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Captures and maintains learnings, errors, and corrections. An agent skill from pskoett/self-improving-agent.
Install Self Improving Agent
$ npx skills add pskoett/self-improving-agent --skill self-improving-agent -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install pskoett/self-improving-agent self-improving-agent --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/pskoett/self-improving-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/self-improving-agent .claude/skills/self-improving-agent && 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 "self-improving-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent/tree/master/self-improving-agent into .claude/skills/self-improving-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improving-agent", 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/pskoett/self-improving-agent/tree/master/self-improving-agentType 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 pskoett/self-improving-agent --skill self-improving-agent -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install pskoett/self-improving-agent self-improving-agent --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/self-improving-agent .agents/skills/self-improving-agent && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "self-improving-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent/tree/master/self-improving-agent into .agents/skills/self-improving-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improving-agent", 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 pskoett/self-improving-agent --skill self-improving-agent -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install pskoett/self-improving-agent self-improving-agent --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/self-improving-agent .cursor/skills/self-improving-agent && 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 "self-improving-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent/tree/master/self-improving-agent into .cursor/skills/self-improving-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improving-agent", 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/pskoett/self-improving-agent.git --path self-improving-agent--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 pskoett/self-improving-agent --skill self-improving-agent -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install pskoett/self-improving-agent self-improving-agent --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/self-improving-agent .gemini/skills/self-improving-agent && 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 "self-improving-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent/tree/master/self-improving-agent into .gemini/skills/self-improving-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improving-agent", 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 pskoett/self-improving-agent self-improving-agentInstalls 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 pskoett/self-improving-agent --skill self-improving-agent -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/self-improving-agent .github/skills/self-improving-agent && 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 "self-improving-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent/tree/master/self-improving-agent into .github/skills/self-improving-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improving-agent", 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 pskoett/self-improving-agent --skill self-improving-agent -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install pskoett/self-improving-agent self-improving-agent --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/self-improving-agent .opencode/skills/self-improving-agent && 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 "self-improving-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/pskoett/self-improving-agent/tree/master/self-improving-agent into .opencode/skills/self-improving-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improving-agent", 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
self-improving-agent- GitHub stars
- 767
- Token cost
- ~6.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,674 words
- Files
- 15 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
- Skills in repo
- 1
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Captures and maintains learnings, errors, and corrections. An agent skill from pskoett/self-improving-agent.
- Works in 5 steps: Select entries relevant to the current… → Triage legacy/mixed entries: identify… → Check applicability and whether the… → …
- A command fails
- SKILL.md covers First-Use Initialisation, Quick Reference, OpenClaw Setup and Logging Format, plus 8 more sections
- Runs JavaScript, TypeScript and Shell scripts from its folder; calls npm, git and pnpm
What it does
Self Improving Agent is an agent skill from pskoett/self-improving-agent. Captures and maintains learnings, errors, and corrections. Use when a command fails, the user corrects an assumption, a capability is missing, knowledge is outdated, or a better approach is found. Review relevant saved guidance before major tasks, reuse, and promotion; revalidate it according to what could change and how quickly.
Its SKILL.md is about 6.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 19 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `CHANGELOG.md`, `assets/ERRORS.md` and `assets/FEATURE_REQUESTS.md`).
It sits in Agent Workflows. The repository describes itself as: Self-improvement skill for OpenClaw. It captures learnings, errors, and feature requests to support continuous improvement across sessions.
When your agent uses it
- A command fails
- The user corrects an assumption
- A capability is missing
- Knowledge is outdated
Example prompts
- “Use the self-improving-agent skill to capture and maintains learnings, errors, and corrections. An agent skill from pskoett/self-improving-agent”
- “/self-improving-agent”
Requirements
- Node.js
- A Bash shell
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Select entries relevant to the current task by area, files, keywords, or source IDs, plus affected/due claims at natural breakpoints. Do…
- Triage legacy/mixed entries: identify the reusable claim, scope, authority, type/rate, and trigger. Keep unknowns explicit. A resolved…
- Check applicability and whether the trigger fired or evidence is due before reuse or promotion. Run the type-appropriate check when…
- Choose retain (supported and useful, or explicitly provisional while blocked), revise (correct/narrow with evidence), externalize (replace…
- Record and propagate: append a dated review note with the outcome, reason, evidence, and old → new claim when changed. Preserve original…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 30478f1. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (JavaScript, TypeScript and Shell), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
npmgitpnpm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
github.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
Self Improving Agent loads about 6.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~15k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 88 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,674 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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,674 words (~6,386 tokens).
“Log learnings and errors to markdown files for continuous improvement. Agents can later process these into fixes, and important learnings get promoted to workspace memory. This version of the skill is built for OpenClaw only — for other agents, see…”
- name
- self-improving-agent
- version
- 4.0.2
Files
SKILL.md and 14 other files (scripts, references, assets) in self-improving-agent of pskoett/self-improving-agent.
- SKILL.md
- CHANGELOG.md
- assets/ERRORS.md
- assets/FEATURE_REQUESTS.md
- assets/LEARNINGS.md
- assets/SKILL-TEMPLATE.md
- hooks/openclaw/HOOK.md
- hooks/openclaw/handler.js
- hooks/openclaw/handler.test.js
- hooks/openclaw/handler.ts
- references/examples.md
- references/maintenance-evals.md
- references/openclaw-integration.md
- references/uninstall.md
- scripts/extract-skill.sh
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 30478f1
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| Self Improving Agent this skillpskoett/self-improving-agent | 767 | — | ~6.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
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| Using Superpowersfarm-fe/farm | 5.6k | 35 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Executing Plans Inlineobra/superpowers | 296k | 2 repos | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Claude Code Agent Developmentanthropics/claude-plugins-official | 38k | 8 repos | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Self Improving Agent
What does Self Improving Agent do?
Captures and maintains learnings, errors, and corrections. An agent skill from pskoett/self-improving-agent. Self Improving Agent is an agent skill from pskoett/self-improving-agent. Captures and maintains learnings, errors, and corrections.
When should I use Self Improving Agent?
Self Improving Agent fits situations like: A command fails; the user corrects an assumption; A capability is missing; knowledge is outdated.
How do I install Self Improving Agent in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add pskoett/self-improving-agent --skill self-improving-agent -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (self-improving-agent in pskoett/self-improving-agent) into .claude/skills/self-improving-agent in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Self Improving Agent in Codex?
Run `npx skills add pskoett/self-improving-agent --skill self-improving-agent -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (self-improving-agent in pskoett/self-improving-agent) into .agents/skills/self-improving-agent in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Self Improving Agent 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 pskoett/self-improving-agent --skill self-improving-agent -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/self-improving-agent, .gemini/skills/self-improving-agent, .github/skills/self-improving-agent and .opencode/skills/self-improving-agent in your project.
What does Self Improving Agent need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Self Improving Agent needs JavaScript, TypeScript and a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (npm, git and pnpm). Our summary lists: Node.js; A Bash shell.
Does Self Improving Agent access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Self Improving Agent 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Self Improving Agent use?
No licence was found for Self Improving Agent or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Self Improving Agent use?
About 6.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 26k 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 9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Self Improving Agent?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Self Improving Agent: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Hook Development for Claude Code Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars), Using Superpowers (farm-fe/farm, 5.6k stars) and Executing Plans Inline (obra/superpowers, 296k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Self Improving Agent?
pskoett (a GitHub user) maintains it in pskoett/self-improving-agent, which has 767 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.
Source: pskoett/self-improving-agent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.