Ralphex

by umputun

Ralphex is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by umputun in ralphex.

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Install Ralphex

Copy Ralphex 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/umputun/ralphex/tree/master/assets/claude/skills/ralphex ~/.claude/skills/ralphex

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/umputun/ralphex.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: assets/claude/skills/ralphex/SKILL.md in umputun/ralphex
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/ralphex
Collection: One of 5 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Ralphex does

Ralphex launches an autonomous plan execution CLI and monitors its progress through task iterations, Codex review, and Claude review phases. Use it when you need to run a pre-defined plan without manual intervention and only check status on request.

Ralphex is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Ralphex comes from a repository tagged automation, claude-code, codex, ralph-loop and ralph-wiggum.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

ralphex - Autonomous Plan Execution

SCOPE: This command ONLY launches ralphex, monitors progress, and reports status. Do NOT take any other actions.

Step 0: Verify CLI Installation

Check if ralphex CLI is installed:

which ralphex

If not found, guide installation based on platform:

macOS (Homebrew): brew install umputun/apps/ralphex
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu): download .deb from https://github.com/umputun/ralphex/releases
Linux (RHEL/Fedora): download .rpm from https://github.com/umputun/ralphex/releases
Any platform with Go: go install github.com/umputun/ralphex/cmd/ralphex@latest

Use AskUserQuestion to confirm installation method, then guide through it. Do not proceed until which ralphex succeeds.

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

Frequently asked about Ralphex

What else does umputun publish alongside Ralphex?
Ralphex is one of 5 skills that DirSkills catalogs from umputun/ralphex, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Implementation Plan Creator, Ralphex Adopt and Ralphex Adopt. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Ralphex does, and is maintained by umputun in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the umputun/ralphex page.
How does Ralphex compare to other Automation skills?
Ralphex ranks #618 by stars among the 1523 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 Ralphex against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.