RalphCI: The Self-Healing AI Coding Loop That Automatically Fixes CI Failures

Apr 9, 2026

RalphCI is an open-source, CI-enabled agentic coding loop built by the Loop Lab at CircleCI. You write a spec, and the agent breaks it down into tasks, builds your application step by step, commits to GitHub, and runs your full CI pipeline on every iteration.

If anything fails—linting, tests, security scans, missing files—a CI Doctor sub-agent detects the failure, reads the stack trace, and fixes it automatically. In this video, Ryan Hamilton demos RalphCI by building a classic Snake game end-to-end with zero manual coding.

Use RalphCI yourself: https://circle.ci/4c1iNX6
Read RalphCI Study: https://circle.ci/3O8lwF2
More CircleCI Loop Lab experiments: https://circle.ci/3PSAb7z
Reach out to Ryan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanehamilton/

About Loop Lab: Loop Lab is Ryan Hamilton's experimental research series at CircleCI, where the team ships real AI and CI/CD experiments in the open. No polished product demos, just genuine research, weird ideas, and whatever happens when engineers get curious.