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name: demerzel-loop description: Start or monitor a governed Ralph Loop — autonomous iterative development with graduated governance oversight

Demerzel Governed Ralph Loop

Start or monitor autonomous iterative development cycles with governance checkpoints.

Usage

/demerzel loop start [goal] [repo] — initiate a new loop /demerzel loop status [loop-id] — check loop progress /demerzel loop halt [loop-id] — manually halt a loop

Risk Classification (determined before loop starts)

| Risk | Description | Governance Mode | |------|-------------|----------------| | Low | Reversible, single repo, no security | boundary-only | | Medium | Reversible but significant, affects behavior | boundary-only | | High | Irreversible, cross-repo, security-sensitive | per-iteration | | Critical | Governance integrity, Zeroth Law | per-iteration + human pre-approval |

Loop-Specific Review Criteria

1. Convergence: Is the loop making progress? (3 stalls → halt)
2. Regression: Did this iteration break a previous iteration's work? (→ halt)
3. Drift: Has the loop wandered from its goal? (→ halt, Article 4 concern)

Iteration Limits

• Default: 10 iterations, Absolute max: 25
• Stall limit: 3 iterations without progress
• Zeroth Law concern at any iteration → immediate halt

Demerzel-Initiated Loops

Demerzel may initiate loops for governance tasks only (compliance remediation, Kaizen cycles). Domain work loops are agent-initiated. Dispatched via Galactic Protocol directives.

Source

policies/autonomous-loop-policy.yaml, logic/loop-state.schema.json