https://loopengineering.io/ Engineering notes on AI systems and automation. What I built, what broke, and what I'd do differently. en https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-007-replacing-n8n-with-claude-code-and-a-claude-md-file/ https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-007-replacing-n8n-with-claude-code-and-a-claude-md-file/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 agents Our long-form content pipeline kept dying on API timeouts. So I threw out the workflow builder and gave an agent persistent memory instead. Here's the architecture, the failure modes, and the numbers after 30 days. https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-006-one-prompt-14-landing-pages-local-content-that-isn-t-spam/ https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-006-one-prompt-14-landing-pages-local-content-that-isn-t-spam/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 automation Generating city-level landing pages that are genuinely differentiated: the prompt architecture and the quality gates. https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-005-github-actions-as-a-poor-man-s-agent-orchestrator/ https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-005-github-actions-as-a-poor-man-s-agent-orchestrator/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 infra You do not need an orchestration platform to run scheduled agents. A workflow file, a cache and discipline go far. https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-004-the-90-automation-target-what-actually-resisted/ https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-004-the-90-automation-target-what-actually-resisted/ Fri, 22 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 meta We set a target to automate 90% of agency operations. Here is what fell quickly, what fought back hard, and what we learned about the last stubborn 10%. https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-003-branded-pdf-reports-from-raw-analytics-no-humans-involved/ https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-003-branded-pdf-reports-from-raw-analytics-no-humans-involved/ Sat, 09 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 agents The full pipeline behind automated client reports: data pull, analysis, copy, layout and brand system, end to end. https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-002-lead-scoring-with-a-registry-api-and-one-cron-job/ https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-002-lead-scoring-with-a-registry-api-and-one-cron-job/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 automation How a public business registry, one nightly cron job and a single scoring prompt replaced a paid lead-generation tool for a fraction of the cost. https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-001-why-this-blog-exists-and-why-it-s-called-loop/ https://loopengineering.io/blog/loop-001-why-this-blog-exists-and-why-it-s-called-loop/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 meta Every system I build ends up as a loop: build, run, observe, fix, run again. This blog is the observe step, written down.