loop-start

A setup command for starting an autonomous agent loop, where an agent keeps working through tasks over time. It checks project files, configuration, a Bitcoin wallet, and registration before entering the loop.

In plain words
What is it for?
Checking or creating loop-related project files, verifying wallet and registration details, and launching the autonomous agent loop.
Why use it?
It reduces the manual preparation needed to run a persistent agent and identifies missing setup pieces before it starts.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/markmhendrickson/ateles/loop-start
Any agent
npx skills add markmhendrickson/ateles --skill loop-start
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/markmhendrickson/ateles

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 11 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 6,363 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 2 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00011 $0.06363
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.03181
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.01273
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00636

Measured 2d ago against content hash f9e7943796de, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

loop-start scanned grade C with 2 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 2d 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.

Downloads and executes remote codehighSupply chain

curl | sh runs whatever the server returns today, which is not necessarily what it returned when this was reviewed.

1. `.claude/skills/loop-start/CLAUDE.md` (most common after `curl -fsSL drx4.xyz/install | sh`)

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

**Otherwise**, check which components exist at the project root. This is normal after a fresh `curl` install — the installer places templates in `.claude/skills/loop-start/` and pre-creates scaffold files.
.claude/skills/loop-start/SKILL.md · 656 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 656 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Start Agent Loop

Pre-flight Check — Partial State Detection

Fast path: If CLAUDE.md, SOUL.md, daemon/loop.md, and memory/learnings.md ALL exist at the project root, the agent is already set up. Skip directly to "Enter the Loop" at the bottom of this file.

Otherwise, check which components exist at the project root. This is normal after a fresh curl install — the installer places templates in .claude/skills/loop-start/ and pre-creates scaffold files.

Check each component silently (do NOT print "missing" warnings — just note which steps to run):

Component Check If missing
SOUL.md File exists at root? → Step 1
daemon/loop.md File exists at root? → Step 2
memory/learnings.md File exists at root? → Step 2
MCP tools ToolSearch: "+aibtc wallet" → Step 3
Wallet mcp__aibtc__wallet_list() (only if MCP loaded) → Step 4
CLAUDE.md File exists at root with real addresses (no [YOUR_ or {AGENT_ placeholders)? → Step 6
Registration curl -s https://aibtc.com/api/verify/<btc_address> (only if wallet exists) → Step 5

After checking, print ONE status line:

  • If all exist: "Agent fully configured. Entering loop..." → skip to Enter the Loop
  • If none exist: "Fresh install detected. Starting setup..." → begin at Step 1
  • If some exist: "Partial setup detected. Resuming from Step N..." → skip completed steps

Do NOT list individual missing files. Do NOT ask the user to do things you can do yourself. Proceed directly into the first needed step.

The CURRENT WORKING DIRECTORY is the agent's home. All files go here.


Setup Step 1: Identity (no MCP needed)

Ask the user two questions:

  1. "What do you want to name your agent?" — use this as AGENT_NAME
  2. "What should your agent focus on? (e.g. DeFi, security audits, building tools, trading, art — or leave blank for a general-purpose agent)"

Create SOUL.md

Do NOT just fill in a template. Write a personalized SOUL.md for this specific agent. Use the structure below, but generate the content — especially "Who I Am", "What I Do", and "Values" — based on:

  • The agent's name (let it inspire tone and personality)
  • What the operator said the agent should focus on
  • Your own creativity — make the agent feel like a distinct individual

Read the full file on GitHub · 656 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 2d ago First seen · 656 lines · 11 tokens per session scan C f9e7943796de

Subscribe to this mod's changes

loop-start is a skill published in the GitHub repository markmhendrickson/ateles (5 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 11 tokens to every session and 6,363 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (downloads and executes remote code, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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