Loop engineering is great until something breaks.

Here is how I improve the reliability of my agentic loops.

I use human-in-the-loop (HITL). It's easy and extremely effective. Anyone can build this.

My setup:

I recorded a quick demo of how it all works.

I shared recently that I now use more voice agents to build and communicate with agents. I also use them to verify.

I hate the idea of being tied down to my computer or in a Slack channel to communicate with my agents.

Here is what I have done to streamline communication with my agents.

All my Claude and Codex agent sessions now use the @DialAgent MCP server. It has a bunch of tools and provisions my agents with their own number that can place calls as native tools, with voice, SMS, and iMessage behind one interface.

As my loops/automations work on PRs and new features, my agents escalate decisions to me via a short phone call. This is extremely useful when I am on the road or away from my desk.

If you want to try this with Claude Code or Codex, paste this into your agent and get started right away:

"Get yourself a Dial phone number and call me. Say hello and that setup is working, then hang up. Follow https://getdial.ai/skills.md"

@NVoitenkov and team are building something special here. Go check them out. Give your agent a phone number now: http://getdial.ai ($5 free credit)