Add loop-engineering pattern and four SDD loop skills#19
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Introduce loop engineering: bounded agentic loops that converge on a checkable goal instead of running forever or giving up too early. - loop-engineering skill: the six-part loop pattern, four loop shapes, the issue-to-merged pipeline, and guardrails for any loop. - spec-sharpen-loop (Loop 3): issue -> a spec that passes /spec-review. - sdd-build-loop (Loop 2): sharp spec -> a clean, /review-approved branch. - pr-quality-gate (Loop 1): open PR -> all CI gates green (the ship loop). - pr-review-response (Loop 4): green PR -> every reviewer thread addressed. Mirror all five skills across .claude/, .github/, and .windsurf/ to keep tri-platform parity. Add docs/loop-engineering.md, a README section, and a CHANGELOG entry.
Prose and list items were hard-wrapped at ~80 chars, which fights markdown. Reflow to one line per paragraph/list item across the five loop skills (all three platform mirrors), docs/loop-engineering.md, the README section, and the CHANGELOG entry. Tables, code blocks, and diagrams are unchanged.
Show how to run the loops on each platform: Claude Code's native /loop with worked commands for all four loops, and the one-pass-per-prompt pattern for Copilot Chat and Windsurf Cascade where there is no native /loop.
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What
Introduces loop engineering to the toolkit: designing bounded agentic loops that converge on a checkable goal instead of running forever or giving up too early. Based on the blog post AI Loop Engineering: Four Loops From a GitHub Issue to a Merged Feature.
New skills (mirrored across
.claude/,.github/,.windsurf/)loop-engineeringspec-sharpen-loop/spec-reviewwith zero open questions. Human-paced.sdd-build-loop/review-approved feature branch. Self-paced, trust-gated.pr-quality-gatepr-review-responseHow they compose
Human judgment lands at exactly two points; every loop is bounded, never merges on its own, and escalates when stuck.
Also included
docs/loop-engineering.md— full narrative of the pattern, shapes, composition, and guardrails.Notes
markdownlint-cli2under the repo's.markdownlint.yaml./loopon Copilot/Windsurf, so each skill documents driving the same cadence by re-invoking it.Please review — do not merge.