feat: Add Harness Loop (Ralph Wiggum Technique) for Autonomous Development#4
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…pment Ports the Ralph Wiggum external harness pattern from spec-machine, enabling fully autonomous development by running Claude Code in an external bash loop with spec-based progress tracking. **Commands Added:** - `devorch harness init <feature>` - Initialize feature folder structure - `devorch harness create-specs <feature>` - Generate specs interactively - `devorch harness loop <feature>` - Run autonomous loop until completion - `devorch harness list` - List all features with status - `devorch harness status <feature>` - Show detailed progress **Key Features:** - Autonomous execution without manual intervention - Progress tracking via acceptance criteria checkboxes - Iteration logs for every loop cycle - Graceful completion with "COMPLETED" marker **Components:** - CLI commands: `src/cli/commands/harness/` - Harness lib: `src/cli/lib/harness/` - Claude runner: `src/cli/lib/claude-runner/` - Skill: `templates/skills/workflow/harness/` - Docs: `docs/user-guide/harness-loop.md` - Visual assets: `docs/assets/ralph.gif`, `docs/assets/harness-flow.jpg` Learn more: https://ghuntley.com/ralph/ Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Implements Ralph Wiggum external harness pattern to devorch, enabling fully autonomous development by running Claude Code in an external bash loop with spec-based progress tracking.
What's Included
CLI Commands:
devorch harness init <feature>- Initialize feature folder structure with templatesdevorch harness create-specs <feature>- Boot Claude to investigate and write detailed specsdevorch harness loop <feature>- Run autonomous loop until all tasks completedevorch harness list- List all features with their statusdevorch harness status <feature>- Show detailed progress for a featureKey Features:
Components Added:
src/cli/commands/harness/src/cli/lib/harness/src/cli/lib/claude-runner/(for spawning Claude processes)templates/skills/workflow/harness/SKILL.md(/workflow:harness)docs/user-guide/harness-loop.mddocs/assets/ralph.gif,docs/assets/harness-flow.jpgExample Usage
How It Works
Learn More
/workflow:harnessin Claude CodeTest Plan
devorch harness init test-featuredevorch harness listdevorch harness status test-feature🤖 Generated with Claude Code