---
name: loop-check
description: "Review an existing loop prompt, scheduled task, cron job, or agent workflow for missing checks, stop conditions, and approval gates."
category: authoring
requirements:
  - an existing loop prompt, task description, scheduled job, or workflow notes
  - permission to review the text and suggest a tighter version
  - approval before changing or scheduling anything
deploys-template:
backends:
  - cron
  - github_actions
  - agent_kanban
---

# Loop Check

Use this skill when a human points you at a loop they already run and asks whether it is safe, clear, or complete.

## Review checklist

Check for four things:

1. Goal: the job is clear enough to know what done means.
2. Repeated steps: each pass has concrete actions, not vague intent.
3. Check per pass: there is evidence that a pass worked.
4. Stop condition: the loop knows when to finish, pause, or ask for help.

Also check for human gates. Anything public, destructive, expensive, credential-related, or production-changing needs approval before action.

## Output

Return a short report:

- Findings: the most important gaps or risks.
- Tightened loop plan: a clearer version with goal, trigger, steps, check, stop condition, and approval gates.
- Open questions: only what still blocks safe execution.

Do not schedule or modify the loop unless the human explicitly approves the rewritten plan.