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+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> This repository is kept for educational purposes and is not actively
+> maintained. You are welcome to study and reuse the code, but should not expect
+> updates, support, or production-readiness.
+
**Ralphify is the runtime for loop engineering.**
*Loop engineering* — designing autonomous agent loops instead of prompting turn by turn — is becoming how people get real work out of coding agents. You write a loop once and let it drive the agent for hours, one commit at a time.
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+!!! important
+ Ralphify is kept for educational purposes and is not actively maintained.
+ You are welcome to study and reuse the code, but should not expect updates,
+ support, or production-readiness.
+