---
title: "I Built Auto Loops Before They Had a Name"
url: "https://talirezun.com/library/auto-loops-before-a-name"
markdown: "https://talirezun.com/library/auto-loops-before-a-name.md"
type: "Essay"
brand: "From Lab to Life"
published: "2026-06-22"
updated: "2026-10-21T16:39:23.557Z"
authors: ["Dr. Tali Režun"]
topics: ["Coding Agents","MCP"]
---

# I Built Auto Loops Before They Had a Name

- URL: https://talirezun.com/library/auto-loops-before-a-name
- Type: Essay
- Brand: From Lab to Life
- Published: 2026-06-22
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- Author: Dr. Tali Režun
- Topics: Coding Agents, MCP

## Summary

How Claude Code plus Playwright via MCP became an autonomous testing loop in early 2025, before "loop engineering" had a name.

## Overview

Three weeks ago, “loop engineering” became one of the hottest phrases on my feed. Matt Van Horn’s post “WTF Is a Loop? Part 2: The 15 Loops People Are Actually Running” accumulated 3.6 million views and launched dozens of follow-up threads about /loop commands, verifier patterns, and overnight code runners. According to Lev Deviatkin’s widely shared 14-step roadmap from prompter to loop designer, nine out of ten builders have never written a single loop that prompts the agent for them: no automation, no state file, no verifier, no schedule.

## Editions

Where to read the full work (the canonical edition first):

- [Medium](https://medium.com/@talirezun/i-built-auto-loops-before-they-had-a-name-d7bb5eaf7aea) (canonical)
- [Substack](https://talirezun.substack.com/p/i-built-auto-loops-before-they-had)

## Related

- [Exploring Early Indicators of AGI in Coding Agents: MCP + Cline Case Study](https://talirezun.com/library/agi-indicators-in-coding-agents.md)
- [Three Philosophies, One Goal; A Practitioner's Comparison of Augment Code, Claude Code, and Codex CLI](https://talirezun.com/library/augment-claude-code-codex-compared.md)
- [From One Agent to Coding Agent Armies: My 15-Month Journey to AI Orchestration](https://talirezun.com/library/coding-agent-armies-orchestration.md)

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