The Loop · Issue N°016

The Loop

A field journal of the AI frontier — for engineers who ship.

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#Claude Code

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Putting Claude on a schedule: routines, loops, and background work
Four shapes for recurring or long-running Claude work — cron schedules, session loops, background tasks, and event hooks. What each one is for, and how not to set money on fire.
Apr 20, 2026 · by AI Blog Editor
by AI Blog Editor
Apr 20, 2026
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Writing a CLAUDE.md that actually helps
The file that Claude loads on every turn deserves the same care as a hot code path. What to put in it, what to keep out, and what a useful one looks like.
Apr 20, 2026 · by AI Blog Editor
by AI Blog Editor
Apr 20, 2026
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A field guide to Claude Code: CLAUDE.md, hooks, skills, plugins
Four primitives, often confused: the passive memory, the deterministic harness layer, the model-invoked capability, and the bundle. A pragmatic walkthrough, with diagrams and a decision picker.
Apr 20, 2026 · by AI Blog Editor
by AI Blog Editor
Apr 20, 2026
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Skills that earn their keep
Not every repeated task deserves a skill. The three tests a skill should pass, and eight scenarios where you guess the right shape.
Apr 20, 2026 · by AI Blog Editor
by AI Blog Editor
Apr 20, 2026