loopy: packaging agent work as bounded, checkable loops instead of one-shot prompts
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Most prompts ask an agent to do a thing once. The insight behind Forward-Future/loopy is that the work worth automating is rarely one-shot, so the unit it packages is not a prompt but a loop: a short playbook with a built-in check, a next step, and an explicit rule for when to stop. The distinction it draws The README makes its case with a single before-and-after. A one-shot prompt says "Make this website faster." A loop says: find the slowest page, make one focused improvement, measure it…
1Key Takeaways
- Most prompts ask an agent to do a thing once.
- The insight behind Forward-Future/loopy is that the work worth automating is rarely one-shot, so the unit it packages is not a prompt but a loop: a short playbook with a built-in check, a next step, and an explicit rule for when to stop.
- The distinction it draws The README makes its case with a single before-and-after.
- A one-shot prompt says "Make this website faster." A loop says: find the slowest page, make one focused improvement, measure it….
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3Why it matters
Prompt and agent patterns spread fast; staying current saves time and token cost. DEV — Prompt Engineering reports that most prompts ask an agent to do a thing once.
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