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Parker's self-improvement governance for the brand — the disposing half of the living layer.
Install Self Improve
$ npx skills add real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill self-improve -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain self-improve --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/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/self-improve .claude/skills/self-improve && 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-improve" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/self-improve into .claude/skills/self-improve/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improve", 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/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/self-improveType 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill self-improve -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain self-improve --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/self-improve .agents/skills/self-improve && 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-improve" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/self-improve into .agents/skills/self-improve/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improve", 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill self-improve -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain self-improve --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/self-improve .cursor/skills/self-improve && 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-improve" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/self-improve into .cursor/skills/self-improve/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improve", 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/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git --path .claude/skills/self-improve--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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill self-improve -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain self-improve --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/self-improve .gemini/skills/self-improve && 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-improve" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/self-improve into .gemini/skills/self-improve/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improve", 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain self-improveInstalls 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill self-improve -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/self-improve .github/skills/self-improve && 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-improve" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/self-improve into .github/skills/self-improve/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improve", 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill self-improve -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain self-improve --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/self-improve .opencode/skills/self-improve && 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-improve" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/self-improve into .opencode/skills/self-improve/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-improve", 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-improve- GitHub stars
- 100
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 714 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 20
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Parker's self-improvement governance for the brand — the disposing half of the living layer.
- Works in 2 steps: Curate reasoning traces → Dispose of dreaming proposals
- Tasks that involve Proposals and quotes
- SKILL.md covers When it runs, First run — scaffold if absent, The two jobs of the weekly pass and Hard rules, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Self Improve is an agent skill from real-simple-labs/parker-brain. Parker's self-improvement governance for the brand — the disposing half of the living layer. Weekly it curates captured reasoning traces and decides which dreaming proposals get promoted, human in the loop — including the doc-alignment proposals the research cycle files. It is the gate: dreaming and research propose, self-improvement disposes. The loop pipeline itself (roll-up, hypotheses, validations, re-validations) runs in /research-loops. Use weekly as a scheduled routine, or when asked to curate learnings…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 Proposals and quotes and Human-in-the-loop approvals.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Proposals and quotes
- Tasks that involve Human-in-the-loop approvals
Example prompts
- “/self-improve”
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Curate reasoning traces
- Dispose of dreaming proposals
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 62c4f72. 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.
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
Self Improve loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 141 tokens; SKILL.md has 714 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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 714 words (~1,395 tokens).
“Dreaming and the research cycle generate; self-improvement governs whether anything becomes canonical. Nothing they proposed is applied on its own — context edits, skill changes, new workflows, and the research cycle's doc-alignment proposals all route through this pass with the…”
- name
- self-improve
Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/self-improve of real-simple-labs/parker-brain.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 62c4f72
Compare with similar skills
Self Improve 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self Improve this skillreal-simple-labs/parker-brain | 100 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Retro MetaNecmttn/ax | 116 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Scoutandrew-yangy/gru-ai | 155 | — | ~5.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Agent Work Reviewer MaintainerUndertone0809/rudder | 292 | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Show Me Your Work Decision Logcursor/plugins | 10k | 8 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Darwin Skill Optimizeralchaincyf/darwin-skill | 6.2k | 1 repos | ~4.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Self Improve
What does Self Improve do?
Parker's self-improvement governance for the brand — the disposing half of the living layer. Self Improve is an agent skill from real-simple-labs/parker-brain. Parker's self-improvement governance for the brand — the disposing half of the living layer.
When should I use Self Improve?
Self Improve fits situations like: tasks that involve Proposals and quotes; tasks that involve Human-in-the-loop approvals.
How do I install Self Improve in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill self-improve -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/self-improve in real-simple-labs/parker-brain) into .claude/skills/self-improve in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Self Improve in Codex?
Run `npx skills add real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill self-improve -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/self-improve in real-simple-labs/parker-brain) into .agents/skills/self-improve in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Self Improve 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill self-improve -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-improve, .gemini/skills/self-improve, .github/skills/self-improve and .opencode/skills/self-improve in your project.
What does Self Improve need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Self Improve is instructions for the agent only.
Does Self Improve 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 Self Improve 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 Self Improve use?
Self Improve has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Self Improve use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k 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 Self Improve?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Self Improve: Retro Meta (Necmttn/ax, 116 stars), Scout (andrew-yangy/gru-ai, 155 stars), Agent Work Reviewer Maintainer (Undertone0809/rudder, 292 stars) and Show Me Your Work Decision Log (cursor/plugins, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Self Improve?
real-simple-labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in real-simple-labs/parker-brain, which has 100 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: real-simple-labs/parker-brain on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.