# Self Improving Agent

> Curate Claude Code's auto-memory into durable project knowledge. Analyze MEMORY.md for patterns, promote proven learnings to CLAUDE.md and .claude/rules/, extract recurring solutions into reusable skills. Use when: (1) reviewing what Claude has learned about your project, (2) graduating a pattern from notes to enforced rules, (3) turning a debugging solution into a skill, (4) checking memory health and capacity.

- Skill: `neekware/self-improving-agent` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 14 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add neekware/self-improving-agent`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/neekware/self-improving-agent/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: neekware (https://skillmd.com/u/neekware)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/neekware/self-improving-agent

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> **Note:** Bundled scripts ship as Markdown reference (`.md`) — copy the code out of the `.md` file to run it.

# Self-Improving Agent

> Auto-memory captures. This plugin curates.

Claude Code's auto-memory (v2.1.32+) automatically records project patterns, debugging insights, and your preferences in `MEMORY.md`. This plugin adds the intelligence layer: it analyzes what Claude has learned, promotes proven patterns into project rules, and extracts recurring solutions into reusable skills.

## Quick Reference

| Command        | What it does                                                                              |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `/si:review`   | Analyze MEMORY.md — find promotion candidates, stale entries, consolidation opportunities |
| `/si:promote`  | Graduate a pattern from MEMORY.md → CLAUDE.md or `.claude/rules/`                         |
| `/si:extract`  | Turn a proven pattern into a standalone skill                                             |
| `/si:status`   | Memory health dashboard — line counts, topic files, recommendations                       |
| `/si:remember` | Explicitly save important knowledge to auto-memory                                        |

## How It Fits Together

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  Claude Code Memory Stack                │
├─────────────┬──────────────────┬────────────────────────┤
│  CLAUDE.md  │   Auto Memory    │   Session Memory       │
│  (you write)│   (Claude writes)│   (Claude writes)      │
│  Rules &    │   MEMORY.md      │   Conversation logs    │
│  standards  │   + topic files  │   + continuity         │
│  Full load  │   First 200 lines│   Contextual load      │
├─────────────┴──────────────────┴────────────────────────┤
│              ↑ /si:promote        ↑ /si:review          │
│         Self-Improving Agent (this plugin)               │
│              ↓ /si:extract    ↓ /si:remember            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  .claude/rules/    │    New Skills    │   Error Logs     │
│  (scoped rules)    │    (extracted)   │   (auto-captured)│
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

## Installation

### Claude Code (Plugin)

```
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
/plugin install self-improving-agent@claude-code-skills
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
clawhub install self-improving-agent
```

### Codex CLI

```bash
./scripts/codex-install.sh --skill self-improving-agent
```

## Memory Architecture

### Where things live

| File                                         | Who writes            | Scope                | Loaded                   |
| -------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------ |
| `./CLAUDE.md`                                | You (+ `/si:promote`) | Project rules        | Full file, every session |
| `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`                        | You                   | Global preferences   | Full file, every session |
| `~/.claude/projects/<path>/memory/MEMORY.md` | Claude (auto)         | Project learnings    | First 200 lines          |
| `~/.claude/projects/<path>/memory/*.md`      | Claude (overflow)     | Topic-specific notes | On demand                |
| `.claude/rules/*.md`                         | You (+ `/si:promote`) | Scoped rules         | When matching files open |

### The promotion lifecycle

```
1. Claude discovers pattern → auto-memory (MEMORY.md)
2. Pattern recurs 2-3x → /si:review flags it as promotion candidate
3. You approve → /si:promote graduates it to CLAUDE.md or rules/
4. Pattern becomes an enforced rule, not just a note
5. MEMORY.md entry removed → frees space for new learnings
```

## Core Concepts

### Auto-memory is capture, not curation

Auto-memory is excellent at recording what Claude learns. But it has no judgment about:

- Which learnings are temporary vs. permanent
- Which patterns should become enforced rules
- When the 200-line limit is wasting space on stale entries
- Which solutions are good enough to become reusable skills

That's what this plugin does.

### Promotion = graduation

When you promote a learning, it moves from Claude's scratchpad (MEMORY.md) to your project's rule system (CLAUDE.md or `.claude/rules/`). The difference matters:

- **MEMORY.md**: "I noticed this project uses pnpm" (background context)
- **CLAUDE.md**: "Use pnpm, not npm" (enforced instruction)

Promoted rules have higher priority and load in full (not truncated at 200 lines).

### Rules directory for scoped knowledge

Not everything belongs in CLAUDE.md. Use `.claude/rules/` for patterns that only apply to specific file types:

```yaml
# .claude/rules/api-testing.md
---
paths:
  - "src/api/**/*.test.ts"
  - "tests/api/**/*"
---
- Use supertest for API endpoint testing
- Mock external services with msw
- Always test error responses, not just happy paths
```

This loads only when Claude works with API test files — zero overhead otherwise.

## Agents

### memory-analyst

Analyzes MEMORY.md and topic files to identify:

- Entries that recur across sessions (promotion candidates)
- Stale entries referencing deleted files or old patterns
- Related entries that should be consolidated
- Gaps between what MEMORY.md knows and what CLAUDE.md enforces

### skill-extractor

Takes a proven pattern and generates a complete skill:

- SKILL.md with proper frontmatter
- Reference documentation
- Examples and edge cases
- Ready for `/plugin install` or `clawhub publish`

## Hooks

### error-capture (PostToolUse → Bash)

Monitors command output for errors. When detected, appends a structured entry to auto-memory with:

- The command that failed
- Error output (truncated)
- Timestamp and context
- Suggested category

**Token overhead:** Zero on success. ~30 tokens only when an error is detected.

## Platform Support

| Platform       | Memory System                     | Plugin Works?                         |
| -------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Claude Code    | Auto-memory (MEMORY.md)           | ✅ Full support                       |
| OpenClaw       | workspace/MEMORY.md               | ✅ Adapted (reads workspace memory)   |
| Codex CLI      | AGENTS.md                         | ✅ Adapted (reads AGENTS.md patterns) |
| GitHub Copilot | `.github/copilot-instructions.md` | ⚠️ Manual promotion only              |

## Related

- [Claude Code Memory Docs](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory)
- [pskoett/self-improving-agent](https://clawhub.ai/pskoett/self-improving-agent) — inspiration
- [playwright-pro](../playwright-pro/) — sister plugin in this repo