Community update — July 2: new contributors, loop-context, Cursor/Windsurf examples

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Loop engineering is open for contributors. If you want a scoped first PR (~10 min to ~1 hr), this is the place to start.

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Shipped this week

PR	Who	What
#127	@roian6	First community good first issue merge — Aider appendix in primitives matrix
#128	maintainers	Cursor + Windsurf examples + pattern coverage table
#129	@KhaiTrang1995 + maintainers	loop-context — memory manager + circuit breaker (tool README)
#131	maintainers	README Help wanted section + welcome bot for docs/examples PRs

Thank you @roian6 and @harshjainnn for picking up work from the contributor quickstart.

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In flight (contributor-led — we wait on you)

@harshjainnn — #126 / #114. Your initiative started Windsurf coverage. Reply on the PR when ready — close with credit or rebase and extend. No maintainer action until you chime in.

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Help wanted — pick one, comment "I'll take this"

Time	Issue	Task
~10 min	#120 — Adopters	Add your project to the wall
~20 min	#121 — QUICKSTART	Clarify loop-init --tool values
~30 min	#117 — Continue.dev	Primitives matrix row
~30 min	#122 — Cursor constraints	Example doc
~1 hr	#118 / #119	Failure stories — we want honest misses

Full good first issue backlog →

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How to get merged fast

1. Comment "I'll take this" on an issue → we assign you
2. Open a small PR (one concern per PR for docs)
3. Story + adopter PRs → same-day review when possible (CONTRIBUTING.md)

Questions? Reply here · Q&A category · Add your loop (#92)

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📣 Announcement refreshed — full contributor call-to-action with this week's merges (#127–#131), help-wanted table, and @harshjainnn hold note.

New here? Read the top post ↑ then pick an issue and comment I'll take this.

Maintainers: please pin this discussion in GitHub UI (Discussions → ⋯ → Pin) if not already pinned.

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Cross-posted to Substack / social — if you arrived from there, welcome. 👋

Start here: pick an issue from the table in the post above, comment "I'll take this", and we'll assign you (same-day review on stories + adopters when possible).

Fastest wins:

• #120 — Add your project to adopters (~10 min)
• #121 — QUICKSTART loop-init --tool values (~20 min)
• #118 / #119 — failure stories (~1 hr)

Questions? Reply in this thread.