Darwin Skill
HHU3637kr/skills
Darwin Skill (达尔文.skill): autonomous skill optimizer inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch.
Optional, operator-gated metric experiments under .scratch/ for Home Assistant Homelab.
Install Autoresearch
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill autoresearch -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config autoresearch --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/autoresearch .claude/skills/autoresearch && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "autoresearch" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/autoresearch into .claude/skills/autoresearch/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "autoresearch", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/autoresearchType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill autoresearch -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config autoresearch --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/autoresearch .agents/skills/autoresearch && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "autoresearch" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/autoresearch into .agents/skills/autoresearch/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "autoresearch", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill autoresearch -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config autoresearch --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/autoresearch .cursor/skills/autoresearch && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "autoresearch" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/autoresearch into .cursor/skills/autoresearch/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "autoresearch", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git --path .agents/skills/autoresearch--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill autoresearch -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config autoresearch --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/autoresearch .gemini/skills/autoresearch && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "autoresearch" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/autoresearch into .gemini/skills/autoresearch/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "autoresearch", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config autoresearchInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill autoresearch -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/autoresearch .github/skills/autoresearch && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "autoresearch" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/autoresearch into .github/skills/autoresearch/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "autoresearch", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill autoresearch -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config autoresearch --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/autoresearch .opencode/skills/autoresearch && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "autoresearch" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/autoresearch into .opencode/skills/autoresearch/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "autoresearch", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
autoresearch- GitHub stars
- 179
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 305 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 22
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Optional, operator-gated metric experiments under .scratch/ for Home Assistant Homelab.
- Works in 3 steps: Operator explicitly wants metric-driven… → There is a real eval command that… → Experiments stay under .scratch/ — never
- Tasks that involve Autonomous loops
- SKILL.md covers When NOT to use this skill, When it is appropriate (rare), Slim workflow and Hand off, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Autoresearch is an agent skill from Apocrathia/home-assistant-config. Optional, operator-gated metric experiments under .scratch/ for Home Assistant Homelab. Prefer prototype for design questions. Use only when a measurable eval exists and the operator wants a short experiment log — not a swarm research loop or docs/research PR.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Autonomous loops. It works with Home Assistant and Git. The repository describes itself as: Apocrathia's Home Assistant Configuration Files.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Autonomous loops
Example prompts
- “/autoresearch”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Operator explicitly wants metric-driven experiments (or find-work surfaces
- There is a real eval command that produces a numeric metric (script
- Experiments stay under .scratch/ — never
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e28308a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Autoresearch loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 305 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 305 words (~1,187 tokens).
“Honest fit check first: this is a Home Assistant config repo, not a benchmark-heavy code swarm. Most questions here are better answered by prototype, live HA traces, or architecture-review.”
- name
- autoresearch
- disable-model-invocation
- true
Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/autoresearch of Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit e28308a
Compare with similar skills
Autoresearch next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autoresearch this skillApocrathia/home-assistant-config | 179 | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Darwin SkillHHU3637kr/skills | 145 | 1 repos | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Self-Improvement Tournament Loopzereight/gitlab-mcp | 2k | 1 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Warn | MIT | |
| Effective Harnessesliangdabiao/exa-research-mcp-skill | 110 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| AutoResearch LoopLearnPrompt/andrej-karpathy-skills | 110 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Autoresearch Agentalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | 1 repos | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Effective Harnesses
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AutoResearch Loop
LearnPrompt/andrej-karpathy-skills
Sets up an autonomous research loop where an agent runs experiments on git branches, logs results and proposes the next iteration while you approve each hypothesis change.
Autoresearch Agent
alirezarezvani/claude-skills
Autonomous experiment loop that optimizes any file by a measurable metric.
PR Body
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A skill your agent uses when composing or revising a pull request description in this repo, including PRs that sit in a stack.
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Questions about Autoresearch
What does Autoresearch do?
Optional, operator-gated metric experiments under .scratch/ for Home Assistant Homelab. Autoresearch is an agent skill from Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.scratch/ for Home Assistant Homelab.
When should I use Autoresearch?
Autoresearch fits situations like: tasks that involve Autonomous loops.
How do I install Autoresearch in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill autoresearch -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/autoresearch in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config) into .claude/skills/autoresearch in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Autoresearch in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill autoresearch -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/autoresearch in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config) into .agents/skills/autoresearch in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Autoresearch in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill autoresearch -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/autoresearch, .gemini/skills/autoresearch, .github/skills/autoresearch and .opencode/skills/autoresearch in your project.
What does Autoresearch need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Autoresearch is instructions for the agent only.
Does Autoresearch access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Autoresearch safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Autoresearch use?
No licence was found for Autoresearch or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Autoresearch use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Autoresearch?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Autoresearch: Darwin Skill (HHU3637kr/skills, 145 stars), Self-Improvement Tournament Loop (zereight/gitlab-mcp, 2k stars), Effective Harnesses (liangdabiao/exa-research-mcp-skill, 110 stars) and AutoResearch Loop (LearnPrompt/andrej-karpathy-skills, 110 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Autoresearch?
Apocrathia (a GitHub user) maintains it in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config, which has 179 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.
Source: Apocrathia/home-assistant-config on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.