---
name: cancel-ralph
description: "Cancel an active bounded Ralph loop and report where it stopped. Use for /cancel-ralph, 'cancel the ralph loop', 'stop iterating', or 'abort the loop'."
license: MIT
metadata:
  adapted-from: "cursor/plugins/ralph-loop/skills/cancel-ralph"
  version: "1.0.0"
---

# Cancel Ralph

Stop an active Ralph loop.

## Workflow
1. Check whether `.ralph/scratchpad.md` exists in the working directory.
2. **If it does not exist:** tell the user "No active Ralph loop found."
3. **If it exists:**
   - Read the `iteration:` field from the state file frontmatter.
   - Remove the loop state:
     ```bash
     rm -rf .ralph
     ```
   - Report: "Cancelled Ralph loop (was at iteration N)."

## Output
A short confirmation with the iteration count, or a message that no loop was active.