loop-start

loop-start is a command for Claude Code, OpenCode from affaan-m/ECC. It costs 0 tokens per session (219 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command for starting a managed, repeating workflow for coding tasks, with checks and a defined stopping point.

In plain words
What is it for?
It starts sequential work, continuous pull-request work, dependency-based plans, or intentionally ongoing loops, then records a runbook and monitoring commands.
Why use it?
It helps prevent an automated work loop from starting with failing tests, unclear branch rules, or no way to stop safely.

Command for Claude CodeOpenCode

Written for Claude Code and OpenCode: $ARGUMENTS substitution, but also installed under .opencode/.

Part of the ecc plugin — 78 skills, 58 commands, 70 agents, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit It starts sequential work, continuous pull-request work, dependency-based plans, or intentionally ongoing loops, then records a runbook and monitoring commands.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/affaan-m/ecc/loop-start
About the project

ECC is a toolkit that organizes and improves how coding agents work through skills, memory, security checks, research practices, and related extensions. It is for developers using agents such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Cursor.

affaan-m/ECC · 283,276 stars · on GitHub · ecc.tools

Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC

Made for: Claude Code, OpenCode.

Or install ecc, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 78 skills, 58 commands, 70 agents, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 219 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. ✓ AI security review Fable 5.1 · 6 Sept 2026 📄 Read the review
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00219
Opus 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00088
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00044
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00022

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 3ad109a9f69c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

loop-start scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

8 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

.opencode/commands/loop-start.md · 33 lines

What it actually says

Loop Start Command

Start a managed autonomous loop pattern with safety defaults.

Usage

/loop-start [pattern] [--mode safe|fast]

  • pattern: sequential, continuous-pr, rfc-dag, infinite
  • --mode:
    • safe (default): strict quality gates and checkpoints
    • fast: reduced gates for speed

Flow

  1. Confirm repository state and branch strategy.
  2. Select loop pattern and model tier strategy.
  3. Enable required hooks/profile for the chosen mode.
  4. Create loop plan and write runbook under .claude/plans/.
  5. Print commands to start and monitor the loop.

Required Safety Checks

  • Verify tests pass before first loop iteration.
  • Ensure ECC_HOOK_PROFILE is not disabled globally.
  • Ensure loop has explicit stop condition.

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS:

  • <pattern> optional (sequential|continuous-pr|rfc-dag|infinite)
  • --mode safe|fast optional
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 33 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 3ad109a9f69c

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loop-start is a command published in the GitHub repository affaan-m/ECC (283,276 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 219 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.