continue-loop

name

continue-loop

description

Keep iterating on the next logical step in a project until a clear stop condition is reached. Use when the user says `/continue-loop`, asks to "keep going", "continue iterating", or wants Codex to repeatedly choose the highest-leverage next task, execute it, verify it, and then continue. Good for open-ended cleanup, refactoring, polish, debt burn-down, and project advancement where the next step should be discovered from the current repo state instead of handed over explicitly.

Continue Loop

Use this skill to keep making progress without waiting for the user to spell out every step. Treat the loop as a sequence of small, verified passes, not a license to thrash.

Workflow

1. Establish the bounds.
   • Respect any explicit scope, count, stop condition, or quality bar from the user.
   • If the user gave no bound, keep going until you hit a real blocker, diminishing returns, or a clean handoff point worth surfacing.
2. Initialize or resume the loop state.
   • Resolve SKILL_DIR to the directory containing this SKILL.md.
   • Run:

python3 "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/continue_loop.py" start --cwd "$PWD"

• Add --goal "..." when the user gave a concrete objective worth preserving.
• Reuse the existing state file unless the user clearly wants a fresh loop.

3. Ask the core question.
   • Run:

python3 "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/continue_loop.py" next --cwd "$PWD"