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Past the 9-Step Loop: The Claude Code Stack That Actually Makes Agents Senior

A widely-shared thread argues Claude Code becomes a senior engineer once you wrap it in a 9-step loop built from plan mode, subagents, hooks, CLAUDE.md, and slash commands. The loop is right and necessary — but it quietly assumes infinite context, perfect memory, and that an in-session reviewer is enough. Here's the tooling layer that makes the loop actually run on a real codebase: chronis, AllSource Prime, caveman, rtk, CodeRabbit, and pixel-perfect overlays.