Al Status

Check the status of agent loops.

Usage

/ralph-status              # Current loop status
/ralph-status --verbose    # Detailed iteration history
/ralph-status --latest     # Show latest completion report
/ralph-status --all        # List all completion reports

Your Actions

Default (Current Loop)

1. Read .aiwg/ralph/current-loop.json
2. Display status summary

If active loop exists:

Agent Loop: ACTIVE

Task: {task}
Completion: {completion}
Progress: {current}/{max} iterations
Duration: {elapsed}
Status: {running | paused}

Last iteration:
  Result: {result}
  Learnings: {learnings}

Use /ralph-resume to continue or /ralph-abort to stop.

If no active loop:

No active agent loop.

Use /ralph "task" --completion "criteria" to start one.

--verbose

Include full iteration history:

Agent Loop: ACTIVE

Task: {task}
Completion: {completion}
Progress: {current}/{max} iterations

Iteration History:
| # | Time | Action | Result | Learnings |
|---|------|--------|--------|-----------|
| 1 | 10:30 | Initial attempt | 3 failures | Need auth mocks |
| 2 | 10:32 | Added mocks | 1 failure | Date edge case |
| 3 | 10:34 | Fixed date | In progress... | - |

--latest

Read and display most recent completion report:

1. Find latest completion-*.md in .aiwg/ralph/
2. Display contents

--all

List all completion reports:

Agent Loop History

| Date | Task | Status | Iterations |
|------|------|--------|------------|
| 2025-01-15 10:45 | Fix auth tests | SUCCESS | 3 |
| 2025-01-14 15:20 | Migrate to ESM | SUCCESS | 8 |
| 2025-01-13 09:00 | Add coverage | MAX_ITER | 10 |

View report: /ralph-status --report 2025-01-15

State File Location

• Current loop: .aiwg/ralph/current-loop.json
• Iterations: .aiwg/ralph/iterations/
• Reports: .aiwg/ralph/completion-*.md

Error Handling

No state directory:

Al has not been used in this project yet.

Get started with:
  /ralph "your task" --completion "verification command"

Or:
  /ralph --interactive

Corrupted state:

agent loop state file is corrupted.

Options:
1. Delete and start fresh: rm -rf .aiwg/ralph/
2. Check file manually: cat .aiwg/ralph/current-loop.json

References

• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/ralph/README.md — Ralph addon overview and loop executor documentation
• @$AIWG_ROOT/docs/cli-reference.md — CLI reference for ralph-status and related commands
• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/aiwg-utils/rules/vague-discretion.md — Loop completion and iteration limit rules
• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/README.md — SDLC framework context