block; color: var(--ink); font-size: 0.78rem; font-weight: 700; }
	.resource-signal { display: block; margin-top: 5px; color: var(--green); font-size: 0.68rem; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; }
	.resource-signal.contextual { color: var(--violet); }
	.resource-signal.medium { color: var(--blue); }
	.resource-signal.unverified { color: var(--quiet); }
	.resource-source-status { display: block; margin-top: 4px; color: var(--quiet); font-size: 0.7rem; line-height: 1.4; }
	.resource-details, .resource-details:last-child { grid-column: 1 / -1; margin-top: 2px; border: 0; border-top: 1px dashed var(--line); border-bottom: 0; padding: 9px 0 0; }
	.resource-details summary { width: fit-content; color: var(--blue); font-size: 0.72rem; font-weight: 700; }
	.resource-detail-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 16px 28px; padding: 14px 0 4px; }
	.resource-detail h4 { margin: 0 0 5px; color: var(--quiet); font-family: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 0.64rem; text-transform: uppercase; }
	.resource-detail p { color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.78rem; line-height: 1.5; }
	.resource-bibliography + .resource-bibliography { margin-top: 5px; }
	.resource-actions { display: flex; justify-content: center; padding-top: 18px; }
	.resource-empty, .resource-loading { margin: 0; padding: 28px 0; color: var(--muted); }
	details { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong); padding: 18px 0; }
	details:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong); }
	summary { cursor: pointer; font-weight: 750; }
	details p { max-width: 850px; margin: 10px 0 0; color: var(--muted); }

	footer { padding: 58px 0 48px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line-strong); background: #eef2f8; }
	.footer-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.45fr 0.8fr 0.8fr 0.8fr; gap: 32px; }
	.footer-grid > * { min-width: 0; }
	footer h4 { margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: 0.9rem; }
	footer a { display: block; padding: 3px 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.84rem; text-decoration: none; }
	footer a:hover { color: var(--blue); }
	.cite { position: relative; margin-top: 12px; border: 1px solid var(--line-strong); border-radius: 6px; background: var(--surface); overflow: auto; }
	.cite pre { min-width: 460px; margin: 0; padding: 16px; color: #344054; font: 0.74rem/1.55 "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace; }
	.copy { position: absolute; top: 8px; right: 8px; border: 1px solid var(--line-strong); border-radius: 4px; padding: 4px 9px; background: var(--surface); color: var(--ink); font-size: 0.72rem; font-weight: 700; cursor: pointer; }
	.legal { margin: 30px 0 0; color: var(--quiet); font-size: 0.8rem; }

	@media (min-width: 1041px) {
	#runtimes .link-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
	#runtimes .card { padding-left: 22px; }
	#runtimes .card:nth-child(4n+1) { padding-left: 0; }
	}
	@media (max-width: 1040px) {
	.links { display: none; }
	.menu-btn { display: inline-flex; }
	.nav { position: relative; }
	.links.open {
	position: absolute;
	top: 66px;
	left: -24px;
	right: -24px;
	display: flex;
	flex-direction: column;
	align-items: stretch;
	gap: 0;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 10px 24px 14px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
	background: var(--paper);
	box-shadow: 0 14px 30px rgba(18, 23, 34, 0.09);
	max-height: calc(100vh - 66px);
	overflow-y: auto;
	}
	.links.open a { padding: 9px 0; }
	.links.open .mobile-nav-only { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
	.links.open a[aria-current="location"]::after { display: none; }
	}
	@media (max-width: 920px) {
	.hero-system {
	width: 100%;
	margin-top: 28px;
	}
	.hero-scene { height: 316px; }
	.hero-inspector { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 12px; padding: 14px 0; }
	.hero-system .loop-stage-rail { grid-template-columns: repeat(6, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
	.hero-inspector .loop-stage-detail { min-height: 42px; }
	}
	@media (max-width: 820px) {
	.wrap { width: min(var(--maxw), calc(100% - 32px)); }
	.links.open { left: -16px; right: -16px; padding-inline: 16px; }
	section { padding: 68px 0; }
	.hero { min-height: 0; padding: 40px 0 24px; }
	.hero-system { margin-top: 24px; }
	.hero-scene { width: 100%; height: 286px; }
	.hero-scene canvas { opacity: 1; }
	.hero-system .loop-stage-rail { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
	.hero-system .loop-stage:nth-child(n) { border-top: 0; border-left: 1px solid var(--line); }
	.hero-system .loop-stage:nth-child(3n+1) { border-left: 0; }
	.hero-system .loop-stage:nth-child(n+4) { border-top: 1px solid var(--line); }
	h1 { font-size: 2.7rem; }
	h2 { font-size: 2rem; }
	.section-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 16px; align-items: start; }
	.contract-need, .contract-layers-head, .contract-example-head { grid-template-columns: 180px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 24px; }
	.contract-layers { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
	.contract-layer:nth-child(n) { border-left: 1px solid var(--line); padding: 18px; }
	.contract-layer:nth-child(2n+1) { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; }
	.contract-layer:nth-child(n+3) { border-top: 1px solid var(--line); }
	.contract-phase { padding-right: 18px; }
	.contract-phase + .contract-phase { padding-left: 18px; }
	.contract-example-row { grid-template-columns: 150px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 24px; }
	.stats { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
	.stat + .stat { border-left: 0; }
	.stat:nth-child(even) { border-left: 1px solid var(--line); }
	.stat:nth-child(n+3) { border-top: 1px solid var(--line); }
	.stat:last-child { grid-column: 1 / -1; border-left: 0; }
	.principles, .link-grid, .pattern-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
	.choice-why { grid-template-columns: 180px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 24px; }
	.choice-steps { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
	.choice-step:nth-child(n) { border-left: 1px solid var(--line); padding: 18px; }
	.choice-step:nth-child(2n+1) { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; }
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	<p class="section-label hero-kicker"><i class="icon" data-lucide="repeat-2" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Field guide for recurring agent systems</span></p>
	<h1>Awesome Loop Engineering</h1>
	<p class="tagline">Design loops, not just prompts.</p>
	<p class="lead">Explore 730 resources from model recurrence to agent operations, then build with 22 patterns, 22 adaptable contracts, and 8 runtime starters.</p>
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	<strong>Bounded agent loop</strong>
	<span class="scene-flow"><span>Work</span><i>→</i><span>Scope</span><i>→</i><span>Agent + tools</span><i>→</i><span>Evidence</span><i>→</i><span>Memory</span><i>→</i><span>Decision</span></span>
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	<div class="hero-scene" data-loop-scene role="img" aria-label="Animated bounded agent loop. Work is scoped by an orchestrator, handled by an agent inside a controlled workspace with context and tools, checked by an independent verifier, saved to durable memory, and routed to retry, human handoff, or verified exit.">
	<div class="scene-fallback">Work is scoped, handled by an agent with context and tools, independently verified, saved to durable memory, and routed to retry, human handoff, or verified exit.</div>
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	<div class="scene-key" aria-label="Agent runtime visual key">
	<span class="scene-key-item packet">Scoped work</span>
	<span class="scene-key-item agents">Agent workspace + tools</span>
	<span class="scene-key-item evidence">Independent verifier</span>
	<span class="scene-key-item state">Durable memory</span>
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	<div class="scene-outcomes" aria-label="Possible loop outcomes">
	<span class="scene-outcome retry">Retry with evidence</span>
	<span class="scene-outcome escalate">Escalate to a human</span>
	<span class="scene-outcome exit">Exit on a verified goal</span>
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	<button class="loop-stage" type="button" data-loop-stage="0" aria-pressed="true"><span class="loop-stage-number">01</span><span>Intake</span></button>
	<button class="loop-stage" type="button" data-loop-stage="1" aria-pressed="false"><span class="loop-stage-number">02</span><span>Delegate</span></button>
	<button class="loop-stage" type="button" data-loop-stage="2" aria-pressed="false"><span class="loop-stage-number">03</span><span>Act</span></button>
	<button class="loop-stage" type="button" data-loop-stage="3" aria-pressed="false"><span class="loop-stage-number">04</span><span>Verify</span></button>
	<button class="loop-stage" type="button" data-loop-stage="4" aria-pressed="false"><span class="loop-stage-number">05</span><span>Persist</span></button>
	<button class="loop-stage" type="button" data-loop-stage="5" aria-pressed="false"><span class="loop-stage-number">06</span><span>Decide</span></button>
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	<p class="loop-stage-detail" id="loop-stage-detail" aria-live="polite"><strong>Intake:</strong> turn a goal, event, or queue signal into a bounded work packet.</p>
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	<section class="mental-model" aria-label="Loop Engineering mental model">
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	<p class="definition"><span class="definition-full"><strong>Loop Engineering</strong> is the practice of designing recurring systems that discover work, delegate it to agents, verify results, persist state, decide next actions, and run again on a cadence, event, or until a verifiable goal is reached.</span><span class="definition-compact"><strong>Loop Engineering</strong> designs recurring agent systems that discover work, delegate it, verify results, persist state, and decide what happens next.</span></p>
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	<div class="desktop-stack-scene" data-stack-scene role="img" aria-label="Interactive engineering stack. A prompt shapes a model call, context feeds the agent, a harness surrounds the run with tools and permissions, and Loop Engineering connects triggers, independent verification, durable state, budgets, and next actions over time.">
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	<span><strong>One agent run:</strong> prompt, context, and harness shape what the agent can understand and do.</span>
	<span><strong>Work over time:</strong> the outer loop triggers work, verifies evidence, persists state, and chooses the next action.</span>
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	<div class="mobile-stack" role="img" aria-label="Four engineering layers. Prompt, context, and harness engineering improve one agent run. Loop Engineering governs recurring work over time.">
	<div class="mobile-stack-head"><span class="mobile-stack-eyebrow">Mental model / four layers</span><strong>Loop Engineering Stack</strong></div>
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	<li class="mobile-stack-layer loop"><span class="mobile-stack-number">04</span><div><strong>Loop Engineering</strong><p>Governs the recurring contract, verification, state, budget, and next action over time.</p></div></li>
	<li class="mobile-stack-layer harness"><span class="mobile-stack-number">03</span><div><strong>Harness Engineering</strong><p>Provides tools, permissions, sandboxes, traces, and checks around one run.</p></div></li>
	<li class="mobile-stack-layer context"><span class="mobile-stack-number">02</span><div><strong>Context Engineering</strong><p>Loads the state, memory, documents, and examples the agent can see.</p></div></li>
	<li class="mobile-stack-layer prompt"><span class="mobile-stack-number">01</span><div><strong>Prompt Engineering</strong><p>Defines the instruction and interaction for one model call.</p></div></li>
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	<p class="mobile-stack-note">The first three layers improve <strong>one run</strong>. Loop Engineering governs <strong>work over time</strong>.</p>
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	<div class="stat" role="listitem"><b><i class="icon" data-lucide="library" aria-hidden="true"></i>730</b><span>resources</span></div>
	<div class="stat" role="listitem"><b><i class="icon" data-lucide="blocks" aria-hidden="true"></i>20</b><span>operational patterns</span></div>
	<div class="stat" role="listitem"><b><i class="icon" data-lucide="file-check-2" aria-hidden="true"></i>20</b><span>loop contracts</span></div>
	<div class="stat" role="listitem"><b><i class="icon" data-lucide="play" aria-hidden="true"></i>8</b><span>runtime starters</span></div>
	<div class="stat" role="listitem"><b><i class="icon" data-lucide="languages" aria-hidden="true"></i>8</b><span>languages</span></div>
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	<p class="section-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="file-check-2" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>01 / The loop contract</span></p>
	<h2>Make recurring agent work reviewable before it runs.</h2>
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	<p class="section-intro">A <strong>Loop Contract</strong> is the operating specification for one recurring agent job. It records what authorizes a run, what the agent may change, what evidence counts, what survives, and when a human takes over.</p>
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	<h3>Why it is necessary</h3>
	<p>In a supervised session, a person supplies missing judgment as the work unfolds. Once a schedule, event, queue, or goal starts the agent, every unanswered question becomes a hidden default. The loop may select the wrong work, widen its scope, approve its own output, forget a failed attempt, or retry without a stopping rule. The contract turns those defaults into policy that builders, reviewers, security teams, and operators can inspect together.</p>
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	<h3>Four layers, four jobs</h3>
	<p>The contract connects run-level ingredients to a repeatable operating model.</p>
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	<div class="contract-layers" aria-label="Difference between prompts, patterns, contracts, and runtimes">
	<div class="contract-layer"><strong>Prompt</strong><span>Instructs the model during one call or run.</span></div>
	<div class="contract-layer"><strong>Pattern</strong><span>Describes how a class of recurring work should operate.</span></div>
	<div class="contract-layer contract-policy"><strong>Contract</strong><span>Fixes the exact permissions, gates, memory, budget, and handoff.</span></div>
	<div class="contract-layer"><strong>Runtime</strong><span>Executes that contract in a session, workflow, or durable worker.</span></div>
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	<div class="diagram-scroll"><img src="assets/loop-contract-cards.svg" width="1200" height="720" loading="lazy" alt="Loop Contract: objective, trigger, intake, workspace, context, delegation, verification, state, budget, escalation, exit, and next action."></div>
	<figcaption class="caption">Eleven explicit decisions replace hidden defaults; next action closes the control loop.</figcaption>
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	<div class="mobile-diagram mobile-contract-summary" aria-label="Loop Contract parts grouped into setup, run, and govern">
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	<p>01 / Set up</p>
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	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>01</span><strong>Objective</strong></div>
	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>02</span><strong>Trigger</strong></div>
	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>03</span><strong>Intake</strong></div>
	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>04</span><strong>Workspace</strong></div>
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	<p>02 / Run</p>
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	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>05</span><strong>Context</strong></div>
	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>06</span><strong>Delegation</strong></div>
	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>07</span><strong>Verification</strong></div>
	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>08</span><strong>State</strong></div>
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	<p>03 / Govern + close</p>
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	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>09</span><strong>Budget</strong></div>
	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>10</span><strong>Escalation</strong></div>
	<div class="mobile-contract-part"><span>11</span><strong>Exit</strong></div>
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	<p class="mobile-next-action"><strong>Next action</strong><span>Repeat, report, escalate, or stop.</span></p>
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	<div class="contract-phases" aria-label="How to read a Loop Contract">
	<div class="contract-phase">
	<span class="contract-phase-label">01 / Set up</span>
	<h3>Authorize the right work</h3>
	<p>Name the outcome, trigger, intake rule, and isolated workspace before any tool acts.</p>
	<small>Objective · Trigger · Intake · Workspace</small>
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	<span class="contract-phase-label">02 / Run</span>
	<h3>Act, prove, and remember</h3>
	<p>Load current evidence, separate acting from checking, verify externally, and persist receipts.</p>
	<small>Context · Delegation · Verification · State</small>
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	<span class="contract-phase-label">03 / Govern + close</span>
	<h3>Bound autonomy</h3>
	<p>Cap retries and spend, assign a human owner, and define success and blocked exits.</p>
	<small>Budget · Escalation · Exit · Next action</small>
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	<div class="contract-example">
	<div class="contract-example-head">
	<h3>Worked example: PR babysitter</h3>
	<p>“Keep this pull request moving” is only a goal. The contract below turns it into a bounded job that can run without someone polling CI and review threads all day.</p>
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	<div class="contract-example-row"><strong>Trigger + intake</strong><p>Run every two hours during working hours and after requested changes or failed checks. Select only explicit blockers on one pull request.</p></div>
	<div class="contract-example-row"><strong>Permission boundary</strong><p>Use a dedicated branch or worktree. Allow narrow fixes, checks, and progress comments; prohibit force pushes, dependency upgrades, secrets, and production changes.</p></div>
	<div class="contract-example-row"><strong>Team + context</strong><p>An explorer finds the smallest blocker, an implementer patches it, and a reviewer checks scope using the latest SHA, review threads, CI logs, and repository instructions.</p></div>
	<div class="contract-example-row"><strong>Evidence + memory</strong><p>Required checks must pass, threads must be resolved, and the diff must stay narrow. Commands, check URLs, changed files, blockers, and the next action survive every run.</p></div>
	<div class="contract-example-row"><strong>Budget + handoff</strong><p>Stop after three retries or 60 minutes. Escalate architecture, repeated failure, reviewer disagreement, or any force-push requirement to the human owner.</p></div>
	<div class="contract-example-result">
	<p>Done means merge-ready or waiting only on human review - not “the agent says it is done.”</p>
	<a href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/examples/pr-babysitter-loop.json">Open the full JSON contract →</a>
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	<div class="principle"><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="badge-check" aria-hidden="true"></i>Verifiable by design</h3><p>Tests, typechecks, evals, traces, or reviewers decide done. The acting agent never approves itself.</p></div>
	<div class="principle"><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="database" aria-hidden="true"></i>State outside the model</h3><p>Progress files, issues, checkpoints, and traces survive context resets and the next run.</p></div>
	<div class="principle"><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="timer" aria-hidden="true"></i>Budgeted and bounded</h3><p>Retries, runtime, and concurrency are capped, with a clear path to human judgment.</p></div>
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	<p class="section-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="repeat-2" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>02 / The lifecycle</span></p>
	<h2>Evidence moves the loop forward.</h2>
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	<p class="section-intro">Tests, evals, traces, or reviewers gate the work. Evidence and state persist outside the model, then drive retry, escalation, or exit.</p>
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	<figure class="diagram desktop-diagram">
	<div class="diagram-scroll"><img src="assets/loop-lifecycle.svg" width="1240" height="560" loading="lazy" alt="Loop Engineering lifecycle: Intake, Delegate, Act, Verify, Persist, Decide; then retry with evidence, escalate to a human, or exit when the goal is met."></div>
	<figcaption class="caption">One pass of a recurring, stateful, verified loop.</figcaption>
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	<div class="mobile-diagram mobile-lifecycle-summary" aria-label="Six-stage Loop Engineering lifecycle">
	<ol class="mobile-lifecycle-list">
	<li><span>01</span><div><strong>Intake</strong><small>Capture bounded work.</small></div></li>
	<li><span>02</span><div><strong>Delegate</strong><small>Route it to an agent.</small></div></li>
	<li><span>03</span><div><strong>Act</strong><small>Work in isolation.</small></div></li>
	<li><span>04</span><div><strong>Verify</strong><small>Gate with evidence.</small></div></li>
	<li><span>05</span><div><strong>Persist</strong><small>Save state and receipts.</small></div></li>
	<li><span>06</span><div><strong>Decide</strong><small>Choose the next action.</small></div></li>
	</ol>
	<div class="mobile-lifecycle-outcomes">
	<div><strong>Retry</strong><span>Feed back evidence</span></div>
	<div><strong>Escalate</strong><span>Hand off judgment</span></div>
	<div><strong>Exit</strong><span>Close a verified goal</span></div>
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	<p class="section-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="blocks" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>03 / Pattern library</span></p>
	<h2>Choose the control policy, not the model.</h2>
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	<p class="section-intro">The same agent can repair CI, monitor a rollout, or test a system adversarially. The right loop defines the different trigger, permissions, proof, memory, budget, and human owner each job requires.</p>
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	<div class="choice-why">
	<h3>Why selection matters</h3>
	<p>A generic "keep trying" loop can retry a judgment call, let the acting model approve itself, forget evidence between runs, or take write actions where observation and escalation are safer. A pattern gives a recurring job a reviewable operating policy before you adapt the exact contract.</p>
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	<div class="choice-fit">
	<div class="choice-fit-column">
	<h3 class="choice-fit-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="repeat-2" aria-hidden="true"></i>Use a loop when</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Work returns through a schedule, event, queue, or recurring condition.</li>
	<li>An external check can prove progress or completion.</li>
	<li>State, permissions, retries, cost, and human handoff can be bounded.</li>
	</ul>
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	<div class="choice-fit-column">
	<h3 class="choice-fit-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="timer" aria-hidden="true"></i>Use one supervised run when</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>The task is genuinely one-off.</li>
	<li>Completion depends mainly on open-ended human judgment.</li>
	<li>No safe permission boundary or useful persistent state can be defined.</li>
	</ul>
	</div>
	</div>
	<div class="choice-steps" aria-label="Four decisions for choosing an agent loop">
	<div class="choice-step"><span class="number">01</span><strong>Name the recurring job</strong><p>Identify the signal that returns and the outcome that should improve.</p></div>
	<div class="choice-step"><span class="number">02</span><strong>Define proof</strong><p>Name evidence a machine or reviewer can inspect to decide pass.</p></div>
	<div class="choice-step"><span class="number">03</span><strong>Bound action</strong><p>Set readable and writable scope, non-goals, retries, time, and cost.</p></div>
	<div class="choice-step"><span class="number">04</span><strong>Plan the next pass</strong><p>Decide what persists, retries, escalates, or exits after each result.</p></div>
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	<p class="choice-sequence"><strong>Pattern → contract → runtime.</strong> Select the operating model below, adapt its schema-checked contract to your environment, then choose where it runs based on persistence, isolation, and permissions.</p>
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	<input type="search" id="pattern-filter" class="pattern-filter" placeholder="Filter patterns by keyword..." aria-label="Filter patterns by keyword" autocomplete="off">
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	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/pr-babysitter.md"><span class="category">Build & maintain</span><span class="sym">"My PR is stuck"</span><span class="name">PR babysitter</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> checks pass, review threads resolve, and merge state is current.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/ci-repair-loop.md"><span class="category">Build & maintain</span><span class="sym">"CI keeps failing"</span><span class="name">CI repair loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> the original failing command passes with a scoped patch.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/docs-drift-collector.md"><span class="category">Build & maintain</span><span class="sym">"The docs may be stale"</span><span class="name">Docs drift collector</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> verified mismatches are patched and examples still run.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/dependency-triage-loop.md"><span class="category">Build & maintain</span><span class="sym">"Updates pile up"</span><span class="name">Dependency triage loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> safe updates pass tests and risky upgrades have an owner.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/bug-hunting-loop.md"><span class="category">Build & maintain</span><span class="sym">"Bugs need systematic discovery"</span><span class="name">Bug hunting loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> each accepted finding has a reproduction or failing test.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/release-note-loop.md"><span class="category">Build & maintain</span><span class="sym">"Release notes are a chore"</span><span class="name">Release-note loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> every shipped change maps to a source and audience note.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/deploy-verifier.md"><span class="category">Operate & observe</span><span class="sym">"A deploy needs monitoring"</span><span class="name">Deploy verifier</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> synthetic checks and rollout thresholds remain within policy.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/incident-response-loop.md"><span class="category">Operate & observe</span><span class="sym">"An incident just paged"</span><span class="name">Incident response loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> impact, evidence, timeline, and accountable owner are recorded.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/data-quality-loop.md"><span class="category">Operate & observe</span><span class="sym">"A dataset keeps drifting"</span><span class="name">Data-quality loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> hard quality rules pass before a version is promoted.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/cost-control-loop.md"><span class="category">Operate & observe</span><span class="sym">"Agent spend is rising"</span><span class="name">Cost-control loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> spend falls on comparable work without quality regression.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/model-routing-loop.md"><span class="category">Operate & observe</span><span class="sym">"Model choice is ad hoc"</span><span class="name">Model-routing loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> routing meets quality, latency, privacy, and cost tolerances.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/performance-regression-loop.md"><span class="category">Operate & observe</span><span class="sym">"Performance regressed"</span><span class="name">Performance regression loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> a controlled benchmark confirms recovery and correctness.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/feedback-clusterer.md"><span class="category">Learn & optimize</span><span class="sym">"Feedback is noisy"</span><span class="name">Feedback clusterer</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> themes cite sources and separate frequency from severity.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/evaluation-regression-loop.md"><span class="category">Learn & optimize</span><span class="sym">"Agent evals regressed"</span><span class="name">Evaluation regression loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> targeted evals return to baseline without scorer changes.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/benchmark-optimization-loop.md"><span class="category">Learn & optimize</span><span class="sym">"A stable system should improve"</span><span class="name">Benchmark optimization loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> repeated measurements improve with protected metrics intact.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/knowledge-freshness-loop.md"><span class="category">Learn & optimize</span><span class="sym">"The agent's knowledge is stale"</span><span class="name">Knowledge freshness loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> the corpus passes provenance, freshness, retrieval, and leakage gates.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/security-review-loop.md"><span class="category">Govern & protect</span><span class="sym">"Sensitive changes need review"</span><span class="name">Security review loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> findings cite evidence and approval boundaries stay intact.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/enterprise-approval-loop.md"><span class="category">Govern & protect</span><span class="sym">"A change needs sign-off"</span><span class="name">Enterprise approval loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> every gate has a recorded human decision and audit trail.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/accessibility-regression-loop.md"><span class="category">Govern & protect</span><span class="sym">"Accessibility checks failed"</span><span class="name">Accessibility regression loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> the exact regression is fixed and human criteria are approved.</span></a>
	<a class="pattern" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/patterns/adversarial-red-team-loop.md"><span class="category">Govern & protect</span><span class="sym">"The agent needs adversarial testing"</span><span class="name">Adversarial red-team loop</span><span class="outcome"><strong>Done when:</strong> findings are reproduced, minimized, reported, and regression-tested.</span></a>
	</div>
	</div>
	</section>

	<section id="runtimes">
	<div class="wrap">
	<div class="section-head">
	<div>
	<p class="section-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="wrench" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>04 / Where loops run</span></p>
	<h2>Pick the runtime deliberately.</h2>
	</div>
	<p class="section-intro">Five adaptable templates cover sessions, schedules, worktrees, Actions, and cron. Three executables demonstrate test repair, threshold monitoring, and idempotent queue work. The <a href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/meta/RUNTIME_SELECTION.md">runtime selection guide</a> compares persistence, file access, isolation, and permissions.</p>
	</div>
	<figure class="diagram supporting-visual">
	<div class="diagram-scroll"><img src="assets/loop-runtime-map.png" width="1666" height="944" loading="lazy" alt="Runtime map progressing from a nearby session to a local desktop schedule, isolated CI and cloud execution, and a recoverable durable worker."></div>
	<figcaption class="caption">Keep the contract stable; change the trigger, isolation, and permission wiring.</figcaption>
	</figure>
	<div class="link-grid">
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/examples/runnable/claude-loop.md"><span class="runtime-kind">Adaptable template</span><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="keyboard" aria-hidden="true"></i>Claude Code <code>/loop</code></h3><p>Use while present in a coding session; repeat a bounded command and keep progress in a file.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/examples/runnable/claude-desktop-scheduled-task.md"><span class="runtime-kind">Adaptable template</span><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="clock-3" aria-hidden="true"></i>Desktop scheduled task</h3><p>Use when local files need a schedule, a last-run marker, and missed-run guardrails.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/examples/runnable/codex-automation.md"><span class="runtime-kind">Adaptable template</span><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="bot" aria-hidden="true"></i>Codex automation</h3><p>Use for isolated background repository work with declared checks and reviewable receipts.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/examples/runnable/github-agentic-workflow.md"><span class="runtime-kind">Adaptable template</span><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="badge-check" aria-hidden="true"></i>GitHub agentic workflow</h3><p>Use when GitHub events or cron should produce issues, artifacts, or pull requests.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/examples/runnable/shell-cron-loop.md"><span class="runtime-kind">Adaptable template</span><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="terminal" aria-hidden="true"></i>Shell / cron</h3><p>Use when an existing agent CLI only needs OS scheduling, locks, and a progress file.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/examples/runnable/test-repair-loop.sh"><span class="runtime-kind executable">Executable</span><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="play" aria-hidden="true"></i>Test repair</h3><p>Run a failing command, delegate its evidence, and stop only when that same external check passes.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/examples/runnable/threshold-monitor-loop.sh"><span class="runtime-kind executable">Executable</span><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="chart-no-axes-combined" aria-hidden="true"></i>Threshold monitor</h3><p>Poll a metric, persist samples, and escalate on a breached boundary without auto-remediation.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/examples/runnable/queue-worker-loop.py"><span class="runtime-kind executable">Executable</span><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="file-check-2" aria-hidden="true"></i>Queue worker</h3><p>Process bounded JSONL work items with external verification and durable receipts.</p></a>
	</div>
	</div>
	</section>

	<section id="maturity">
	<div class="wrap">
	<div class="section-head">
	<div>
	<p class="section-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="chart-no-axes-combined" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>05 / Maturity model</span></p>
	<h2>Use the smallest loop that can do the job.</h2>
	</div>
	<p class="section-intro">The level describes how one workflow is triggered, remembered, verified, divided, and supervised. It measures operating capability, not model intelligence or product prestige.</p>
	</div>
	<div class="maturity-guide">
	<h3>Read capability, not ambition.</h3>
	<div>
	<p>Start with the recurring outcome, evidence, risk, and human owner. Move up only when the current level produces a repeated failure or cannot meet an operating requirement; every added level brings more code, permissions, observability, and maintenance.</p>
	<p><strong>Build in order:</strong> durable state before longer unattended runs, external verification before more agents, and production controls before the loop can affect users or infrastructure.</p>
	</div>
	</div>
	<figure class="diagram supporting-visual">
	<div class="diagram-scroll"><img src="assets/loop-maturity-model.png" width="1667" height="944" loading="lazy" alt="Loop Maturity Model progressing from manual prompting through scripted retry, scheduled, stateful, self-verifying, multi-agent, and production-supervised loops."></div>
	<figcaption class="caption">Levels are cumulative capabilities. Many useful workflows should stop at Level 2 or 3.</figcaption>
	</figure>
	<div class="levels" aria-label="Seven loop maturity levels">
	<article class="level">
	<span class="number">00</span>
	<div class="level-intro"><h3>Manual prompting</h3><p>A person holds the state, supplies each next instruction, and judges the result.</p></div>
	<dl class="level-facts"><div><dt>Why</dt><dd>Keeps one-off, ambiguous, or high-judgment work under direct supervision.</dd></div><div><dt>Example</dt><dd>A developer asks an agent to fix one failing test, reviews the diff, and decides whether to continue.</dd></div><div><dt>Progress signal</dt><dd>The same task and feedback sequence recur often enough to encode.</dd></div></dl>
	</article>
	<article class="level">
	<span class="number">01</span>
	<div class="level-intro"><h3>Scripted retry</h3><p>A bounded wrapper reruns one agent and feeds back an external failure.</p></div>
	<dl class="level-facts"><div><dt>Why</dt><dd>Removes repetitive reprompting while preserving one objective and one feedback signal.</dd></div><div><dt>Example</dt><dd>Run <code>pytest</code> and return its failure output for at most three repair attempts.</dd></div><div><dt>Progress signal</dt><dd>The job should start from a schedule or event without a person launching it.</dd></div></dl>
	</article>
	<article class="level">
	<span class="number">02</span>
	<div class="level-intro"><h3>Scheduled loop</h3><p>A schedule or event triggers fresh intake, one bounded run, and a report or artifact.</p></div>
	<dl class="level-facts"><div><dt>Why</dt><dd>Removes manual launch and makes cadence, idempotence, and no-work exits explicit.</dd></div><div><dt>Example</dt><dd>A nightly docs-drift scan reports only when code and documentation disagree.</dd></div><div><dt>Progress signal</dt><dd>Work spans runs, repeats items, or loses context between invocations.</dd></div></dl>
	</article>
	<article class="level">
	<span class="number">03</span>
	<div class="level-intro"><h3>Stateful loop</h3><p>Durable checkpoints and receipts record completed work, blockers, evidence, and the next action.</p></div>
	<dl class="level-facts"><div><dt>Why</dt><dd>Survives restarts, avoids duplicate work, and makes every run resumable and inspectable.</dd></div><div><dt>Example</dt><dd>A feedback clusterer stores processed IDs, prior themes, and the last successful checkpoint.</dd></div><div><dt>Progress signal</dt><dd>Stable external evidence can decide whether a transition or completion is valid.</dd></div></dl>
	</article>
	<article class="level">
	<span class="number">04</span>
	<div class="level-intro"><h3>Self-verifying loop</h3><p>Tests, evals, policy checks, traces, or an independent evaluator gate progress and exit.</p></div>
	<dl class="level-facts"><div><dt>Why</dt><dd>Replaces the agent's claim of success with reviewable evidence.</dd></div><div><dt>Example</dt><dd>A CI repair exits only when the original failing command passes and the diff remains in scope.</dd></div><div><dt>Progress signal</dt><dd>One role becomes a bottleneck, duties must be separated, or independent review is required.</dd></div></dl>
	</article>
	<article class="level">
	<span class="number">05</span>
	<div class="level-intro"><h3>Multi-agent loop</h3><p>Specialists divide discovery, action, review, and judgment through explicit handoffs and shared state.</p></div>
	<dl class="level-facts"><div><dt>Why</dt><dd>Adds separation of duties and parallel expertise without letting the acting agent approve itself.</dd></div><div><dt>Example</dt><dd>A security loop uses an explorer, a reproducer, and an independent reviewer.</dd></div><div><dt>Progress signal</dt><dd>The loop can affect production, customers, money, credentials, or other high-impact systems.</dd></div></dl>
	</article>
	<article class="level">
	<span class="number">06</span>
	<div class="level-intro"><h3>Production-supervised loop</h3><p>Telemetry, least privilege, budgets, approvals, rollback, and human escalation govern every run.</p></div>
	<dl class="level-facts"><div><dt>Why</dt><dd>Controls blast radius and makes production work observable, interruptible, and accountable.</dd></div><div><dt>Example</dt><dd>A deploy verifier pauses on a breached threshold and hands rollback approval to the release owner.</dd></div><div><dt>Harden next</dt><dd>Service objectives, replay, permission reviews, failure drills, and cost controls.</dd></div></dl>
	</article>
	</div>
	</div>
	</section>

	<section id="resources">
	<div class="wrap">
	<div class="section-head">
	<div>
	<p class="section-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="library" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>06 / Resource atlas</span></p>
	<h2>Find evidence, not just links.</h2>
	</div>
	<p class="section-intro">Filter 730 resources by goal, loop layer, lifecycle, artifact type, and evidence class. Open any result to see its contribution, novelty, impact, scope, publication details, and original source.</p>
	</div>
	<p class="audit-note"><strong>Last source check, 2026-07-21 UTC:</strong> 677 public links opened successfully, 2 required access, 49 point to files in this repository, and none were broken or unreachable. <a href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/data/resource_source_audit.csv">View the results</a> or <a href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/issues/new?template=annotation-correction.yml">report a correction</a>.</p>
	<div class="loop-layer-map" aria-label="Where different loop concepts live">
	<div class="loop-layer-item"><span>Inner loop</span><strong>Model recurrence</strong><p>A learned block refines hidden or latent state inside one inference. Included as an adjacent foundation.</p></div>
	<div class="loop-layer-item"><span>Task loop</span><strong>Agent execution</strong><p>The model reasons, calls tools, observes results, and updates working state while solving one task.</p></div>
	<div class="loop-layer-item"><span>Outer loop</span><strong>Operational governance</strong><p>Triggers, evidence gates, durable state, budgets, handoff, and exit govern repeated work.</p></div>
	</div>
	<div class="resource-explorer" id="resource-explorer">
	<div class="resource-toolbar" role="search" aria-label="Search resources">
	<label>
	<span class="sr-only">Search resources</span>
	<input class="resource-input" id="resource-search" type="search" placeholder="Search title, author, or topic" autocomplete="off">
	</label>
	<label>
	<span class="sr-only">Resource type</span>
	<select class="resource-select" id="resource-type">
	<option value="">All resource types</option>
	<option value="Docs">Documentation</option>
	<option value="Tool">Tools</option>
	<option value="Paper">Papers</option>
	<option value="Benchmark">Benchmarks</option>
	<option value="Pattern">Patterns</option>
	<option value="Template">Templates</option>
	<option value="Blog">Practitioner writing</option>
	<option value="Critique">Critiques</option>
	<option value="List">Related lists</option>
	</select>
	</label>
	<label>
	<span class="sr-only">Lifecycle stage</span>
	<select class="resource-select" id="resource-stage">
	<option value="">All lifecycle stages</option>
	<option value="act">Model / agent action</option>
	<option value="objective">Objective</option>
	<option value="trigger">Trigger</option>
	<option value="intake">Intake</option>
	<option value="workspace">Workspace</option>
	<option value="context">Context</option>
	<option value="delegation">Delegation</option>
	<option value="verification">Verification</option>
	<option value="state">State</option>
	<option value="budget">Budget</option>
	<option value="escalation">Escalation</option>
	<option value="exit">Exit</option>
	<option value="whole-loop">Whole loop</option>
	</select>
	</label>
	<label>
	<span class="sr-only">Loop layer</span>
	<select class="resource-select" id="resource-layer">
	<option value="">All loop layers</option>
	<option value="model">Model</option>
	<option value="agent">Agent</option>
	<option value="harness">Harness</option>
	<option value="workflow">Workflow</option>
	<option value="operations">Operations</option>
	<option value="evaluation">Evaluation</option>
	<option value="cross-layer">Cross-layer</option>
	</select>
	</label>
	<label>
	<span class="sr-only">Evidence class</span>
	<select class="resource-select" id="resource-evidence">
	<option value="">All evidence classes</option>
	<option value="official">Official documentation</option>
	<option value="research">Research</option>
	<option value="implementation">Implementations</option>
	<option value="benchmark">Benchmarks</option>
	<option value="practice">Practice and patterns</option>
	<option value="risk">Risk and ecosystem maps</option>
	</select>
	</label>
	<button class="resource-reset" id="resource-reset" type="button"><i class="icon" data-lucide="rotate-ccw" aria-hidden="true"></i>Reset</button>
	</div>
	<div class="resource-collections" role="group" aria-label="Filter by user goal">
	<button class="resource-collection" type="button" data-collection="" aria-pressed="true"><i class="icon" data-lucide="layout-grid" aria-hidden="true"></i>All</button>
	<button class="resource-collection" type="button" data-collection="Learn" aria-pressed="false"><i class="icon" data-lucide="compass" aria-hidden="true"></i>Learn</button>
	<button class="resource-collection" type="button" data-collection="Design" aria-pressed="false"><i class="icon" data-lucide="pencil-ruler" aria-hidden="true"></i>Design</button>
	<button class="resource-collection" type="button" data-collection="Build" aria-pressed="false"><i class="icon" data-lucide="hammer" aria-hidden="true"></i>Build</button>
	<button class="resource-collection" type="button" data-collection="Persist" aria-pressed="false"><i class="icon" data-lucide="database" aria-hidden="true"></i>Persist</button>
	<button class="resource-collection" type="button" data-collection="Verify" aria-pressed="false"><i class="icon" data-lucide="badge-check" aria-hidden="true"></i>Verify</button>
	<button class="resource-collection" type="button" data-collection="Govern" aria-pressed="false"><i class="icon" data-lucide="shield-check" aria-hidden="true"></i>Govern</button>
	<button class="resource-collection" type="button" data-collection="Apply" aria-pressed="false"><i class="icon" data-lucide="package-open" aria-hidden="true"></i>Apply</button>
	</div>
	<div class="resource-summary">
	<p class="resource-count" id="resource-count" aria-live="polite">Preparing 730 resources...</p>
	<label>
	<span class="sr-only">Sort resources</span>
	<select class="resource-select resource-sort" id="resource-sort">
	<option value="curated">Guide order</option>
	<option value="publication">Publication year</option>
	<option value="stars">GitHub stars</option>
	<option value="recent">Recently added</option>
	</select>
	</label>
	</div>
	<div class="resource-row-head" aria-hidden="true">
	<span>Work and key contribution</span>
	<span>Year</span>
	<span>Published at</span>
	<span>Evidence</span>
	</div>
	<div class="resource-list" id="resource-list" aria-busy="false">
	<p class="resource-loading">Preparing the resource index...</p>
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	<p class="resource-empty" id="resource-empty" hidden>No resources match the current filters.</p>
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	<p class="resource-loading"><a href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering#start-here">Browse the full resource library on GitHub</a> or <a href="https://huggingface.co/datasets/cy0307/awesome-loop-engineering">filter the dataset on Hugging Face</a>.</p>
	</noscript>
	</div>
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	</section>

	<section id="future">
	<div class="wrap">
	<div class="section-head">
	<div>
	<p class="section-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="compass" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>07 / Future directions</span></p>
	<h2>Turn open problems into evidence.</h2>
	</div>
	<p class="section-intro">Fifteen workstreams define a decision, minimum artifact, metrics, starter slice, and completion gate. Build the foundations first, then prove scale and adoption.</p>
	</div>
	<div class="future-grid">
	<article class="future-track">
	<h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="shield-check" aria-hidden="true"></i>Foundation</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Challenge verifiers with hard negatives and tampering.</li>
	<li>Recover state and side effects after injected crashes.</li>
	<li>Reconstruct every decision from receipts under least privilege.</li>
	</ul>
	<p class="future-output"><strong>Completion signal</strong>The loop can be interrupted, audited, attacked, recovered, and stopped without losing control of evidence or effects.</p>
	</article>
	<article class="future-track">
	<h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="chart-no-axes-combined" aria-hidden="true"></i>Scale</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Separate model, harness, verifier, and loop effects.</li>
	<li>Test long horizons, stop rules, and runtime portability.</li>
	<li>Compare quality, recovery, latency, cost, and human effort.</li>
	</ul>
	<p class="future-output"><strong>Completion signal</strong>Gains survive matched budgets, adverse conditions, multiple runtimes, and full cost accounting.</p>
	</article>
	<article class="future-track">
	<h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="badge-check" aria-hidden="true"></i>Adoption</h3>
	<ul>
	<li>Baseline one frequent, verifiable, reversible domain job.</li>
	<li>Shadow first, then promote through measured approval gates.</li>
	<li>Rehearse handoff, rollback, incident response, and retirement.</li>
	</ul>
	<p class="future-output"><strong>Completion signal</strong>A named operator can understand, interrupt, update, and retire a useful loop from external evidence.</p>
	</article>
	</div>
	<div class="future-steps" aria-label="Four steps from question to evidence">
	<div class="future-step"><span>01 / Scope</span><strong>Choose one recurring task</strong><p>Name the operator, trigger, evidence gate, and consequence of error.</p></div>
	<div class="future-step"><span>02 / Compare</span><strong>Freeze fair baselines</strong><p>Test current operation, single pass, fixed retry, and a cost-matched candidate.</p></div>
	<div class="future-step"><span>03 / Stress</span><strong>Exercise failure paths</strong><p>Inject interruption, stale state, verifier conflict, attack, and budget exhaustion.</p></div>
	<div class="future-step"><span>04 / Publish</span><strong>Release the whole result</strong><p>Share contracts, receipts, costs, unsuccessful runs, and rejection criteria.</p></div>
	</div>
	<div class="future-shared">
	<strong>Start a 90-day project</strong>
	<p>Choose the researcher, runtime, application, or security plan, then use the shared protocol and proposal template to make the result comparable.</p>
	<a class="button" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/blob/main/FUTURE-DIRECTIONS.md"><i class="icon" data-lucide="compass" aria-hidden="true"></i>Open 15 workstreams</a>
	</div>
	</div>
	</section>

	<section id="contribute">
	<div class="wrap">
	<div class="section-head">
	<div>
	<p class="section-label"><i class="icon" data-lucide="handshake" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>08 / Contribute</span></p>
	<h2>Improve the evidence or share a loop.</h2>
	</div>
	<p class="section-intro">Share an original or official source, correct an entry with primary evidence, or document a loop you have run.</p>
	</div>
	<div class="link-grid contribute-grid">
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/issues/new?template=resource-suggestion.yml"><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="plus" aria-hidden="true"></i>Suggest a resource</h3><p>Share one original or official source and a precise summary in under five minutes.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/issues/new?template=annotation-correction.yml"><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="badge-check" aria-hidden="true"></i>Correct an entry</h3><p>Fix a summary, contribution, date, venue, identifier, or source link with primary evidence.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/issues/new?template=gallery-case-study.yml"><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="repeat-2" aria-hidden="true"></i>Share a loop</h3><p>Submit a real or anonymized operating example with no pull request required.</p></a>
	<a class="card" href="https://github.com/ChaoYue0307/awesome-loop-engineering/discussions/2"><h3><i class="icon" data-lucide="messages-square" aria-hidden="true"></i>Join the discussion</h3><p>Compare operating patterns with other loop builders.</p></a>
	</div>
	</div>
	</section>

	<section id="faq">
	<div class="wrap">
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