Loop/Prompt Library / Running AI agents well
🔁 Five-minute maintenance check-in
Every five minutes, checks several repos, gives each one its next small task, and only lets proven work merge.
Use it when: You want an AI to keep many repos maintained without you micromanaging.
🛑 Stops when: Every repo item is merged with proof, waiting on a decision, blocked with one clear ask, or has nothing to do.
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Every [5] minutes while maintenance is on, check [list of repos]. Use one ongoing thread per repo and read its latest status. Give each repo its single most valuable small task within the permissions I gave. Do not interrupt work that is going well. Work can merge only after tests, a live check, a review, and green CI. Send product, access, security, or irreversible decisions to me. Stop for the day after [N] check-ins or when every item is done, waiting, or blocked.
Review every change the agent makes before you keep it. Set a budget or round limit — the prompt includes one.
Idea from Forward Future's Loop Library · by Peter Steinberger. Prompt rewritten in plain English by FixKit AI.
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