loop-contract

Design a loop before running one - name its trigger, verification, two stop conditions, terminal states, and the weakest mechanism that holds it. Use when designing or reviewing unattended or repeating agent work - a schedule, a cron/routine, "keep going until X", a babysitting loop. Not for a fixed sequence of known steps (write a script instead) or a single task that just runs long - repetition, not duration, is the trigger.