@aronhouyu: Loop Engineering - Many people still use Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor like a chatbot: drop a prompt → wait for response → copy it out → fix bugs → drop a new prompt... cycle...
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Loop Engineering is a new methodology and open-source toolkit that replaces manual prompting of AI coding agents with automated loops. It provides pre-built patterns and CLI tools for tasks like PR review, CI checks, and dependency updates, enabling developers to design systems that autonomously direct agents.
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