Ralph Methodology (placeholder)

Ralph is Samuel's default methodology — a small, opinionated loop that plans, edits, verifies, and reflects on each iteration until quality checks pass.

The full executable body lands with PRD 0004. This file is the manifest the framework ships so samuel doctor reports a healthy built-in tree after a fresh samuel init.

Loop

1. Plan — break the request into a short ordered task list.
2. Edit — make the smallest change that moves the plan forward.
3. Verify — run the configured quality checks (tests, linters).
4. Reflect — adjust the plan based on what verify revealed.

Stop when every task is done, every quality check passes, or max_iterations is reached. Hand control back to the user otherwise.