Test Ralph loop for architecture design iteration

[jeevanpillay]

Context

We want to use Claude Code's built-in Ralph loop (/ralph-loop) to iteratively design Dual's architecture through hypothesis-driven experimentation.

Setup Created

• thoughts/ARCHITECTURE.md — Living architecture doc with seed question
• .claude/agents/architecture-scoper.md — Agent to generate testable hypotheses
• .claude/commands/architecture_loop.md — Command spec (may not be needed if built-in works)

Test Plan

1. Restart Claude instance to pick up new agent

2. Test /ralph-loop with architecture design prompt:

   /ralph-loop "Read thoughts/ARCHITECTURE.md. Do one iteration of architecture design: scope the next open question into a hypothesis, research it, create experiment, run it, validate results, update ARCHITECTURE.md. Output <promise>ARCHITECTURE_COMPLETE</promise> when no open questions remain." --max-iterations 10 --completion-promise "ARCHITECTURE_COMPLETE"
   

3. Observe behavior and iterate on prompt/approach

Success Criteria

• Ralph loop runs multiple iterations
• ARCHITECTURE.md gets updated between iterations
• Loop exits when architecture is complete (or max iterations)
• Research docs and experiments are created as artifacts

References

• Claude Code Ralph Wiggum Plugin
• Hooks Reference

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DUAL-36