loop-engineering
Shared loop-engineering reference for COG skills - the agent loop, deterministic verifiers, termination conditions, in-loop context management, and named patterns. Invoke when designing or debugging a skill that iterates (search-verify-retry, scan-until-dry, fetch-retry-gate).
Install / Use
npx skills add huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill loop-engineeringInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
Our assessment of loop-engineering
loop-engineering scores 85/100 on our quality scale, 2261st of 4,355 Development & Engineering skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 1,216 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 13 days ago, so loop-engineering is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
loop-engineering compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than loop-engineering; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| loop-engineering (this skill)by huytieu | 85 | 1.2k | 13d ago | SKILL.md |
| ai-job-searchby MadsLorentzen | 100 | 44.7k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| claude-howtoby luongnv89 | 100 | 41.7k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 8d ago | SKILL.md |
| pptxby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 8d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install loop-engineering?
- Run
npx skills add huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill loop-engineering. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does loop-engineering work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is loop-engineering safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is loop-engineering still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 13 days ago, so loop-engineering is actively maintained.
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From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.