[BUG] ralph-wiggum pluggin - /ralph-wiggum:cancel-ralph command is erroring out

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Dec 3, 2025 by thearjunmdas Closed Dec 3, 2025

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  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Please find snippet from claude code

/ralph-wiggum:cancel-ralph
⎿  Error: Bash command failed for pattern "``!
if [[ -f .claude/ralph-loop.local.md ]]; then
ITERATION=$(grep '^iteration:' .claude/ralph-loop.local.md | sed 's/iteration: *//')
echo "FOUND_LOOP=true"
echo "ITERATION=$ITERATION"
else
echo "FOUND_LOOP=false"
fi
`": [stderr]
(eval):1: parse error near
echo'

⏺ This is a bug in the /ralph-wiggum:cancel-ralph command implementation. The error shows that the command is trying to execute bash code that includes markdown code fence syntax (```),
which is causing a shell parsing error.

The command appears to be attempting to:

  1. Check if .claude/ralph-loop.local.md exists
  2. Extract the iteration number from it
  3. Report whether a loop was found

But the bash execution is failing because the markdown code fence delimiters are being included in the command string that's being evaluated.

Issue: (eval):1: parse error near 'echo' indicates the shell can't parse the command because of the malformed syntax with the code fences.

What Should Happen?

/ralph-wiggum:cancel-ralph command should be able to cancel the loop.

Error Messages/Logs

/ralph-wiggum:cancel-ralph 
  ⎿  Error: Bash command failed for pattern "!
     if [[ -f .claude/ralph-loop.local.md ]]; then
       ITERATION=$(grep '^iteration:' .claude/ralph-loop.local.md | sed 's/iteration: *//')
       echo "FOUND_LOOP=true"
       echo "ITERATION=$ITERATION"
     else
       echo "FOUND_LOOP=false"
     fi
     ": [stderr]
     (eval):1: parse error near `echo'

Steps to Reproduce

  1. /ralph-wiggum:ralph-loop task
  2. /ralph-wiggum:cancel-ralph

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.0.55

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_

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