---
title: "Cancel Ralph"
description: "To cancel the Ralph loop:"
type: skill
canonical_url: https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/cancel-ralph
source: "Claudary"
difficulty: intermediate
author: "Claude Code Knowledge Pack"
date: 2026-07-10T11:08:42.461Z
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: "Cancel Ralph — Claudary (https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/cancel-ralph)"
---

# Cancel Ralph
To cancel the Ralph loop:

## Overview

---
description: "Cancel active Ralph Wiggum loop"
allowed-tools: ["Bash(test -f .claude/ralph-loop.local.md:*)", "Bash(rm .claude/ralph-loop.local.md)", "Read(.claude/ralph-loop.local.md)"]
hide-from-slash-command-tool: "true"
---

# Cancel Ralph

To cancel the Ralph loop:

1. Check if `.claude/ralph-loop.local.md` exists using Bash: `test -f .claude/ralph-loop.local.md && echo "EXISTS" || echo "NOT_FOUND"`

2. **If NOT_FOUND**: Say "No active Ralph loop found."

3. **If EXISTS**:
   - Read `.claude/ralph-loop.local.md` to get the current iteration number from the `iteration:` field
   - Remove the file using Bash: `rm .claude/ralph-loop.local.md`
   - Report: "Cancelled Ralph loop (was at iteration N)" where N is the iteration value

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