The latest articles on DEV Community by Abhishek (@b_abhishek). https://dev.to/b_abhishek https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3916457%2F1ace4a23-0bb5-49dd-9999-58990c72313d.jpeg https://dev.to/b_abhishek en Abhishek Wed, 06 May 2026 18:06:47 +0000 https://dev.to/b_abhishek/loop-watchdog-491p https://dev.to/b_abhishek/loop-watchdog-491p <p>built a kill switch for looping AI coding agents</p> <p>AI coding agents kept:</p> <ul> <li>retrying the same fixes</li> <li>failing the same tests</li> <li>burning tokens endlessly</li> </ul> <p>So I built Loop Watchdog.</p> <p>It sits between coding agents and OpenAI-compatible APIs and detects:</p> <ul> <li>repeated fix-break loops</li> <li>file churn</li> <li>retry spam</li> <li>repeating error patterns</li> </ul> <p>When the loop score gets too high:</p> <ul> <li>the next model call is blocked</li> <li>the session is paused</li> <li>alerts are sent to dashboard/Slack/email</li> </ul> <p>Built with:</p> <ul> <li>Python + FastAPI</li> <li>Cloudflare Workers</li> <li>D1</li> <li>local-first architecture</li> </ul> <p>Run it with:<br> loop-watchdog start codex </p> <p>Then watch looping sessions get paused before more credits burn.</p> <p>Github: <a href="https://github.com/bevinkatti/Loop-Watchdog" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/bevinkatti/Loop-Watchdog</a></p> <p>Would love feedback from people building with AI coding agents.</p> ai opensource python automation