loop

Loop

Run a prompt repeatedly at a fixed interval. The main thread stays alive by sleeping between executions, spawning a background agent each cycle to do the work.

Arguments

• $ARGUMENTS - interval and prompt, or a management command (list, cancel)

Syntax:

/loop <interval> <prompt or /skill>
/loop list
/loop cancel <id>
/loop cancel all

Examples:

/loop 5m check if CI is green on this PR
/loop 20m /review-pr 1234
/loop 2h check for new Sentry errors in the payments service
/loop 30s tail the deploy logs and report status
/loop list
/loop cancel 2

Context

• Current branch: !git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null | head -1
• Git status: !git status --short 2>/dev/null | head -10
• Working directory: !pwd

Instructions

Step 1: Parse the Arguments

Parse $ARGUMENTS to determine the action:

Management commands:

• list - Show all active loops with their ID, interval, prompt, and execution count. If no loops are active, say so.
• cancel <id> - Mark the specified loop as cancelled. On the next sleep cycle, the loop will detect the cancellation and stop.
• cancel all - Mark all loops as cancelled.

New loop:

• Extract the interval token (first argument matching the pattern below)
• Everything after the interval is the prompt to execute

Interval parsing:

• Ns or Nsec - N seconds (minimum 30 seconds, round up if less)
• Nm or Nmin - N minutes
• Nh or Nhr - N hours
• Nd - N days
• No interval specified - default to 10 minutes
• Convert to seconds for the sleep command

If the prompt is empty after parsing, ask the user what they want to run.

Step 2: Confirm and Initialize

Present the loop configuration:

## Loop configured

**Interval:** {human-readable interval}
**Prompt:** {the prompt to execute}
**Loop ID:** {sequential integer, starting at 1}

Starting now. First execution is immediate. Use /loop list to check status or /loop cancel {id} to stop.

Initialize tracking state: