# GPTsApp Plugins decision brief

## Ralph Loop (claude-code)

Format: gptsapp-plugin-decision-brief/1.0.0
Plugin ID: gpa:plugin:5960d22576c47b9da6312d7a6c01c4dc193f1f934351c54d9ccd1f85ccf375c4
Canonical: https://plugins.gptsapp.io/plugins/claude-code/anthropics/ralph-loop
Source owner: anthropics
Declared author: Anthropic source repository
Repository: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official
Package root: plugins/ralph-loop
Package format: claude-plugin
Documented targets: Claude Code (claude-code)
Documented targets are source declarations, not tested compatibility. Other interfaces remain unknown.
Task scope: All recorded tasks
Recorded tasks: Configure workflows (workflow-rules); Work with repositories (repository-management)

Run an iterative task workflow with an explicit stopping condition.

### Version and observation scope
Workflow-note version: Unknown
Workflow-note revision: Unknown
Workflow-note observation: 2026-09-07
Manifest version: Unknown
Manifest revision: Unknown
Manifest observation: Unknown
Component observation scope: observed-2026-09-07
A manifest observation does not revalidate older component or prerequisite notes.

### Installation and delivery
Package role: Unknown
Delivery boundary: Unknown
Access: Set a bounded iteration limit and understand how to cancel; repeated execution can consume host usage.
License declaration: Review the package source terms
A license declaration is not a directory redistribution or safety certification.
Official installation: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/discover-plugins
Installation note: Find ralph-loop in the official marketplace and review cancellation and iteration controls before starting.
Distribution: anthropic-official / ralph-loop; path plugins/ralph-loop; index revision 3deb821cb71ccfaaf2ffa9935e977df314ce5cd5; package revision 3deb821cb71ccfaaf2ffa9935e977df314ce5cd5
Distribution evidence: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/3deb821cb71ccfaaf2ffa9935e977df314ce5cd5/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

### Prerequisites by recorded task
No complete prerequisite set established. This is not proof of no dependencies.
The complete prerequisite inventory has not been established; unknown does not mean optional, free or unnecessary.

### Included components and observation limits
- Loop controls (Commands): Repository workflow documentation; retained prior package observation, not revalidated by marketplace refresh
  Exact member count: Unknown.
- Iteration hook (Hooks): Documented stop-hook workflow; not executed; retained prior package observation, not revalidated by marketplace refresh
  Exact member count: Unknown.
Included Skill, Agent and Command files are not a request to install duplicate copies. File/configuration presence is not host activation.

### Source issues
No separately recorded issue. This is not a safety review.

### Independent runtime states
Package installed: Not observed
External connection: Not observed
Access authorized: Not observed
Task completed: Not observed
This brief includes no personal prerequisite answers, credentials or runtime checks. No winner, compatibility, safety or authorization verdict.

### Sources
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/main/plugins/ralph-loop
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/3deb821cb71ccfaaf2ffa9935e977df314ce5cd5/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/3deb821cb71ccfaaf2ffa9935e977df314ce5cd5/plugins/ralph-loop