among ai leaders i seem to be in the minority in that i am STILL actively using /loop and /goal….
… and i think all of u guys who stopped using it are wrong - not wrong forever, just giving up on it too early in the g5.6/c5 era
now you use it when: 1) you want the right mix of steerability and autonomy 2) you want open ended "loop that generates loops" type end state without deeply specifying path to get there
heres an example of when having a goal on saved my ass in a very long action-reasonining turn