Lesson 1 · intro
What is an AI loop?
The 30-second and the five-minute answer to what an AI loop is, and why the loop — not the model call — is the unit of value.
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Loop engineering lessons
A structured path for understanding loop anatomy, patterns, checks, guardrails, harnesses, and maintenance.
Lesson 2 · intro
Loop patterns and when to use them
How to match a goal to a loop pattern, when not to automate at all, and why every pattern carries a characteristic failure you sign up for.
Lesson 3 · intermediate
Anatomy of a trustworthy loop
The structural checklist a loop must declare before anyone should run it unattended — the prose twin of the loop.yaml spec.
Lesson 4 · intermediate
Verification: the actual product
Anyone can schedule an agent; the hard part is trusting the result. This module documents, honestly, what this site's own 'verified' status means.
Lesson 5 · intermediate
Guardrails and human gates
How much autonomy to grant a loop, and the short list of things that always need a human. Carries the site's trust posture; no autonomy hype.
Lesson 6 · intermediate
Harness engineering
The model is not the agent; the harness — tools, prompts, memory, hooks, guardrails — is what does the work.
Lesson 7 · intermediate
Loop maintenance and rot
Loops decay silently; maintenance is a design requirement, not ops. This site's own roster is the worked example.
Lesson 8 · intro
Your first loop in 15 minutes
Go from zero to a running, verified research-watch loop. References the template and skill pack; does not duplicate their commands.