Loop Contracts

GPTClaudeGemini··▲ 1,288 copies·updated 2026-07-14

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# Loop contracts (full, machine-readable specs)

A **loop contract** is the whole loop written down as data: goal, trigger,
intake, workspace (and what's *off-limits*), verification gates, memory, budget,
escalation, and exit. Writing the contract first is the single best way to make
a loop safe to run unattended — it forces you to answer "when does this stop?"
and "what may it never touch?" before you turn it on.

→ Background: [docs/03 — Anatomy of a Loop → The loop contract](../docs/03-anatomy-of-a-loop.md#the-loop-contract).

> The shape below is this repo's own contract schema. Treat each example as a
> template: copy one, change the fields, delete what you don't need.

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## The contract shape

Every contract answers the same questions:

when to use it

Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo invincible04/awesome-loop-engineering (MIT). A "Loop Contracts" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.