Ralph Agent Instructions

Overview

Ralph is an autonomous AI agent loop that runs AI coding tools (Amp or Claude Code) repeatedly until all PRD items are complete. Each iteration is a fresh instance with clean context.

Commands

# Run the flowchart dev server
cd flowchart && npm run dev

# Build the flowchart
cd flowchart && npm run build

# Run Ralph with Amp (default)
./ralph.sh [max_iterations]

# Run Ralph with Claude Code
./ralph.sh --tool claude [max_iterations]

Key Files

ralph.sh - The bash loop that spawns fresh AI instances (supports --tool amp or --tool claude)
prompt.md - Instructions given to each AMP instance
CLAUDE.md - Instructions given to each Claude Code instance
prd.json.example - Example PRD format
flowchart/ - Interactive React Flow diagram explaining how Ralph works

Flowchart

The flowchart/ directory contains an interactive visualization built with React Flow. It's designed for presentations - click through to reveal each step with animations.

To run locally:

cd flowchart
npm install
npm run dev

Patterns

Each iteration spawns a fresh AI instance (Amp or Claude Code) with clean context
Memory persists via git history, progress.txt, and prd.json
Stories should be small enough to complete in one context window
Always update AGENTS.md with discovered patterns for future iterations

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