Experiment → evaluate → improve → repeat loop for self-optimizing skills. Inspired by Karpathy's Autoresearch (V3) and Claude Code's built-in skill improver (V5). Run this on skills that need refinement.
Experiment → evaluate → improve → repeat loop for self-optimizing skills. Inspired by Karpathy's Autoresearch (V3) and Claude Code's built-in skill improver (V5). Run this on skills that need refinement.
# Skill Self-Improvement
## When to use this
Run after a skill has been used 2-3 times in real projects and you want to make it measurably better. Also use when:
- A skill produces inconsistent or low-quality results
- You discover a better approach while working on a project
- A technique from a YouTube video/article should be synthesized into an existing skill
- Before marking a new skill as "trustworthy" (from the skill-acquisition-policy)
## The Loop
### Phase 1 — Define the Experiment
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