Loop Engineering: Skill and State Templates

Two primitives inside an automation that separate working loops from expensive ones:

> /loop 30m /goal All tests in test/auth pass and lint is clean.
  Scan src/auth for new failures, propose fixes in claude/auth-fixes,
  open draft PR when goal condition holds.

▲ Claude
  CronCreate(*/30 * * * * : auth quality loop)
  Stop condition: tests pass + lint clean (verified by checker)
✓ Scheduled. Will continue past intermediate completions
  until /goal condition is met by independent checker.

07. Skills: write project knowledge once. Read on every run.

name: ci-triage
description: Classify CI failures by root cause (env, flake, real bug,
  dependency, infra), draft fixes for the easy ones, escalate the rest.
  Trigger whenever a workflow run fails or on the morning triage loop.
---

# CI triage skill

## Classification rules
- env: missing secret, wrong env var, infra not provisioned. # human
- flake: passes on retry without code change. # retry once, then file
- bug: deterministic failure tied to recent commit. # draft fix
- dependency: failure tied to a version bump. # draft rollback
- infra: timeout, OOM, runner issue. # escalate

## Fix patterns
- Auth tests → check src/auth/middleware first
- Database tests → verify migration applied in CI env
- E2E tests → check selectors against the latest UI snapshot

## Never do
- Disable failing tests — always file as escalation instead
- Modify CI config without human approval
- Touch src/payments/ or src/billing/ (in claude/permissions.md)

## State
Update STATE.md after each run: file paths checked, classifications,
PRs opened, items escalated.

10. The state file. The agent forgets. The file does not.

# Loop state · ci-triage

## Last run
2026-06-09 03:30 UTC · 7 failures classified, 3 fixes drafted, 4 escalated

## In progress
- claude/fix-auth-token-refresh — tests passing locally, awaiting CI
- claude/fix-flaky-payment-webhook — retry pattern applied, monitoring

## Completed today
- claude/bump-axios-1.7.4 → merged (CI green, deps loop verified)
- claude/lint-fix-pass-june-9 → merged

## Escalated to humans
- src/billing/refund.ts — tests failing in 3 ways, root cause unclear
- ci/staging-runner — infra timeouts, not a code issue

## Lessons learned (write here, not in chat)
- 2026-06-08: PowerShell hits TLS 1.2 issue on this Windows runner. Use bash.
- 2026-06-07: tests/e2e/checkout requires Stripe webhook secret in env. Skip if missing.

## Stop conditions met since last review
- /goal “all tests pass + lint clean” achieved on commit 3a7b8c1 at 02:14 UTC