Ralph

Ralph is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by jpicklyk in task-orchestrator.

206 stars20 forkson jpicklyk/task-orchestratorAdded 2026/09/05Repository updated 2026/08/04

ai-coding-assistantai-developmentai-harnessai-memoryai-toolsclaudeclaude-codeclaude-desktopcontext-persistencedeveloper-toolsharness-engineeringharness-frameworkmcpmcp-servermodel-context-protocoltask-managementvibe-codingworkflow-automation

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Install Ralph

Copy Ralph into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator/tree/main/claude-plugins/task-orchestrator/skills/ralph ~/.claude/skills/ralph

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: claude-plugins/task-orchestrator/skills/ralph/SKILL.md in jpicklyk/task-orchestrator
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/ralph
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1956 skills

What Ralph does

Ralph launches the queue drain script and emits the exact `node ralph-loop.mjs` command for a chosen filter and bounds. Use it to preview what will be processed before running the separate loop process.

Ralph is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Ralph comes from a repository tagged ai-coding-assistant, ai-development, ai-harness, ai-memory and ai-tools.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

ralph — Queue Drain Launcher

This skill is a launcher for the Ralph drain script (scripts/ralph-loop.mjs in this plugin). It does not run a loop in the current session. It helps you configure the right invocation, previews what will be processed, and emits the exact command to run.

The actual loop runs as a separate Node process. Each iteration spawns a fresh claude -p in its own git worktree (via Claude Code's -w flag), claims one item from the TO queue, and works it to terminal per the item's schema. Outcome is signaled via a RALPH_OUTCOME: JSON marker that the script parses for circuit-breaker decisions.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Ralph provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/loop
/status-progression
/work-summary
/schema-workflow

Frequently asked about Ralph

What else does jpicklyk publish alongside Ralph?
Ralph is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from jpicklyk/task-orchestrator, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Compatibility Review, Adopt Project Scope and Batch Complete. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Ralph does, and is maintained by jpicklyk in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the jpicklyk/task-orchestrator page.
How does Ralph compare to other Automation skills?
Ralph ranks #1733 by stars among the 1956 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Ralph against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.