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 "generated": "2026-10-30",
 "id": "buffalo2024-rulora--stop-stalled-agent-retry-loops",
 "repo": "Buffalo2024/Rulora",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/Buffalo2024/Rulora",
 "repo_slug": "buffalo2024-rulora",
 "title": "Stop an agent retry loop that makes no progress",
 "page_title": "How to stop an agent retry loop that makes no progress with Rulora",
 "summary": "Use bounded loop control so repeated failed attempts end in a stop or manual handoff.",
 "who": "An engineer whose agent keeps retrying a failing step with no real change between attempts.",
 "problem": "Unbounded retries waste time and model calls and can hide the real failure.",
 "outcome": "The loop stops after repeated lack of progress and hands the case to a person instead of continuing.",
 "steps": [
  "Install Node.js 20 or newer.",
  "Run `git clone https://github.com/Buffalo2024/Rulora.git`",
  "Run `cd Rulora`",
  "Run `npm ci --ignore-scripts`",
  "Run `npm run example:loop` and confirm the run stops for manual handling."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the Rulora repo at <target-dir>, install with `npm ci --ignore-scripts` and run `npm run example:loop`. Report how many attempts ran before the stop and whether the run was handed to manual handling. Verify that the loop did not continue after the no-progress condition.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says the loop stops on the configured rules, so the stop conditions you set in your own agent determine what counts as no progress.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "javascript",
 "requirements": [
  "Node.js 20 or newer",
  "git, or the source ZIP from the repo page",
  "A terminal"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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