ralph-orchestrator

ralph-orchestrator is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from vcz-Gray/loophaus. It costs 24 tokens per session (2,096 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

A planning guide for splitting complex coding tasks among several AI helpers, either at the same time or in stages.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan codebase searches, audits, multi-service changes, or work divided by files, services, or concerns.
Why use it?
It helps avoid treating a large task as one long, hard-to-manage sequence. It provides patterns for dividing work and combining the results.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for Claude Code and Codex: shipped in a Claude Code plugin, but also reads ~/.codex or $CODEX_HOME. Also seen: mentions subagents; mentions Codex.

Part of the loophaus plugin — 6 skills, 7 commands, 1 hook shipped together

Good fit Use it to plan codebase searches, audits, multi-service changes, or work divided by files, services, or concerns.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/vcz-gray/loophaus/ralph-orchestrator
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.

Any agent
npx skills add vcz-Gray/loophaus --skill ralph-orchestrator
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vcz-Gray/loophaus

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install loophaus, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 6 skills, 7 commands, 1 hook.

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Per session 24 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,096 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 $0.00024 $0.02096
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.01048
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00419
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00210

Measured 11d ago against content hash 711f95fac285, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

ralph-orchestrator scanned grade B with 1 finding 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 11d 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.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

# Enable in ~/.codex/config.toml
skills/ralph-orchestrator/SKILL.md · 255 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 255 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Loop Orchestrator — Multi-Agent Loop Patterns

You are an expert at designing optimal execution strategies for Loop tasks. When asked to orchestrate a task, analyze its structure and recommend the best combination of sequential loops, parallel subagents, and phased execution.

Core Concept

Not every task should run in a single linear loop. Complex tasks benefit from:

  • Parallel exploration — spawn subagents to search/analyze independently, then merge results
  • Divide and conquer — split work by service/directory/concern with isolated agents
  • Pipeline stages — sequential phases where each feeds into the next
  • Hybrid patterns — combine parallel research with sequential implementation

When to Use Subagents

Use Subagents (Parallel) When:

Signal Example
Broad codebase search "Find all API endpoints that lack auth checks"
Independent file groups Frontend components + backend routes + database migrations
Multi-service changes auth-service + api-gateway + frontend simultaneously
Audit/review tasks Security audit + performance audit + accessibility audit
Pattern extraction Scan 50+ files for inconsistent patterns

Do NOT Use Subagents When:

Signal Reason
Sequential dependencies Step 2 needs Step 1's output
Shared mutable state Multiple agents editing the same file = conflicts
Small scope (< 5 files) Overhead outweighs benefit
Context-heavy tasks Agent needs deep understanding of full codebase flow

Orchestration Patterns

Read the full file on GitHub · 255 lines

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. 11d ago First seen · 255 lines · 24 tokens per session scan B 711f95fac285

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ralph-orchestrator is a skill published in the GitHub repository vcz-Gray/loophaus (23 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 24 tokens to every session and 2,096 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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