# Examples of Agent Goals, Loops, and Scheduled Workflows in Codex and Claude Code

DevFeed: [Examples of Agent Goals, Loops, and Scheduled Workflows in Codex and Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/7-real-agent-goal-and-loop-examples-you-can-use-18310.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.aiengineer.co/p/7-real-agent-goal-and-loop-examples>)

Author: Owain Lewis

Published: 2026-07-02T07:01:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The AI Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-ai-engineer.md>)

Topics: [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [Loop Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/loop-engineering.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>), [GitHub Issues](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-issues.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ci.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [github-issues](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-issues.md>), [logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logs.md>), [review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/review.md>), [scheduled](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scheduled.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how prompts, goals, recurring runs, and workflows differ, then presents examples of using agents for recurring engineering tasks. It emphasizes evidence, stop rules, tests, CI, logs, issues, pull requests, and human review as safeguards because agents can misunderstand context or make mistakes.

## Source excerpt

Practical ways to combine prompts, goals, and scheduled runs in Codex and Claude Code.