Ralph Wiggum Tutorial: How to Run It Safely and Efficiently

There's a lot of hype about Ralph Wiggum in the AI coding community, and most people are getting it wrong. In this video, I break down how to run long-running autonomous agents safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively—covering both the official Claude Code plugin and the original bash loop method. I share my complete setup: sandboxing, the plan.md, max iterations, and feedback loops so the agent can verify its own work. The bash loop gives you fresh context windows per iteration—the plugin doesn't, and that matters more than you'd think. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Introduction & What is Ralph Wiggum 1:14 – When to use Ralph Wiggum 2:56 – Step 1: Safety with sandboxing 4:20 – Step 2: Planning with PRD 4:54 – Step 3: Creating plan.md 5:43 – Step 4: Creating activity.md 5:54 – Running with the Claude plugin 9:31 – Plugin limitations: single context window 10:28 – The bash loop method (recommended) 12:26 – Wrapping up 🔗 RESOURCES GitHub Tutorial: https://github.com/JeredBlu/guides/blob/main/Ralph_Wiggum_Guide.md Original Ralph Wiggum (ghuntley): https://ghuntley.com/ralph/ Claude Ralph Plugin: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/plugins/ralph-wiggum/README.md Anthropic's Long-Running Agents Blog: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/effective-harnesses-for-long-running-agents Claude Code Sandboxing Docs: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sandboxing Boris Cherney's post: https://x.com/bcherny/status/2007179858435281082 My video on Boris's approach: https://youtu.be/S_pxMm0Qx7c Spec-Driven Development video: https://youtu.be/wKx66sYyyUs PRD Creator Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0seaP5YjXVM Book a call with me → https://cal.com/jeredblu Sponsorship inquiries → hi@yedatechs.com #RalphWiggum #ClaudeCode #AICoding #MCPServers #LongRunningAgents #AutonomousAgents #SpecDrivenDevelopment