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Which Pattern When?

Pick one primary loop per concern. Overlapping loops need coordination — see multi-loop.md.

flowchart TD
    A[What hurts right now?] --> B{CI red?}
    B -->|yes| C[CI Sweeper]
    B -->|no| D{PRs stalling?}
    D -->|yes| E[PR Babysitter]
    D -->|no| F{Morning chaos or noisy issues?}
    F -->|yes| G[Daily Triage + Issue Triage]
    F -->|no| H{Dependabot / CVE noise?}
    H -->|yes| I[Dependency Sweeper]
    H -->|no| J{Merge debt / TODOs piling up?}
    J -->|yes| K[Post-Merge Cleanup]
    J -->|no| L{Release notes / changelog stale?}
    L -->|yes| M[Changelog Drafter]
    L -->|no| N{Tight token budget?}
    N -->|yes| M
    N -->|no| G
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Cost-aware picks

Estimate before you schedule:

npx @cobusgreyling/loop-cost --pattern <id> --level L1
npx @cobusgreyling/loop-init . --pattern daily-triage --tool grok   # scaffolds loop-budget.md + loop-run-log.md
Situation Prefer Avoid (until budget + early-exit)
Hobby / tight plan Changelog Drafter, Daily Triage (L1), Post-Merge CI Sweeper at 5m, PR Babysitter at 5m
Active CI fires CI Sweeper at 15m+ with early-exit Full triage every 5m when main is green
Many open PRs PR Babysitter at 10–15m, L1 watch first L2 fix loops on every tick
Release week Changelog Drafter daily Dependency Sweeper + CI Sweeper unattended

loop-audit caps L3 until loop-budget.md, loop-run-log.md, and a LOOP.md budget section exist.

Quick reference

Symptom Pattern Start with
CI failing on main or PRs CI Sweeper L2, 15m cadence, max 3 attempts
PRs waiting on review/CI/rebase PR Babysitter L1 watch → L2 assisted
"What should I work on?" every morning or noisy GitHub issues Daily Triage + Issue Triage (new) L1 report-only week one — low risk, excellent pair
Outdated packages / CVE alerts Dependency Sweeper L2 patch-only, denylist majors
TODOs and cleanup after merges Post-Merge Cleanup L1 off-peak, small fixes only
Stale or missing release notes Changelog Drafter L1 (draft only first), very low risk

Overlap rules

Combination Rule
CI Sweeper + PR Babysitter CI Sweeper owns failing checks; PR Babysitter does not re-fix the same branch in the same hour
Daily Triage + anything Daily Triage reports; action loops execute. Triage does not auto-fix in L1
Dependency Sweeper + CI Sweeper Pause Dependency Sweeper while CI is red on main
Post-Merge + PR Babysitter Post-Merge runs off-peak only
Changelog Drafter + anything Changelog Drafter is read-mostly and safe to run alongside others; it should not auto-publish

First loop recommendation

If unsure, start with Daily Triage at L1. It teaches state discipline without auto-merge risk.

npx @cobusgreyling/loop-init . --pattern daily-triage --tool grok
npx @cobusgreyling/loop-audit . --suggest