How I Built a Watchdog That Stops My AI Coding Agent From Looping Forever

TL;DR My AI coding agent didn't fail by crashing. It failed by trying the same broken fix over and over, politely, for hours. I built a small watchdog that detects "stuck" from the outside using three cheap signals, then escalates: nudge, restart with a fresh context, or park the task. Here's the design, the code that matters, and what I'd do... Weiterlesen