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Test Ralph loop iteration workflow

Session from pi-mono-sessions on Hugging Face by thomasmustier · MIT · condensed by Coders Talk

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GOAL

Try out a 'Ralph loop' tool by starting a dummy 4-iteration test task and observing how the agent progresses through iterations.

  1. Prompt · +0
    Start a dummy Ralph loop for testing, 4 iterations
  2. Agent did · +0m
    Started the 'dummy-test' loop with a task file and checklist, completed iteration 1, and tried to call ralph_done but it was skipped since messages were already queued
  3. Prompt · +0m
    Iteration 1/4 prompt auto-sent by the loop with task instructions
  4. Agent did · +0m
    Marked iteration 1 complete and wrote updated checklist to .ralph/dummy-test.md
  5. Intervention · +0m
    Told the agent not to send ralph_done, pausing the loop
    Why: I just wanted to see one iteration play out before letting it keep going automatically.
  6. Agent did · +0m
    Confirmed the loop was paused at iteration 1/4 and ended its turn as instructed
  7. Prompt · +5m
    Run a new Ralph loop
  8. Outcome · +5m
    Started a second dummy loop 'dummy-test-2' with 4 max iterations
VERDICT

I'd start by saying I just want to test one iteration manually rather than letting the loop auto-chain, since the tool seems to want to keep calling ralph_done on its own. Telling it explicitly not to send ralph_done was what actually gave me control over the pacing. Overall this was just a sanity check of the loop mechanics, not real work.

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