The Hard Part of an Agent Loop Isn't the Loop

Short summary

The author argues the real challenge in AI agent loops isn't the loop mechanism but the bootstrap problem — manually creating charters, skills, and routing per project. They describe using Squad to scaffold agent charters, running 30-minute on / 10-minute off cycles against a GitHub issue queue with agents filing their own issues. Limitations include Copilot-only support and subsquads that reduced throughput rather than improving it.

• •Agent loops' hard part is bootstrapping charters, skills, and routing — not the loop itself
• •Squad scaffolds agent charters; author runs 30-min on / 10-min off cycles against GitHub issue queues
• •Limitations: Copilot-only (no Claude Code/Codex port), subsquads slowed throughput

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