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run Claude Code in a loop

Shown by anandchowdhary on Nov 15, 2025. Click the card to turn it over.

170points

62comments

#411of 3,837 in 2025

Top 11%of 2025 by points

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4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.

Idea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against

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Bash script is readable
From 1 comment
- Kudos on making Bash readable. (https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/continuous-claude/blob/main/continuous_claude.sh)
  janaagaard on HN

Agent-written tests are often low quality and mock-heavy
From 3 comments
- > codebase with hundreds of thousands of lines of code and go from 0% to 80%+ coverage in the next few weeks I had a coworker do this with windsurf + manual driving awhile back…
  apapalns on HN
- I agree. It is very easy to fall in the trap: "I let AI write all the tests" and then find yourself in a situation where you have an unmaintainable mess with the only way to fix…
  id00 on HN
- I find coding agents can produce very high quality tests if and only if you give them detailed guidance and good starting examples. Ask a coding agent to build tests for a…
  simonw on HN
Running in a loop may be expensive
From 1 comment
- >run Claude code in a loop And watch your bank account go brrr!
  DeathArrow on HN
Not a novel idea; a bash while loop suffices
From 1 comment
- You can do this with a single while loop in bash. No need for this project. Search for “ralph wiggum ai coding” and find a couple of guys that share plenty of examples and nerd…
  tinodb on HN

Support for Codex
From 1 comment
- Does this exist for Codex?
  cog-flex on HN
Reading and acting on code review comments
From 1 comment
- can it read code review comments? I've been finding that having claude write code but letting codex review PRs is a productive workflow, claude code is capable of reading the…
  jes5199 on HN

How it handles questions asked by Claude
From 1 comment
- How does it handle questions asked by Claude?
  decide1000 on HN

Ralph Wiggum loop approach
From 1 comment
- You can do this with a single while loop in bash. No need for this project. Search for “ralph wiggum ai coding” and find a couple of guys that share plenty of examples and nerd…
  tinodb on HN
GitHub Copilot PR reviews
From 1 comment
- Have you tried GitHub Copilot? I've been trying it out directly in my PRs like you suggest. Works pretty well sometimes.
  jerezzprime on HN
Codex reviews
From 1 comment
- I find that ChatGPT’s Codex reviews - which can also be set up to happen automatically on all PRs - seem smarter than Copilot’s, and make fewer mistakes. But these things change…
  jes5199 on HN