3 Reasons Your AI Loop Stopped Working (None of Them Are the AI's Fault)

You built a loop. It ran. You felt like a genius.

Then you checked back two days later. The loop was dead. The output looked weird. You spent 20 minutes fixing things, ran it again, and by day four the whole thing was collecting dust in a Claude project you never reopened.

This isn't a "you" problem. It happened to most people who experimented with AI loops in 2026. But the cause isn't what most people think.

The Loop Didn't Break. Your Input Dried Up.