Install Loop Engineering

Goal

Leave the repo with a scaffolded report-only loop, a Loop Ready score, and clear next actions — using the single CLI:

npx @cobusgreyling/loop

Do not deprecate or remove existing loop-init / loop-audit usages you find; both doors stay valid. Prefer loop for new work.

Steps

1. Detect context

   • If LOOP.md or STATE.md already exists, run doctor only (skip init unless human asks to re-scaffold):

     npx @cobusgreyling/loop doctor . --json
     npx @cobusgreyling/loop status .

   • Otherwise continue.

2. Pick pattern (default: daily-triage)

   Pain	Pattern
   Morning chaos / unclear priorities	daily-triage
   PRs stalling	pr-babysitter
   CI red / flakes	ci-sweeper
   CVE / Dependabot noise	dependency-sweeper
   Post-merge TODOs	post-merge-cleanup
   Stale release notes	changelog-drafter
   Noisy issues	issue-triage
   One GitHub Action, almost no files	thin-loop

3. Pick tool — claude | grok | codex | opencode (default claude).

4. Scaffold

   npx @cobusgreyling/loop init . --pattern <pattern> --tool <tool>

   Optional harness (only if human wants Foundry): add --with-foundry.

5. Doctor

   npx @cobusgreyling/loop doctor .

   • Exit 0 = healthy · 1 = warnings · 2 = blocked
   • Follow the top 3 printed actions; do not invent extra architecture.

6. Cost check before high-cadence schedules:

   npx @cobusgreyling/loop cost -p <pattern> -l L1 -c 1d

7. Week-one rule

   • Report only. No auto-fix, no auto-merge.
   • Tell the human the first /loop or scheduler command from init output.
   • Suggest badge only when score is strong: npx @cobusgreyling/loop badge .

Compatibility

These remain fully supported (do not rewrite existing docs/scripts unless asked):

npx @cobusgreyling/loop-init .
npx @cobusgreyling/loop-audit . --suggest

Stop conditions

• Stop after doctor + first-run instructions unless the human asks for L2+.
• Never expand into fleet/memory/foundry unless score ≥ 80 and human opts in.