gauntlet-loop
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Run an adversarial build-and-judge quality loop (Smart Gauntlet Loop) to push inspectable artifacts to a reachable target bar via autonomous rounds, spending judgement only where a decision lands and parking lanes that stop paying for themselves. The user needs no method vocabulary and no prepared prompt — a one-line wish plus an artifact is complete input; the skill composes the contract, bar, lanes and budget itself. Trigger on the INTENT — iterate an inspectable artifact (page, docs, README, copy, design, render, code quality) toward high or comparable quality — in any language and any wording; the following are examples of that intent, not required phrases: "gauntlet", "make it as good as X / like [product]", "keep iterating / keep going until it's genuinely great", "don't stop after one pass", "professional / production / best-in-class quality", "10/10", "hold up against this reference or example", Dutch "maak dit zo goed als X / blijf verbeteren tot het echt goed is", or when the user supplies reference material to match. Do not trigger for ordinary code review, bug fixing against failing tests, or small bounded edits.
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- celestialdust/achilles-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- rubenmarcus/agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- mblanc/mb-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- harshsinghmp/muse-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 15, 2026
- sreejithraman/SreeStacktheir own version, first seen Oct 15, 2026
- AVANT-ICONIC/skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
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