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updateLoop

Update Loop

Edit an existing Loop's instance config: cadence (trigger), target, model, budgets, concurrency, or its own write policy (never above the recipe's ceiling: use customizeLoop to raise the ceiling…

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Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "change this loop to run every hour", and it calls updateLoop.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "instanceId": "<instanceId>"
  },
  "name": "updateLoop"
}

Arguments

• instanceIdstringrequiredThe loop instance's id, from listLoops.
• titlestringoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
• iconographystringoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
• triggerobjectoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
• targetobjectoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
• modelstringoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
• writePolicystringoptional'suggestOnly' sandboxes every run read-only (no write/commit/push: a report is the deliverable); 'write' lets a run act. This is the write CEILING; raising it later invalidates consent until the human owner reconsents.
• budgetsobjectoptionalPer-loop guardrails enforced by the same gate every scheduled fire goes through.
• concurrencyCapnumberoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• change this loop to run every hour
• point this loop at a different repo
• cap this loop's daily spend

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listLoops
• customizeLoop

Questions

• What does updateLoop do?

  Edit an existing Loop's instance config: cadence (trigger), target, model, budgets, concurrency, or its own write policy (never above the recipe's ceiling: use customizeLoop to raise the ceiling… It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use updateLoop from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "change this loop to run every hour", and it calls updateLoop.

• Is updateLoop safe to let an AI call?

  updateLoop changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.