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Agent skill

Evolve

by kenneth-liao in kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace

Research-driven self-upgrade pipeline for the Elle personal assistant.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Evolve

skills CLI
$ npx skills add kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace --skill evolve -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace evolve --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/personal-assistant/skills/evolve .claude/skills/evolve && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
evolve
GitHub stars
126
Token cost
~3.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,544 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
26
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Research-driven self-upgrade pipeline for the Elle personal assistant.

  • Works in 6 steps: Research → 5: Obsolescence Screen → Audit → …
  • The user says lets modernize Elle
  • SKILL.md covers Context Detection, Phase 1: Research, Phase 1.5: Obsolescence Screen and Phase 2: Audit, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls python3 and git; reaches docs.anthropic.com and github.com

What it does

Evolve is an agent skill from kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace. Research-driven self-upgrade pipeline for the Elle personal assistant. Fetches latest Claude Code features, audits Elle's architecture, plans upgrades, executes them, and verifies results. Use after Claude Code updates, when exploring new features, or periodically. Also use when the user says "let's modernize Elle", "evolve Elle", or "what Claude Code features are we missing".

Its SKILL.md is about 3.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/best-practices.md` and `references/platform-capabilities.md`).

It sits in Development.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says lets modernize Elle
  • What Claude Code features are we missing

Example prompts

  • “s modernize Elle”
  • “evolve Elle”
  • “what Claude Code features are we missing”
  • “/evolve”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Research
  2. 5: Obsolescence Screen
  3. Audit
  4. Plan
  5. Execute
  6. Verify

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 04b93d6. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3
    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • docs.anthropic.com
    • github.com
    • raw.githubusercontent.com

    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

Evolve loads about 3.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,544 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~97
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.9k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~6.4k

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 1,544 words (~3,948 tokens).

“This skill researches the latest Claude Code platform state, audits Elle against it, plans upgrades, executes them, and verifies results. It auto-updates the reference files in this skill's references/ directory to keep the knowledge base current between runs.”

— opening of SKILL.md by kenneth-liao
name
evolve
user-invocable
true
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in personal-assistant/skills/evolve of kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/best-practices.md
  • references/platform-capabilities.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 04b93d6

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Categories

Questions about Evolve

What does Evolve do?

Research-driven self-upgrade pipeline for the Elle personal assistant. Evolve is an agent skill from kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace. Research-driven self-upgrade pipeline for the Elle personal assistant.

When should I use Evolve?

Evolve fits situations like: the user says lets modernize Elle; what Claude Code features are we missing.

How do I install Evolve in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace --skill evolve -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (personal-assistant/skills/evolve in kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace) into .claude/skills/evolve in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Evolve in Codex?

Run `npx skills add kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace --skill evolve -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (personal-assistant/skills/evolve in kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace) into .agents/skills/evolve in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Evolve 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 kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace --skill evolve -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/evolve, .gemini/skills/evolve, .github/skills/evolve and .opencode/skills/evolve in your project.

What does Evolve need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Evolve needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python3 and git). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Evolve access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: docs.anthropic.com, github.com and raw.githubusercontent.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Evolve 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 Evolve use?

No licence was found for Evolve or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Evolve use?

About 3.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 16k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Evolve?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Evolve: Trellis Session Insight (mindfold-ai/Trellis, 15k stars), Openspec Verify Change (Fission-AI/OpenSpec, 71k stars), Warp Factory Files (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars) and Migrate Core Code to Submodules (tinyhumansai/openhuman, 42k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Evolve?

kenneth-liao (a GitHub user) maintains it in kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace, which has 126 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 23, 2026.

Source: kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.