The original title is "The Cowork Loop: A Software Pattern for AI Workflows That Actually Compound"

Short summary

Most AI workflows skip the crucial Phase 4 — refining the system that produced output, not just the output itself. The Cowork Loop is a four-phase pattern (Brief, Generate, Review, Refine) where you capture learnings in a persistent context file that compounds future sessions. This mirrors how OpenAI's Dreaming V3 automates synthesis, but deliberate practice during development produces richer material for automation to improve on.

• •Most developers skip Phase 4 (Refine), where systematic improvement compounds over time
• •The Cowork Loop: Brief (context) → Generate (model) → Review (human) → Refine (update context)
• •Persistent context files like CLAUDE.md carry forward learnings, improving every subsequent session

Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.