"Ralph Wiggum" AI Agent will 10x Claude Code/Amp

Ryan Carson (founder of Treehouse) explains 'Ralph', an autonomous AI coding loop that allows founders to build software features overnight. The system works by converting a Product Requirement Doc (PRD) into small, atomic JSON user stories with clear acceptance criteria. An AI agent (like Claude Opus 4.5 via AMP or Claude Code) then iterates through these tasks—implementing code, testing, and committing—until the feature is complete, costing roughly $30 in tokens per feature.