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ralph-loop

Anthropic v1.0.1

Interactive self-referential AI loops for iterative development, implementing the Ralph Wiggum technique. Claude works on the same task repeatedly, seeing its previous work, until completion.

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Interactive self-referential AI loops for iterative development, implementing the Ralph Wiggum technique. Claude works on the same task repeatedly, seeing its previous work, until completion.

What changed

Oct 28, 2026 · 12:09 UTC

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Catalogs → Demo updated; open the comparison for details.

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Oct 27, 2026 · 18:00 UTC

Changed

Web → Id: “wf.69729a053b70a4c3ce4b47d3” → “directoryPlugin.48e3588f-27ee-4b25-b847-871b82501868”

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Web → Made by: “Anthropic” → “not provided”

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Web → Subheading: “Interactive AI loops for iterative development using the Ralph Wiggum technique: Claude works on tasks repeatedly, se...” → “Continuous self-referential AI loops for interactive iterative development, implementing the Ralph Wiggum technique. ...”

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Web → Title: “Ralph Loop” → “ralph-loop”

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Oct 3, 2026 · 22:13 UTC

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ralph-loop · catalog manifest

Saved declaration

{
  "name": "ralph-loop",
  "author": {
    "name": "Anthropic",
    "email": "support@anthropic.com"
  },
  "source": "./plugins/ralph-loop",
  "category": "development",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-public/tree/main/plugins/ralph-loop",
  "description": "Interactive self-referential AI loops for iterative development, implementing the Ralph Wiggum technique. Claude works on the same task repeatedly, seeing its previous work, until completion."
}
ralph-loop · catalog manifest

Saved declaration

{
  "name": "ralph-loop",
  "author": {
    "name": "Daisy Hollman",
    "email": "daisy@anthropic.com"
  },
  "source": {
    "ref": "main",
    "url": "https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official.git",
    "path": "plugins/ralph-loop",
    "source": "git-subdir"
  },
  "category": "development",
  "description": "Interactive self-referential AI loops for iterative development. Claude works on the same task repeatedly, seeing its previous work, until completion."
}
ralph-loop · catalog manifest

Saved declaration

{
  "name": "ralph-loop",
  "author": {
    "name": "Anthropic",
    "email": "support@anthropic.com"
  },
  "version": "1.0.1",
  "description": "Continuous self-referential AI loops for interactive iterative development, implementing the Ralph Wiggum technique. Run Claude in a while-true loop with the same prompt until task completion."
}

plugin.json observed Nov 6, 2026 · 10:38 UTC. Manifest source ↗

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Installation instructions

Demo

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-code
/plugin install ralph-loop@claude-code-plugins

Official

/plugin install ralph-loop@claude-plugins-official

Claude Code installation documentation

Technical details
Sources
Claude Marketplace · Demo · Official
First seen
Oct 3, 2026 · 21:29 UTC
Last seen
Nov 7, 2026 · 12:00 UTC
Latest observed change
Oct 28, 2026 · 12:09 UTC
Collection status
Listed
Reported installs
196,527
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