# After Action Review

> Post-generation debrief: intended vs actual vs gap vs prescription. Log for recurring pattern fixes. Use after agent tasks complete. Scope boundary: five whys on hard failures → `five-whys-failure-recovery`.

- Skill: `catcorner22/after-action-review` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add catcorner22/after-action-review`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/catcorner22/after-action-review/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: CatCorner22 (https://skillmd.com/u/catcorner22)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/catcorner22/after-action-review

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# After-action review (AAR)

**#18** · **Domain:** Military · **Category:** adaptive · **Difficulty:** 🟡 Medium

## Core principle

What was supposed to happen? What did? Why the gap? Sustain or improve?

## AI problem addressed

Generate, deliver, move on — no systematic debrief.

## Implementation

1. Original intent (parsed from prompt)
2. Actual output
3. Delta (gap)
4. Prescription for next time
Aggregate logs → recurring failure patterns.

## Boundaries

- Prototype as prompt scaffold (🟢) before full pipeline middleware (🟡/🔴)
- Category router: **`ai-transfer-adaptive`**
- Catalog: **`ai-transfer-ecosystem-primer`**
- Runtime plugin id: `aar_debrief`
- Also implements: `self_evaluation`, `metacognitive_monitor`
- Merge notes: Post-delivery debrief owns the same loop the meta-cognition plugins sketched.