[FEATURE]: Ralph Loop - autonomous task completion without human intervention

[ktsaou]

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Describe the enhancement you want to request

Add a mechanism to repeatedly inject prompts into OpenCode sessions, allowing autonomous task completion without human intervention after the initial prompt.

Use case: When working on multi-step tasks (fixing TODOs, reviewing code, refactoring), users currently need to manually prompt the model to continue after each response. This feature allows the model to continue working automatically until:

• A completion condition is met (model outputs a specific marker)
• Maximum iterations reached (safety limit)
• User cancels the loop

Example usage

# Read TODO and work on it until nothing left to do
/ralph-loop -p "I_DIDNT_FIND_ANYTHING" Read the TODO file and execute all tasks

# Review and fix with iteration limit
/ralph-loop -m 10 -p "ALL_FIXED" Review and fix all type errors

# Cancel if needed
/ralph-loop:cancel

Why is this needed?

Similar to Claude Code's ralph-loop feature, this enables:

• Hands-off task execution for well-defined work
• Iteration on complex multi-step tasks
• Autonomous code review and fixing workflows

Safety considerations

• Default max 20 iterations, configurable up to 100
• Completion promise detection to stop when done
• Cancel command available at any time
• Server-side state management

[github-actions]

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

• [FEATURE]: Ralph behaviour on demand #9199: Ralph behaviour on demand - requests ralph-like functionality for autonomous task execution

Additionally, the following related issues discuss autonomous execution and loop automation that may inform the implementation:

• [FEATURE]: Delayed queue feature #5408: Delayed queue feature - requests ability to queue messages for hands-off execution
• [FEATURE]: Full automation support #5891: Full automation support - requests autonomous task execution without confirmation
• [FEATURE]: Add --dangerously-skip-permissions (aka YOLO mode) #8463: Add --dangerously-skip-permissions - related to autonomous workflows
• [FEATURE]: Add configurable spending limit / "Kill Switch" per session #4559: Add configurable spending limit / "Kill Switch" - relevant for loop safety considerations

Feel free to ignore if these don't address your specific case.

[ktsaou]

Closing as duplicate of #9199. PR #9312 implements this feature.