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cobusgreyling/loop-engineering (12k stars, +632 this week): Practical patterns, starters & CLI tools for loop engineering with AI coding agents. Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

Below are 12 other LLM tooling repos tracked by OSS Radar that share at least two GitHub topics with loop-engineering, ordered by how many topics overlap, then by stars gained in the last 7 days. Topic overlap means a similar problem space, not a drop-in replacement, so check each project's README.

  1. 1. asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks

    +256/wkest.

    Documented system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5.1, Opus 5.5, Claude Design, Claude Code. OpenAI - ChatGPT GPT-6-Astra, Codex. Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    70k stars · Python · shared topics: ai-agents, anthropic, claude, claude-code, codex, grok, llm, prompt-engineering

  2. 2. affaan-m/ECC

    +3.2k/wkest.

    The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code… Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    280k stars · JavaScript · shared topics: ai-agents, anthropic, claude, claude-code, llm, mcp

  3. 3. diegosouzapw/OmniRoute

    +1.6k/wkest.

    Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 359 providers (150+ free), 1200+ models Kimi, Claude, GPT, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek… Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    77k stars · TypeScript · shared topics: ai-agents, anthropic, claude, claude-code, codex, mcp

  4. 4. NousResearch/hermes-agent

    +1.2k/wkest.

    The agent that grows with you. Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    254k stars · Python · shared topics: ai-agents, anthropic, claude, claude-code, codex, llm

  5. 5. trailhq/Trail-Code

    +228/wkest.

    Turbocharge Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini & every coding agent: faster, cheaper, with contextual understanding specific to your… Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    10k stars · TypeScript · shared topics: ai-agents, anthropic, claude-code, codex, llm, mcp

  6. 6. lidge-jun/opencodex

    +189/wkest.

    Universal provider proxy for OpenAI Codex & Claude Code — use any LLM (Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Ollama…) with Codex CLI, App, SDK… Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    17k stars · TypeScript · shared topics: anthropic, claude, claude-code, codex, grok, llm

  7. 7. zhayujie/CowAgent

    +74/wkest.

    Open-source personal AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, self-evolves with memory and knowledge. Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    47k stars · Python · shared topics: ai-agents, claude, claude-code, codex, llm, mcp

  8. 8. DietrichGebert/ponytail

    +3.2k/wkest.

    Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote. Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    164k stars · JavaScript · shared topics: ai-agents, claude, claude-code, llm, prompt-engineering

  9. 9. JuliusBrussee/caveman

    +1.5k/wkest.

    🪨 why use many token when few token do trick. Viral skill + proxy for coding agents that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like a caveman. Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    112k stars · Go · shared topics: anthropic, claude, claude-code, llm, prompt-engineering

  10. 10. Graphify-Labs/graphify

    +1.3k/wkest.

    Turn any codebase, with its docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs, into a queryable knowledge graph. Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    127k stars · Python · shared topics: ai-agents, claude-code, codex, llm, mcp

  11. 11. headroomlabs-ai/headroom

    +434/wkest.

    Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    75k stars · Python · shared topics: anthropic, claude-code, llm, mcp, prompt-engineering

  12. 12. langgenius/dify

    +382/wkest.

    Build Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, with rich AI model and tool support on one collaborative workspace. Why it matters: useful plumbing for shipping LLM-powered features.

    158k stars · TypeScript · shared topics: agentic-ai, automation, claude, llm, mcp

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