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Spec-driven development loops work by having an autonomous agent orient, pick a task, implement and test, commit changes, and output a DONE signal. It maintains fresh context per loop and persists specs, plans, and history on disk to prevent context drift.

To ensure an autonomous coding agent stops only when criteria are met, require completion verification that checks acceptance criteria, runs tests, and emits a <promise>DONE</promise> signal. This deterministic workflow prevents premature task completion declarations.

Yes, you can run autonomous software engineering loops using a Bash runtime. The workflow requires Bash and included scripts to load specs, run tests, commit changes, and emit the completion signal across multiple specifications.

To prevent context drift during iterative AI software development tasks, maintain fresh context per loop. This is achieved by persisting shared state on disk, including implementation plans, specifications, and history files, ensuring each iteration starts with a clean state.

The setup process for autonomous spec-driven coding sessions involves creating directories, downloading scripts, conducting a project interview to align on goals, establishing a constitution for session-wide rules, and then creating specs to begin running loops.