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How to stop an agent retry loop that makes no progress with Rulora

Use bounded loop control so repeated failed attempts end in a stop or manual handoff.

Short answer: Install Node.js 20 or newer; then run git clone https://github.com/Buffalo2024/Rulora.git; run cd Rulora. All steps.

Who it is forAn engineer whose agent keeps retrying a failing step with no real change between attempts.

The problemUnbounded retries waste time and model calls and can hide the real failure.

The outcomeThe loop stops after repeated lack of progress and hands the case to a person instead of continuing.

What you need first

  • Node.js 20 or newer
  • git, or the source ZIP from the repo page
  • A terminal

Steps

  1. Install Node.js 20 or newer.
  2. Run git clone https://github.com/Buffalo2024/Rulora.git
  3. Run cd Rulora
  4. Run npm ci --ignore-scripts
  5. Run npm run example:loop and confirm the run stops for manual handling.

Prompt for your agent

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.

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.

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