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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: loopx
+Version: 0.5.0
+Summary: A lightweight Loop Engineering control plane for long-running agent goals.
+Author: LoopX contributors
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/
+Project-URL: Documentation, https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/docs/
+Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/issues
+Project-URL: Changelog, https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/releases
+Requires-Python: >=3.11
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+License-File: NOTICE
+License-File: LICENSE-MIT
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+Dynamic: license-file
+
+<div align="center">
+
+<h1 align="center">LoopX</h1>
+
+<img src="docs/assets/loopx-social-preview.png" alt="LoopX loop engineering social preview banner" width="560">
+
+**The open, provider-neutral, stateful control plane for long-horizon agents.**
+
+<sub>Runs on top of any agent harness — Codex App, Claude Code, Cursor, dsh, or your own — providing long-horizon state, semantic decisions, governance, recovery, and human-agent collaboration. Objectives, gates, todos, evidence, quota, and handoffs stay stable while the harness executes bounded turns.</sub>
+
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+
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-blue.svg)](LICENSE) [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/huangruiteng/loopx?display_name=tag)](https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/releases/latest) [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-Join-5865F2?logo=discord&logoColor=white)](https://discord.gg/XmGgQyCFZd) [![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11%2B-blue.svg)](pyproject.toml) [![Local first](https://img.shields.io/badge/control--plane-local--first-brightgreen.svg)](docs/public-private-boundary.md) [![Loop Agents](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-loop%20agents%20active-brightgreen.svg)](docs/product/release-readiness.md)
+
+[Public website](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/) · [Docs](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/docs/) · [Developer Book](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/docs/book/) · [Try LoopX](#try-loopx) · [See real loops](#evidence) · [How it works](#why-loopx) · [User manual](https://my.feishu.cn/wiki/CaL5wMk9ui17ngkWzeUcMlAYnZg) · [简体中文](README.zh-CN.md)
+
+**把会干活的 Agent，接成可管理、可复盘、可持续改进的数字员工。**
+
+</div>
+
+---
+
+Open and provider-neutral, LoopX is a lightweight state kernel and local-first
+control plane for loop engineering. It runs on top of different agent harnesses
+rather than replacing them, providing the long-horizon state, semantic
+decisions about what happens next, governance, recovery, and human-agent
+collaboration that keep long-running work reviewable, restartable, and easier
+to hand off across turns, tools, and agents.
+
+**Loop engineering for long-horizon AI agents and peer agent teams.**
+
+> Keep the loop moving. Keep the judgment human.
+
+## Learn LoopX
+
+- **Developer Book** - the curated bilingual path from control-plane foundations to project onboarding and developer contributions. [中文版](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/docs/book/) · [English](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/docs/book/en/)
+- **Getting started** - install, connect a project, and run your first governed loop. [Guide](docs/guides/getting-started.md)
+- **Docs** - the full reference and operations site. [LoopX Docs](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/docs/)
+
+## Meet the Personal Agent Workspace
+
+Turn scattered agent sessions into one local-first workspace for Goals,
+attention, conversations, tasks, files, schedules, and recovery.
+
+<a href="docs/assets/personal-workspace/loopx-dashboard-launch.mp4">
+  <img src="docs/assets/personal-workspace/loopx-dashboard-tour.webp" alt="Animated tour of the LoopX personal Agent workspace, from one-command launch to Manager overview, Goal task board, protected action preview, and Goal details" width="960">
+</a>
+
+The workspace gives you one place to:
+
+- see what needs you, what is running, what is being watched, and what is
+  scheduled or stopped;
+- continue across Codex, Claude Code, direct-model, and other registered Agent
+  sessions without losing Goal state or evidence;
+- review protected changes through typed preview, explicit confirmation, and
+  receipts while LoopX state—not the browser—remains authoritative.
+
+```bash
+loopx dashboard
+```
+
+`loopx dashboard` is the supported browser/PWA launch path. For a native
+window, the experimental source-built Tauri shell reuses the same loopback
+status and Chat services without becoming another state authority:
+
+```bash
+cd apps/desktop/loopx-control-plane
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+[Read the desktop shell guide](apps/desktop/loopx-control-plane/README.md).
+Closing the window stops only the service processes that the shell started;
+existing LoopX services and durable Goal state remain intact.
+
+[Watch the full 32-second walkthrough](docs/assets/personal-workspace/loopx-dashboard-launch.mp4)
+· [Read the workspace guide](docs/guides/personal-workspace-user-guide.md)
+· [Try the five-minute tour](docs/guides/personal-workspace-trial-guide.md)
+
+<a id="how-it-works"></a>
+
+## Why LoopX
+
+An agent can finish a task in one session. Long-running work is harder:
+objectives change, owner decisions appear, evidence goes stale, agents hand work
+to peers, and a scheduler can keep spending after no useful transition remains.
+Chat memory and a timer are not enough to govern that.
+
+LoopX keeps the durable control state in one compact layer:
+
+```text
+objective / issue / project
+   │
+   ▼
+LoopX state: objective + gates + todos + scope + evidence + quota
+   │
+   ├─ human judgment needed? ── yes ─▶ ask a concrete question and wait
+   │
+   ├─ safe fallback available? ──────▶ run one bounded agent slice
+   │
+   ▼
+Codex / Claude Code / Cursor / shell agent executes one turn
+   │
+   ▼
+write evidence + handoff + next todo ─▶ quota decides the next tick
+```
+
+Agent runtimes execute the work. LoopX governs the state that lets engineering,
+research, discovery, and operations loops continue across runs. It is not
+another agent framework or a provider-specific orchestration runtime.
+
+![LoopX control-plane board](docs/assets/control-plane-board.svg)
+
+A useful mental model is an
+**[agent-native Kanban for long-running work](docs/development/control-plane-course/00-concept-primer.md)**.
+Cards carry identity, authority, evidence, and continuation. Moves are validated
+operators such as claim, gate, monitor, and writeback. The board is a
+projection; LoopX state remains the source of truth.
+
+Registered agents are peers. Claims, leases, task boundaries, capabilities, and
+typed continuation decide who acts next; no durable leader identity is
+required.
+
+LoopX is useful when you run:
+
+- multi-day engineering, research, benchmark, or experiment objectives;
+- issue and PR loops that must preserve scope, evidence, and review state;
+- recurring heartbeat or monitor work;
+- projects with owner, safety, publication, or private-data gates;
+- peer-agent teams where ownership, leases, and handoff matter;
+- creator, research, or operations workflows whose progress must remain
+  legible to a non-engineering operator.
+
+LoopX is not an autonomous production controller. Dangerous permissions,
+publishing, production writes, and final ownership stay with the human.
+
+<a id="see-it-in-action"></a>
+
+## Evidence
+
+These are not one-turn demos. The public OpenViking contribution sequence and
+the redacted, owner-run Auto ML showcase each span
+**200+ hours of elapsed loop lifetime** across many bounded turns, decisions,
+and evidence updates. Elapsed lifetime is wall-clock project time. It is
+not 200 hours of continuous model execution or a claim of unattended
+production autonomy. Open each visual to
+inspect the public-safe graph, evidence branches, and decisions preserved
+across turns.
+
+### Open-Source Issue Fix
+
+**200+ hour public contribution arc: PR delivery and reusable fix knowledge
+evolve together.**
+
+<a href="docs/assets/long-running-loop-openviking-trajectory.png">
+  <img src="docs/assets/long-running-loop-openviking-trajectory.png" alt="Open-source issue-fix trajectory linking focused PR delivery with reusable LoopX capabilities" width="420">
+</a>
+
+LoopX's creator uses this path as an
+[OpenViking contributor](https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Ahuangruiteng).
+The represented public contribution sequence spans more than 200 elapsed hours
+from its first PR creation to the latest represented review or update. The
+[Issue-Fix capability](loopx/capabilities/issue_fix/README.md) keeps rolling
+repository context, revision-stamped fix knowledge, and reviewer-facing
+preferences separate; linked PRs plus current checkout source and tests remain
+authoritative.
+
+### Auto ML Experiment
+
+**Redacted owner-run showcase: a 200+ hour experiment arc keeps hypotheses,
+matched evidence, invalid lineages, running replicates, and promote/stop gates
+visible in one graph.**
+
+<a href="docs/assets/long-running-loop-ml-experiment-trajectory.png">
+  <img src="docs/assets/long-running-loop-ml-experiment-trajectory.png" alt="Auto ML Experiment trajectory with experiment lineages, evidence gates, and promotion decisions" width="760">
+</a>
+
+The redacted public-safe graph preserves decision lineage across that 200+ hour
+elapsed window. It is an owner-run showcase, not a claim of continuous compute,
+independent reproduction, a production result, or company or employer
+endorsement. The redacted image is not sufficient to reproduce the underlying
+experiment independently.
+
+### Auto Research
+
+**Reproducible public KNN demo: proposer, executor, and evaluator/promoter agents
+iterate in parallel while todo, quota, evidence, and targeted wake remain
+visible.**
+
+<a href="docs/assets/auto-research-multi-agent-showcase.png">
+  <img src="docs/assets/auto-research-multi-agent-showcase.png" alt="Auto Research multi-agent workspace with proposer, executor, evaluator/promoter, todo, quota, evidence, and targeted wake activity">
+</a>
+
+This screenshot comes from LoopX's built-in exact-KNN demo. The public task,
+editable and protected files, deterministic CPU evaluator, and dev/held-out
+commands all live in this repository. Follow the
+[showcase walkthrough](docs/product/use-cases/auto-research/decentralized-auto-research-showcase.md)
+or the [command path](loopx/capabilities/auto_research/README.md) to reproduce the
+workflow; it is a demo result, not a production research claim.
+
+### Used In Real Projects
+
+- **Independent user · `>13h` C++ accuracy run.** The user reported that a
+  multi-stage task stayed aligned, triggered public research, adopted a
+  [public code-memory tool](https://github.com/DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp),
+  and improved final precision. [Read the evidence boundary](docs/showcases/cases/independent-cpp-accuracy-long-run.md).
+- **Independent user · `4d` unattended run.** The user reported four days
+  without human intervention, useful ongoing work, and a periodic report
+  surface. [Read the redacted case](docs/showcases/cases/independent-four-day-unattended-agent.md).
+- **Independent user · `7` merged PRs.** A LoopX-attributed Engine refactor is
+  visible in a [public issue](https://github.com/zilliztech/mfs/issues/166) and
+  seven merged PRs; attribution and the reported `1B+` token scale remain user
+  reports. [Inspect the case](docs/showcases/cases/independent-public-engine-refactor.md).
+
+These are the three strongest current cases, not the full inventory. Browse the
+[complete Showcase catalog](docs/showcases/README.md) for contributor cases,
+creator dogfooding, reproducible demos, and explicit evidence-strength labels.
+
+More inspectable surfaces:
+
+- the [public homepage](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/) for the product
+  narrative, quick start, and long-running evidence;
+- the [complete Showcase catalog](docs/showcases/README.md) and its
+  [bilingual hosted index](docs/showcases/index.html);
+- the [cross-runtime implementation review demo](docs/product/use-cases/cross-runtime/cross-runtime-impl-review-demo.md);
+- the public [user manual](https://my.feishu.cn/wiki/CaL5wMk9ui17ngkWzeUcMlAYnZg).
+
+<a id="quick-start"></a>
+
+## Try LoopX
+
+Requirements: Python 3.11+. Use an active Python environment whose console
+scripts are on `PATH`; macOS and Linux use a POSIX shell, while native Windows
+uses PowerShell 7. Git is only needed for contributor clone/canary workflows.
+The package has no runtime dependencies outside the standard library.
+
+Install from PyPI without cloning:
+
+```bash
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade loopx
+loopx workflow-skills --install
+loopx doctor
+```
+
+On native Windows PowerShell 7, use the same PyPI release without a POSIX
+compatibility layer:
+
+```powershell
+py -3.11 -m pip install --upgrade loopx
+loopx workflow-skills --install
+loopx doctor
+```
+
+Restart your agent host after first install so it reloads the workflow skills.
+See [Installing LoopX](docs/guides/installing-loopx.md) for `pipx`, host
+command surfaces, native Windows checkout installation, upgrade, rollback,
+uninstall, and the archive fallback.
+
+Then connect from your project root:
+
+```bash
+cd /path/to/your-project
+loopx connect
+loopx status
+```
+
+If the project has not been initialized and `connect` tells you state is
+missing, use the guided path:
+
+```bash
+loopx start-goal --guided --project . --goal-text "Your long-running objective"
+```
+
+LoopX should reuse existing state rather than overwrite it. Keep `.loopx/`,
+`.codex/goals/`, and `.local/` ignored.
+
+### Start From Your Agent
+
+| Host | Recommended start | Loop driver |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Codex App | Ask the agent to connect this project to LoopX, run `loopx doctor`, preserve existing state, and report the current gate and next todo. Then use `$loopx <complex task>` or choose `loopx` from `/skills`. | Codex App heartbeat automation, refreshed from `quota should-run.scheduler_hint` |
+| Codex App over SSH | `loopx agent-onboard --agent-type codex-app-ssh --project .` | The returned visible `/goal <task_body>` |
+| Codex CLI | Start `codex` in the project, ask it to connect and diagnose LoopX, then use `$loopx <complex task>` or `/skills`. | Visible `/goal <task_body>`; no hidden headless execution by default |
+| Claude Code | Install the opt-in adapter, then run `/loopx <task>` followed by `/loop`. | Native Claude Code `/loop` gated by LoopX |
+| KunlunCode | Run `loopx-kunluncode connect --project . --goal-id <goal-id> --agent-id <registered-agent-id>`, add a bounded todo, then run `loopx-kunluncode run --project .`. | Native Goal Pro through app-server; LoopX writes completion and quota only after strict verification |
+| OpenCode | Install the static command facade; opt in to `--with-goal-bridge` for recurring goals. | OpenCode command facade and explicit goal bridge |
+| Pi | Install the opt-in goal extension with `loopx slash-commands --install --surface pi`, then use `/loopx <task>` from a trusted Pi session. | Visible Pi goal extension gated by LoopX quota (`loopx_goal_activate` + `agent_settled` continuation) |
+| Cursor, shell, or custom runner | Use the installer and `loopx doctor`; connect manually or call LoopX from your runner. | Your shell, scheduler, or runner |
+
+The exact, copy-ready setup messages and host recovery paths live in
+[Getting Started](docs/guides/getting-started.md). Host integrations can inspect
+the [Codex App host command registry contract](docs/reference/protocols/codex-app-host-command-registry-v0.md),
+the [Codex CLI packaged install path](docs/product/runtimes/codex-cli/codex-cli-packaged-install.md),
+the [Claude Code adapter](loopx/claude_goal_mode/README.md), or the
+[KunlunCode native Goal adapter](loopx/kunluncode_goal_mode/README.md).
+
+For custom runners, start with the
+[minimal custom runtime example](docs/guides/minimal-custom-runtime-example.md)
+(`python3 examples/custom-runtime-minimal-cli-turn-smoke.py`), then the full
+[Embed LoopX in Your Agent Runner](docs/guides/custom-agent-runner-integration.md)
+guide and the [worker bridge install contract](docs/integrations/worker-bridge-install-contract.md).
+The core tick is deliberately small:
+
+```text
+loopx quota should-run      # should this registered agent act now?
+loopx todo claim            # who owns this slice?
+loopx todo update           # what changed?
+loopx refresh-state         # what should the next turn see?
+loopx quota spend-slot      # account for a completed, validated slice
+```
+
+### First-Run Feedback
+
+If LoopX works for you, a one-minute public issue helps us learn what a real
+first run looks like. It is optional, contains no telemetry, and should not
+include logs, paths, credentials, internal project names, or goal contents:
+
+- [First-run feedback](https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/issues/new?template=first_run.yml)
+- [Usage story for longer runs](https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/issues/new?template=usage_story.yml)
+
+`loopx first-run-report` prints the same prefilled link locally without
+sending anything.
+
+A successful connection has:
+
+- `loopx doctor` passing;
+- `.loopx/registry.json` and a projected active goal state;
+- `loopx status` showing the current objective, concrete user gate, and next
+  agent todo;
+- a visible loop driver or an exact activation instruction;
+- local runtime state ignored rather than committed.
+
+Clone-based install is only for contributors who want the live canary wrapper:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx ~/loopx
+~/loopx/scripts/install-local.sh
+loopx doctor
+```
+
+<a id="capability-surface"></a>
+
+## Capabilities
+
+LoopX keeps the architecture explicit so the same governed outcome can survive
+a change of agent harness or external provider. The terms describe different
+boundaries rather than interchangeable kinds of plugin:
+
+| Boundary | Meaning | Go deeper |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| **Kernel** | Owns durable goal, todo, gate, evidence, quota, recovery, and scheduling truth. | [Architecture](docs/architecture.md) |
+| **Capability** | Defines a stable, provider-neutral contract for producing one bounded, verifiable caller outcome from LoopX state. | [Capability catalog](loopx/capabilities/README.md) |
+| **Provider** | Calls an external system or local implementation and returns bounded observations, effect results, and readback. | [Provider responsibilities](docs/reference/extensions.md#runtime-responsibilities) |
+| **Extension** | Packages and operates an optional provider through explicit install, readiness, enable, upgrade, disable, and rollback lifecycle. | [Extension lifecycle](docs/reference/extensions.md#runtime-lifecycle) |
+
+Host declarations such as `--available-capability shell` describe observed
+execution support. They are runtime capacities in this product map, not product
+capabilities and not permission grants. The effective capability still applies
+its own policy and authority checks before proposing a transition.
+
+### Core Control-Plane Promises
+
+The Kernel folds its mechanics into five questions. Each question delivers one
+product promise on top of any agent harness: objective → long-horizon state;
+next → semantic decisions; human judgment → human-agent collaboration;
+evidence → recovery; continuation → governance.
+
+| Question | What LoopX keeps visible |
+| --- | --- |
+| What is the objective? | The active goal, explicit scope, and current authority. |
+| What happens next? | Ordered user and agent todos, ownership, claims, and leases. |
+| What needs human judgment? | Concrete user gates instead of a vague "waiting for owner." |
+| What evidence changed? | Compact run history, validation, blockers, and accepted writeback. |
+| May the loop continue? | Quota, capabilities, safe fallback, scheduler hints, and stop conditions. |
+
+### Control-Plane Surface
+
+| Surface | What it does | Start with |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Goal state and status | Tracks active state, todos, claims, gates, evidence, run history, and first-screen attention. | `loopx status`, `loopx diagnose`, `loopx review-packet` |
+| Quota and interaction contract | Decides whether a turn should deliver, ask, wait, self-repair, or stay quiet. | `loopx quota should-run`, [quota allocation](docs/quota-allocation.md) |
+| Agent runtime bridges | Keeps Codex App, Codex CLI, Claude Code, and generic workers aligned with the same guard. | `loopx heartbeat-prompt`, `loopx codex-cli-bootstrap-message`, `loopx worker-bridge` |
+| Operator surfaces | Renders compact status without making the browser the state authority. | `loopx serve-status`, [dashboard](apps/presentation/dashboard/README.md) |
+| Session dash | Starts a live single-page panel that tracks fleet progress: sessions, their goals, and each goal's status/todo progress, with result statistics; auto-refreshes in place. | `loopx dash`, [session dash design](docs/product/surfaces/session-dash-panel-design.md) |
+| External projections | Projects todos and gates into collaboration surfaces while LoopX remains authoritative. | `loopx lark-kanban`, [Lark Kanban adapter](docs/integrations/lark-kanban-control-plane-adapter.md) |
+| Domain capabilities | Packages repeatable work lanes such as issue fixing, content operations, value connector planning, ML experiment advice, benchmark evidence, and Explore. | `loopx issue-fix`, `loopx content-ops`, `loopx value-connectors`, `loopx ml-experiment`, `loopx benchmark`, [Explore](loopx/capabilities/explore/README.md) |
+| Experimental context learning | Lets named registered agents trial provider-neutral Reward Memory through ignored, default-off project configuration. OpenViking is one provider option, not a global dependency. | `loopx reward-memory experiment-status`, [Reward Memory architecture](loopx/capabilities/reward_memory/README.md) |
+| Governance patterns | Captures reusable routing, gate, evidence, projection, and planning shapes. | [interaction patterns](docs/concepts/interaction-pattern-catalog.md), [state model](docs/state-interaction-model.md) |
+
+The shipped primitives include lifetime goals, concrete user gates, audited safe
+fallbacks, peer todo ownership, quota and steering, compact run history,
+evidence-backed handoff, a read-first management surface, project-level value
+signals, and public/private boundary checks.
+
+### Product Capability Paths
+
+Capabilities turn those generic primitives into outcome-owned work lanes. Start
+from the outcome, then inspect the current registered implementation and its
+write boundary:
+
+| You need to... | Capability | Start with |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Turn a public issue into a reviewable, evidence-backed change | [Issue Fix](loopx/capabilities/issue_fix/README.md) | `loopx capability show issue-fix --format json` |
+| Qualify the exact final diff before delivery | [Change Quality](loopx/capabilities/change_quality/README.md) | `loopx capability show change-quality-qualification --format json` |
+| Preserve a changing stack of already reviewed branches | [Integration Branch](loopx/capabilities/integration_branch/README.md) | `loopx capability show integration-branch-reconcile --format json` |
+| Explore uncertain research without losing hypotheses and findings | [Explore](loopx/capabilities/explore/README.md) | `loopx capability show explore --format json` |
+| Rebase decisions on current evidence and verified outcomes | [Decision Context](loopx/capabilities/decision_context/README.md) | `loopx capability show decision-context --format json` |
+| Produce scheduled or progress-triggered reports with receipts | [Periodic Report](loopx/capabilities/periodic_report/README.md) | `loopx capability show periodic-report --format json` |
+
+Run `loopx capability list --format json` for the authoritative catalog in the
+installed release. A capability detail reports its user value, maturity,
+provider readiness, entry commands, write boundaries, protocols, and durable
+validation. Browse the [human-readable capability index](loopx/capabilities/README.md)
+to choose by outcome; use [Extensions and Capabilities](docs/reference/extensions.md)
+when installing or building a provider.
+
+### Runtime Responsibilities
+
+| Role | Responsibility |
+| --- | --- |
+| **Agent** | Plans, analyzes, uses tools, and performs one bounded action through a host/runtime. |
+| **Provider** | Calls external systems and returns observations, effect results, and readback. |
+| **Capability** | Defines the caller outcome, normalizes provider output, validates it, and proposes a typed transition. |
+| **Kernel** | Owns durable todos, gates, monitors, accepted writeback, quota, recovery, and scheduling. |
+
+The execution path is `Agent -> Capability -> Provider`; the control path
+returns `Provider readback -> Capability transition -> Kernel`. An extension is
+how an optional provider is packaged and managed, not another control-plane
+owner. See [Architecture](docs/architecture.md) and
+[Extensions and Capabilities](docs/reference/extensions.md).
+
+## Advanced Paths
+
+The first useful loop does not require every optional surface. Add these only
+when the work needs them.
+
+Inspect the current goal's read-only capability catalog before enabling an
+advanced path:
+
+```bash
+loopx configure-goal --goal-id <goal-id>
+```
+
+Without `--execute`, this reports current/default state, fit, boundaries, and
+copyable commands without changing project state.
+
+### Presets and Auto Research
+
+Safe presets cover daily triage, changelog drafts, and PR watching. The
+one-command research path coordinates proposer, executor, and
+evaluator/promoter roles while keeping quota and evidence visible. See the
+[beginner preset guide](docs/product/foundations/beginner-loop-presets.md) and
+[Auto Research command path](loopx/capabilities/auto_research/README.md).
+
+```bash
+loopx preset list
+loopx preset show daily-triage
+```
+
+Preset inspection is read-only. For a connected recurring goal,
+`loopx ready-score --goal-id <goal-id> --agent-id <agent-id>` reports whether
+the loop is ready to run repeatedly.
+
+### Governed Turns
+
+LoopX can generate one pure, bounded turn decision from a validated receipt,
+fresh quota state, and a provider-neutral budget. The current Codex CLI
+quickstart and activation contract are documented in
+[LoopX Turn for Codex CLI](docs/product/runtimes/codex-cli/loopx-turn-codex-cli-quickstart.md).
+
+### Explore Graph and Harness
+
+Explore is supported, optional, and default-off. It works best when a task has
+a measurable offline evaluation, baseline, treatment, and guardrails; it is not
+a substitute for production approval. Start with the
+[Explore capability](loopx/capabilities/explore/README.md) and its
+[Lark presentation mapping](loopx/capabilities/explore/README.md#presentation-sink-lark-mapping).
+
+### Review Agent Work
+
+Use `loopx review-packet` for a compact owner-facing view of decisions,
+evidence, validation, and unresolved gates. The
+[intelligent management surface](docs/product/surfaces/intelligent-management-surface.md)
+describes the operator model; the
+[project-level reward model](docs/product/foundations/project-level-reward-model.md)
+describes conservative value signals across output quantity, quality, token
+cost, and user attention cost.
+
+For one concrete peer workflow, see the
+[cross-runtime implementation review demo](docs/product/use-cases/cross-runtime/cross-runtime-impl-review-demo.md):
+Claude implements and Codex reviews while LoopX keeps ownership, evidence,
+quota, and handoff explicit.
+
+### App and Projection Paths
+
+- Local read-first UI: [dashboard guide](apps/presentation/dashboard/README.md)
+- Public product overview: [public homepage](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/)
+- Documentation portal: [hosted docs](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/docs/)
+- Feishu/Lark projection: [Lark Kanban adapter](docs/integrations/lark-kanban-control-plane-adapter.md)
+- Generic host integration: [integration guide](docs/integration.md)
+- Custom multi-agent runner:
+  [minimal custom runtime example](docs/guides/minimal-custom-runtime-example.md),
+  then [custom runner integration](docs/guides/custom-agent-runner-integration.md)
+
+Optional projections make state easier to inspect; they do not become the
+source of truth.
+
+### Operating and Recovery
+
+Start daily inspection with:
+
+```bash
+loopx status
+loopx history --goal-id your-project-goal
+loopx quota should-run --goal-id your-project-goal
+```
+
+Automatic turns must check quota first and append spend only after validated
+writeback. Quiet skips, preflight failures, and dry-run previews do not spend.
+When a user gate blocks one lane, a separately audited safe fallback may
+continue, but it must not bypass the gate.
+
+Peer agents use `loopx todo claim` before delivery and `loopx todo update`
+after validation so ownership and evidence remain visible.
+
+Scheduler cadence follows `quota should-run.scheduler_hint`; installed Codex
+App automations acknowledge the current hint through the returned
+`ack_hint.cli_args`. Collision recovery, monitor semantics, self-repair, and
+the exact operator commands are maintained in
+[Getting Started](docs/guides/getting-started.md),
+[Quota Allocation](docs/quota-allocation.md), and
+[Long-Task Cadence Policy](docs/operations/long-task-cadence-policy.md).
+
+Before publishing public docs or examples:
+
+```bash
+loopx check \
+  --scan-path README.md \
+  --scan-path docs/ \
+  --scan-path examples/
+```
+
+## Current Technical Directions
+
+LoopX has three active strategic programs plus an architecture and research
+incubator. These are direction signals, not delivery promises; `main`, released
+artifacts, and stable reference contracts remain the source of shipped truth.
+
+- **Long-Horizon Benchmarks and Evidence:** reproducible capability evidence
+  and controlled mechanism research across complementary benchmark
+  environments. [Direction tracker](https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/issues/3243)
+- **Operator Surface and IM Integration:** an operator workspace, session
+  records, and bounded collaboration surfaces, currently incubating on a
+  dedicated integration branch with `@maxliux5` as implementation lead.
+  [Direction tracker](https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/issues/3244)
+- **Shared Goal Authority and Cross-host Coordination:** provider-neutral
+  coordination for explicitly shared goals, with NoKV as an unpromoted
+  provider candidate rather than a new control-plane authority.
+  [Direction tracker](https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/issues/3245)
+- **Architecture and Research Incubator:** Effect Program hardening,
+  TypeScript parity migration, hierarchical stride, research exploration,
+  human attention, artifact lifecycle, and memory utility work at explicitly
+  different maturity levels.
+  [Direction tracker](https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/issues/3246)
+
+Read the canonical
+[Technical Directions map](docs/project/technical-directions.md) for stages,
+promotion gates, contributor-safe cuts, and ownership boundaries. Use the
+pinned [GitHub Discussion](https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/discussions/2851)
+for community discussion. Core control-plane reliability continues as the
+shared foundation beneath these programs.
+
+## Advanced Documentation
+
+Start with the path that matches your current task. Use the hosted
+[documentation portal](https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/docs/) for the
+published docs site; the [documentation index](docs/README.md) remains the
+complete source map. This list stays selective; each category index owns its
+deeper documents and versioned protocols.
+
+### Use and Operate
+
+- [Getting Started](docs/guides/getting-started.md): install, connect,
+  diagnose, daily workflow, heartbeats, dashboard, development, and commands.
+- [User Manual](https://my.feishu.cn/wiki/CaL5wMk9ui17ngkWzeUcMlAYnZg):
+  public onboarding, concepts, FAQ, and selected cases.
+- [Operations](docs/operations/README.md): goal continuation, todo, cadence,
+  attention, and authority workflows.
+- [Quota Allocation](docs/quota-allocation.md) and
+  [Heartbeat Automation Prompt](docs/heartbeat-automation-prompt.md): scheduler
+  eligibility, spend, and scheduled continuation.
+- [Dashboard](apps/presentation/dashboard/README.md) and
+  [Status Data Contract](docs/status-data-contract.md): operator-facing state
+  and projection contracts.
+- [Release Readiness](docs/product/release-readiness.md): install/update paths,
+  compatibility gates, release notes, and safe-to-depend-on surfaces.
+
+### Understand the Control Plane
+
+- [Architecture](docs/architecture.md): lifetime-goal invariant and kernel.
+- [State Interaction Model](docs/state-interaction-model.md): actors, stores,
+  interaction contract, and writeback.
+- [Concepts](docs/concepts/README.md): reusable routing, gate, evidence,
+  projection, and planning patterns.
+- [Product Foundations](docs/product/foundations/README.md): Loop Engineering
+  principles, project-level reward, and reward-style replanning.
+- [Product Vision](docs/product/vision.md): the broader Loop Agent direction.
+
+### Integrate and Extend
+
+- [Integration Guide](docs/integration.md)
+- [Minimal Custom Runtime Example](docs/guides/minimal-custom-runtime-example.md)
+- [Custom Agent Runner Integration](docs/guides/custom-agent-runner-integration.md)
+- [Integrations](docs/integrations/README.md): runtime, host, collaboration, and
+  external-system adapters, including worker bridge and Lark.
+- [Extensions and Capabilities](docs/reference/extensions.md)
+
+### Build and Review LoopX
+
+- [Developer Guide](docs/development/README.md): contributor workflows,
+  benchmark development, documentation layout, and quality gates.
+- [Reference and Protocols](docs/reference/README.md): stable contracts and
+  versioned implementation protocols, including host command and reward memory
+  architecture.
+- [Control-Plane Developer Course](docs/development/control-plane-course/README.md):
+  nine Chinese, code-led lectures.
+- [Testing and Quality](docs/development/testing-and-quality.md): validation
+  layers and risk-based checks.
+- [Public/Private Boundary](docs/public-private-boundary.md): safe fixtures,
+  examples, evidence, and publication.
+
+### Inspect Outcomes
+
+- [Showcase Catalog](docs/showcases/README.md): public-safe cases and evidence
+  labels.
+- [Research and Evidence](docs/research/README.md): benchmark investigations
+  and source-backed findings.
+- [Update Notes](docs/update-notes/README.md): public-safe progress notes.
+
+### Project and Community
+
+- [Current Technical Directions](docs/project/technical-directions.md)
+- [Project Governance](.github/GOVERNANCE.md)
+- [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [Contributor Tasks](CONTRIBUTOR_TASKS.md)
+- [Authors and Contributors](AUTHORS.md)
+- [Project History](docs/project/history.md)
+- [Name and Marks](TRADEMARKS.md)
+- [Ecosystem Adoption](docs/community/ecosystem-adoption.md) - integrations,
+  sampling, and derivatives we observe and track
+
+## Partner Projects
+
+LoopX welcomes collaboration with other open-source projects to build the
+long-running agent ecosystem. Our confirmed partners include:
+
+- [OpenViking](https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking) - Self-evolving
+  context database for AI agents
+- [NoKV](https://github.com/NoKV-Lab/NoKV) - AI native distributed file system
+
+<a id="community--feedback"></a>
+
+## Community and Feedback
+
+LoopX is already running real long-running agent goals and is under active
+development. The most useful feedback comes from real long-running agent
+projects: where the control plane helped, where it felt heavy, and which gates
+or handoffs disappeared from view.
+
+- Use [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/issues) for
+  reproducible bugs, install problems, and feature requests.
+- Open PRs for docs fixes, showcase writeups, and small public-safe examples.
+- Join the [Discord community](https://discord.gg/XmGgQyCFZd), or use Lark or
+  WeChat below.
+
+See [Support](.github/SUPPORT.md) for channel routing, service boundaries, and
+official publication sources.
+
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="docs/assets/loopx-lark-developer-group.png"><img src="docs/assets/loopx-lark-developer-group.png" alt="LoopX Lark developer group QR code" width="280"></a>
+  <a href="docs/assets/loopx-wechat-contact.png"><img src="docs/assets/loopx-wechat-contact.png" alt="LoopX WeChat contact QR code" width="220"></a>
+</p>
+<p align="center">
+  <sub><strong>Lark:</strong> scan to join directly<br><strong>WeChat: <code>huangrt00</code></strong> · mention LoopX in the friend request</sub>
+</p>
+
+## Contributing
+
+External contributors should start with
+[Contributor Tasks](CONTRIBUTOR_TASKS.md) for public, claimable work and
+[Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) for setup, validation, and boundary rules.
+Project roles and public history are recorded in
+[Governance](.github/GOVERNANCE.md),
+[Authors and Contributors](AUTHORS.md), and
+[Project History](docs/project/history.md).
+
+LoopX keeps local active state separate from the public repository. Do not
+commit `.loopx/`, `.codex/goals/`, live `ACTIVE_GOAL_STATE.md`, raw benchmark
+traces, credentials, private logs, or operator artifacts.
+
+## Current Status
+
+The v0.4.x line is a usable local control plane for long-running agent work and
+is entering broader adoption. It is not a full agent platform, an agent runtime,
+or an autonomous production controller.
+
+Today LoopX ships a durable state kernel for goals, typed todos and decision
+scopes, peer claims and leases, evidence and writeback, quota-aware scheduling,
+and cross-turn continuation. Guided start, recurring heartbeat, isolated Codex
+CLI turns, evidence-backed Issue-Fix admission, optional Explore and auto
+research paths, public validation canaries, and a read-first multi-project
+dashboard build on that shared control state.
+
+Support levels remain explicit. The state and CLI contracts are the stable
+center; several host integrations and advanced paths are optional, default-off,
+or experimental. LoopX does not grant credentials, approve destructive or
+production actions, publish on a user's behalf without authorization, or turn
+an unverified run into evidence of success.
+
+Current investment is organized through the
+[Technical Directions map](docs/project/technical-directions.md): long-horizon
+benchmark evidence, operator surface and IM integration, shared-goal cross-host
+coordination, and an explicitly staged architecture and research incubator.
+
+## Star History
+
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://github.com/huangruiteng/loopx/stargazers"><img src="https://huangruiteng.github.io/loopx/site-assets/star-history.svg" alt="LoopX GitHub star history from verified snapshots" width="800"></a><br>
+  <sub>Generated every six hours from GitHub's official stargazer timestamps using a repository-authorized workflow. A snapshot is published only when the fetched rows match GitHub's current star count; GitHub's image cache may delay refreshes.</sub>
+</p>
+
+## License
+
+Apache License 2.0 beginning with `v0.4.8`. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) and
+[NOTICE](NOTICE). Releases through `v0.4.7` remain under their original MIT
+terms; the historical text and notice are preserved in
+[LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT). The [licensing policy](docs/project/licensing.md)
+explains the version, contribution, patent-grant, and open-core boundaries.
+
+[osai-verify: eb42dd9cf910399988f0]: #