Clear the backlog, unattended
Run Claude Code unattended through your story queue until every card is marked done.
Use this when
A queue of small, well-specified stories that each have their own acceptance criteria, on a branch you are willing to throw away. This is the highest-trust pattern on the site: it runs unattended until the queue is empty.
Done when
✓ Require per-story acceptance criteria the agent can check, add an iteration or budget cap before you start it, and gate the merge behind CI and a human diff review. Never point this at a queue that touches deploys, deletes, or anything irreversible.
Why it works
Ralph loops trade supervision for throughput. That is only a good trade when every card carries its own definition of done, because the loop moves on as soon as it believes a card is finished. Vague cards do not slow it down — they produce confident, wrong work at speed.
Source: invertednz ↗graded C · 60/100 — how grades work →
More automation loops
Ship PRD stories via dual-agent loop
Ralph runs a generator and evaluator in tandem until all user stories pass acceptance criteria and browser tests.
Ship production-grade apps autonomously
Hand an idea to Claude Code; it authors specs, designs, builds, tests, secures, and ships until enterprise done or budget exhausted.
Set and ship autonomous goals
Run a persistent goal autonomously until completion, routing each task to the optimal model for cost and capability.