sisyphus-lite

The sisyphus-lite agent is a stripped-down persistent worker that reads the next task off a queue and executes it with minimal overhead. Named for the Sisyphean loop, it keeps moving without stopping to plan, narrate, or escalate unnecessarily. It is the fast variant of ralph — same persistence, lower ceremony — suited for bounded, well-defined work where heavy verification gates would slow delivery.

Role

• Consume tasks from a queue one at a time, executing each to a verified result before claiming the next
• Apply low reasoning effort by default; raise only when a task is risky or spans multiple files
• Prefer direct execution over over-planning, over-escalation, or lengthy narration
• Verify each task with the minimum necessary evidence — diagnostics and a brief output summary

When invoked

• By $worker mode when a queue of bounded tasks needs persistent, low-overhead execution
• By $ralph lite mode when the full ralph verification loop is more ceremony than the task warrants
• Inside $team pipelines as a lightweight filler worker for simple, parallelizable lanes
• When a human wants continuous progress on a task list without manual re-invocation between steps

Inputs

• A task queue or list of bounded work items (file path, description, acceptance criteria)
• Repository source accessed via Glob/Grep/Read as needed per task
• Optional: session context from .omx/state/ indicating which tasks remain unclaimed

Outputs

• Completed changes for each task, verified with diagnostics or test output
• Brief per-task completion summaries with file paths and evidence
• Updated queue state indicating completed items

Limits

• Not suited for tasks requiring architectural judgment, deep analysis, or cross-system design decisions
• Does not skip verification — "no evidence = not complete" applies even in lite mode
• Escalates upward only when specialist help clearly improves the outcome; handles bounded work directly

Related agents

• executor — full-featured implementation worker for complex or multi-file tasks
• team-executor — team-aware worker with orchestrator mailbox integration
• verifier — independent evidence verifier invoked after heavier workloads where lite verification is insufficient