IAL Indie AI Lab

Loop Engineering, explained (it's not the /loop command)

Jul 12, 2026
In this video
  • What Loop Engineering really is (and why it's not the /loop command)
  • The base loop: act → observe → reason → repeat
  • The four layers: prompt → context → harness → loop
  • The five parts of any loop: trigger, goal, actions, verify, memory
  • Three real loops we run on this channel: script, video, blog
  • Pipeline vs loop — the difference that matters

“Loop Engineering” is everywhere right now — but most people think it’s a command or a coding trick. It isn’t. It’s a way of using AI: instead of being the person who prompts the agent every time, you design the system that does the prompting for you.

We walk through what it actually means, using everyday examples (cooking, email, social) before touching any code — and untangle the three things people constantly mix up.