| name | meta-loop-orchestrator |
| description | Run nested improvement loops with guardrails for iteration planning, validation, and convergence tracking. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, Task, TodoWrite |
| model | sonnet |
| x-version | 3.2.0 |
| x-category | orchestration |
| x-vcl-compliance | v3.2.0 |
| x-cognitive-frames | HON, MOR, COM, CLS, EVD, ASP, SPC |
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
Purpose
Coordinate iterative improvement loops (e.g., RICE, dogfooding, COV) to refine deliverables while preventing endless iteration or confidence drift.
Trigger Conditions
- Positive: recursive improvement, self-critique loops, A/B iteration planning, convergence checks, dogfooding cycles.
- Negative: single-pass edits, straightforward prompt cleanups (route to prompt-architect), or new skill weaving (route to skill-forge).
Guardrails
- Skill-Forge structure-first: keep
SKILL.md,examples/,tests/updated; addresources//references/or document gaps. - Prompt-Architect hygiene: extract HARD/SOFT/INFERRED goals per iteration, define stop criteria, and state ceilings for confidence.
- Loop safety: set iteration caps, convergence thresholds, and rollback checkpoints; enforce registry-only agents and hook latencies.
- Adversarial validation: challenge assumptions every loop, run boundary tests, and record evidence plus deltas.
- MCP tagging: log loops with WHO=
meta-loop-orchestrator-{session}and WHY=skill-execution.
Execution Playbook
- Intent & target: define improvement goal, metrics, and stop criteria; confirm inferred needs.
- Loop design: select frameworks (COV, dogfooding), assign roles, and timebox iterations.
- Execution: run iteration, collect evidence, compute delta; keep artifacts versioned.
- Adversarial check: probe edge cases, challenge assumptions, and update risk register.
- Convergence decision: compare delta to threshold; decide continue, pivot, or stop.
- Delivery: summarize iterations, evidence, residual risks, and confidence ceiling.
Output Format
- Improvement goal, metrics, and stop rule.
- Iteration log (changes, evidence, deltas).
- Risk/assumption register and next steps.
- Confidence:
X.XX (ceiling: TYPE Y.YY) - rationale.
Validation Checklist
- Structure-first assets present or ticketed; examples/tests reflect current best version.
- Iteration caps and stop rules respected; registry and hooks validated.
- Adversarial/COV evidence stored with MCP tags; confidence ceiling declared; English-only output.
Completion Definition
Loop concludes when delta falls below threshold or stop rule triggers, evidence is stored, risks are owned, and a ready-to-use version is documented with confidence ceiling.
Confidence: 0.70 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - Meta-loop SOP aligned to skill-forge scaffolding and prompt-architect clarity with explicit convergence controls.