Iterative Retrieval
affaan-m/ECC
Pattern for progressively refining context retrieval to solve the subagent context problem.
“逐步优化上下文检索以解决子代理上下文问题的模式”
$ npx skills add xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh --skill iterative-retrieval -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh iterative-retrieval --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/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval .claude/skills/iterative-retrieval && 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 "iterative-retrieval" agent skill from https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh/tree/main/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval into .claude/skills/iterative-retrieval/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "iterative-retrieval", 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/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh/tree/main/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrievalType 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 xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh --skill iterative-retrieval -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh iterative-retrieval --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval .agents/skills/iterative-retrieval && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "iterative-retrieval" agent skill from https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh/tree/main/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval into .agents/skills/iterative-retrieval/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "iterative-retrieval", 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 xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh --skill iterative-retrieval -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh iterative-retrieval --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval .cursor/skills/iterative-retrieval && 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 "iterative-retrieval" agent skill from https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh/tree/main/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval into .cursor/skills/iterative-retrieval/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "iterative-retrieval", 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/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh.git --path docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval--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 xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh --skill iterative-retrieval -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh iterative-retrieval --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval .gemini/skills/iterative-retrieval && 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 "iterative-retrieval" agent skill from https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh/tree/main/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval into .gemini/skills/iterative-retrieval/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "iterative-retrieval", 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 xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh iterative-retrievalInstalls 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 xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh --skill iterative-retrieval -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval .github/skills/iterative-retrieval && 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 "iterative-retrieval" agent skill from https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh/tree/main/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval into .github/skills/iterative-retrieval/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "iterative-retrieval", 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 xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh --skill iterative-retrieval -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh iterative-retrieval --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval .opencode/skills/iterative-retrieval && 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 "iterative-retrieval" agent skill from https://github.com/xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh/tree/main/docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval into .opencode/skills/iterative-retrieval/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "iterative-retrieval", 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.
iterative-retrievalIterative Retrieval is a skill in xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh (2k stars). Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, and copies of it appear in 1 other owners' repositories. Licence: MIT.
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit dfbf946. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are javascript and markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
x.comFrom URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Iterative Retrieval loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 11 tokens; SKILL.md has 81 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.
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.
The full file from xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh at commit dfbf946, republished under its MIT licence (© xu-xiang). 81 words, ~1,180 tokens.
.claude/skills/iterative-retrieval/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).解决多智能体工作流中的“上下文问题”,即子智能体在开始工作前不知道需要哪些上下文。
子智能体被生成时上下文有限。它们不知道:
标准方法会失败:
一个逐步优化上下文的 4 阶段循环:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ │
│ │ DISPATCH │─────▶│ EVALUATE │ │
│ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ │
│ ▲ │ │
│ │ ▼ │
│ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ │
│ │ LOOP │◀─────│ REFINE │ │
│ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ │
│ │
│ Max 3 cycles, then proceed │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘初始的广泛查询以收集候选文件:
// Start with high-level intent
const initialQuery = {
patterns: ['src/**/*.ts', 'lib/**/*.ts'],
keywords: ['authentication', 'user', 'session'],
excludes: ['*.test.ts', '*.spec.ts']
};
// Dispatch to retrieval agent
const candidates = await retrieveFiles(initialQuery);评估检索到的内容的相关性:
function evaluateRelevance(files, task) {
return files.map(file => ({
path: file.path,
relevance: scoreRelevance(file.content, task),
reason: explainRelevance(file.content, task),
missingContext: identifyGaps(file.content, task)
}));
}评分标准:
根据评估结果更新搜索条件:
function refineQuery(evaluation, previousQuery) {
return {
// Add new patterns discovered in high-relevance files
patterns: [...previousQuery.patterns, ...extractPatterns(evaluation)],
// Add terminology found in codebase
keywords: [...previousQuery.keywords, ...extractKeywords(evaluation)],
// Exclude confirmed irrelevant paths
excludes: [...previousQuery.excludes, ...evaluation
.filter(e => e.relevance < 0.2)
.map(e => e.path)
],
// Target specific gaps
focusAreas: evaluation
.flatMap(e => e.missingContext)
.filter(unique)
};
}使用优化后的条件重复(最多 3 个周期):
async function iterativeRetrieve(task, maxCycles = 3) {
let query = createInitialQuery(task);
let bestContext = [];
for (let cycle = 0; cycle < maxCycles; cycle++) {
const candidates = await retrieveFiles(query);
const evaluation = evaluateRelevance(candidates, task);
// Check if we have sufficient context
const highRelevance = evaluation.filter(e => e.relevance >= 0.7);
if (highRelevance.length >= 3 && !hasCriticalGaps(evaluation)) {
return highRelevance;
}
// Refine and continue
query = refineQuery(evaluation, query);
bestContext = mergeContext(bestContext, highRelevance);
}
return bestContext;
}Task: "Fix the authentication token expiry bug"
Cycle 1:
DISPATCH: Search for "token", "auth", "expiry" in src/**
EVALUATE: Found auth.ts (0.9), tokens.ts (0.8), user.ts (0.3)
REFINE: Add "refresh", "jwt" keywords; exclude user.ts
Cycle 2:
DISPATCH: Search refined terms
EVALUATE: Found session-manager.ts (0.95), jwt-utils.ts (0.85)
REFINE: Sufficient context (2 high-relevance files)
Result: auth.ts, tokens.ts, session-manager.ts, jwt-utils.tsTask: "Add rate limiting to API endpoints"
Cycle 1:
DISPATCH: Search "rate", "limit", "api" in routes/**
EVALUATE: No matches - codebase uses "throttle" terminology
REFINE: Add "throttle", "middleware" keywords
Cycle 2:
DISPATCH: Search refined terms
EVALUATE: Found throttle.ts (0.9), middleware/index.ts (0.7)
REFINE: Need router patterns
Cycle 3:
DISPATCH: Search "router", "express" patterns
EVALUATE: Found router-setup.ts (0.8)
REFINE: Sufficient context
Result: throttle.ts, middleware/index.ts, router-setup.ts在智能体提示中使用:
在为该任务检索上下文时:
1. 从广泛的关键词搜索开始
2. 评估每个文件的相关性(0-1 分制)
3. 识别仍缺失哪些上下文
4. 优化搜索条件并重复(最多 3 个循环)
5. 返回相关性 >= 0.7 的文件
continuous-learning 技能 - 用于随时间改进的模式~/.claude/agents/ 中的智能体定义© xu-xiang, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval of xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit dfbf946
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Iterative Retrieval 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iterative Retrieval this skillxu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh | 2k | 1 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Iterative Retrievalaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 7 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Iterative Retrievalaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 2 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Iterative Retrievalaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 2 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Iterative Retrievalaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | 1 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Retrieval Reflexgarrytan/gbrain | 31k | — | ~735 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
affaan-m/ECC
Pattern for progressively refining context retrieval to solve the subagent context problem.
affaan-m/ECC
サブエージェントのコンテキスト問題を解決するために、コンテキスト取得を段階的に洗練するパターン. An agent skill from affaan-m/ECC.
affaan-m/ECC
서브에이전트 컨텍스트 문제를 해결하기 위한 점진적 컨텍스트 검색 개선 패턴. An agent skill from affaan-m/ECC.
affaan-m/ECC
逐步优化上下文检索以解决子代理上下文问题的模式
garrytan/gbrain
When/what to retrieve — open the brain page for a salient entity before answering from memory.
alirezarezvani/claude-skills
Phase 3 of building a Claude Managed Agent — the bounded grade→iterate loop.
xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh
Everything Claude Code 的交互式安装程序 — 引导用户选择并安装技能和规则到用户级或项目级目录,验证路径,并可选择优化已安装文件。
xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh
基于本能(Instinct)的学习系统,通过钩子(hooks)观察会话,创建带有置信度评分的原子本能,并将其演化为技能(Skills)、命令(Commands)或智能体(Agents)。v2.1 版本增加了项目作用域(project-scoped)的本能,以防止跨项目污染。
xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh
生产级 API 的 REST API 设计模式,包括资源命名、状态码、分页、过滤、错误响应、版本控制和速率限制. An agent skill from xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh.
xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh
后端架构模式、API 设计、数据库优化以及适用于 Node.js、Express 和 Next.js API 路由的服务端最佳实践。
xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh
后端架构模式、API 设计、数据库优化以及 Node.js、Express 和 Next.js API 路由的服务端最佳实践。
xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh
后端架构模式、API 设计、数据库优化以及针对 Node.js、Express 和 Next.js API 路由的服务端最佳实践。
Run `npx skills add xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh --skill iterative-retrieval -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval in xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh) into .claude/skills/iterative-retrieval in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh --skill iterative-retrieval -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (docs/zh-CN/skills/iterative-retrieval in xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh) into .agents/skills/iterative-retrieval in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh --skill iterative-retrieval -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/iterative-retrieval, .gemini/skills/iterative-retrieval, .github/skills/iterative-retrieval and .opencode/skills/iterative-retrieval in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Iterative Retrieval is instructions for the agent only.
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: x.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
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.
Iterative Retrieval is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
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.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Iterative Retrieval: Iterative Retrieval (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Iterative Retrieval (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Iterative Retrieval (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars) and Iterative Retrieval (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
xu-xiang (a GitHub user) maintains it in xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh, which has 1,978 GitHub stars. The repository holds 78 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 5, 2026.
Source: xu-xiang/everything-claude-code-zh on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.