# build-loop-claude-code

Runs every task through build, review, end-to-end test and fix. It keeps going until the plan's checkboxes are all ticked.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1700 installs · ★ 232
- Author: BuilderOS
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/BuildGreatProducts/builder-os/tree/HEAD/skills/build-loop-claude-code/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-07
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/build-loop-claude-code

## What it does

The skill takes work from a plan file in the repo — it looks for `- [ ]` checkboxes and picks the first unchecked task. The order is deliberate, so it never skips ahead. With no plan, or a request outside one, it builds from your prompt: restates it as a verifiable goal with 2–4 success criteria and confirms scope in a single message.

Each step is gated. The implementation stays minimal and matches project conventions, with no speculative scope. Then `/review` runs over the changed code, and `/security-review` joins in when the change touches auth, payments, user input or data access. Findings get fixed and `/review` re-runs until clean. After that comes the full test suite plus a manual walkthrough of the real flow, including empty, loading and error states.

One thing to know up front: the review step depends on Claude's `/review` and `/security-review` slash commands. No commands, no review gate. When a finding contradicts the task or the spec, the spec wins and the skill flags the disagreement instead of arguing. A failing task never gets marked done, and the next one never starts on a broken app.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill build-loop-claude-code -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/build-loop-claude-code/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/build-loop-claude-code/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill build-loop-claude-code -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/build-loop-claude-code/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill build-loop-claude-code -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/build-loop-claude-code/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install BuildGreatProducts/builder-os build-loop-claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/build-loop-claude-code/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill build-loop-claude-code -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --path skills/build-loop-claude-code
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/build-loop-claude-code/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BuildGreatProducts/builder-os --skill build-loop-claude-code -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/BuildGreatProducts/builder-os/tree/HEAD/skills/build-loop-claude-code/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- work the next unchecked task from a plan in order
- review changed code and fix every finding
- walk a feature through empty, loading and error states
- keep a task open until the test suite passes
- report what shipped and what was deferred

## Example prompts
- run the build loop on the plan in this repo
- build the next task from the plan
- build this feature properly: implement, review, test

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: build-loop-claude-code
description: Use when building features with **Claude Code** in any codebase and the work should go through a disciplined build → review → test → fix loop. Triggers on "run the build loop", "build the next task", "continue the plan", "build this feature properly", or any request to implement work from a plan file or a direct feature prompt. Builds from the plan (or the prompt if no plan exists), runs Claude Code's `/review` (plus `/security-review` for sensitive surfaces) and fixes every issue found, tests and verifies the feature end to end, fixes anything testing surfaces, and reports back once complete. Repeats until all plan tasks are checked off.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: BuilderOS
  version: "1.0"
---

# Claude Code Build Loop

Quality-gated feature work: nothing ships on "it compiles" — every increment is built, reviewed, tested end to end, and fixed before the user hears "done."

## Source of work

- **A plan file exists** (roadmap, refactor plan, or task list with `- [ ]` checkboxes — search the repo): work the first unchecked task. Tasks are ordered intentionally — never skip ahead. If the plan references spec docs, read only the sections relevant to the current task.
- **No plan (or the request is outside it):** build from the user's prompt. Restate it as a verifiable goal with 2–4 success criteria and confirm scope in one message before building.

## The loop

Run per task (or per prompted feature). Do not advance until every step passes.

1. **Build.** Implement exactly what the task specifies. Simplest implementation that satisfies it, surgical changes, no speculative scope. Match existing project conventions.

2. **Review.** Run **`/review`** on the changed code. If the change touches auth, payments, user input, or data access, also run **`/security-review`**. Fix all findings in scope — bugs, security issues, edge cases, performance, style in files you touched. If the project has a design system spec (design tokens file, DESIGN.md, theme config), check UI changes against it — no hardcoded colors, type, or spacing that bypass tokens. Note pre-existing issues in untouched code for the report instead of fixing silently. Re-run `/review` until clean. If a finding contradicts the task or spec, the spec wins — flag the disagreement.
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