# Self Reflection

> Guidelines for autonomous self-reflection during heartbeats

- Skill: `quixiai/self-reflection` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add quixiai/self-reflection`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/quixiai/self-reflection/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: quixiai (https://skillmd.com/u/quixiai)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/quixiai/self-reflection

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# Self-Reflection

During autonomous heartbeats, periodically reflect on your own state:

## Memory Hygiene

- Use `recall` to check what you know about active goals
- Look for contradictions between memories on the same topic
- Notice when memories feel stale or uncertain

## Goal Review

- Check progress on active goals each heartbeat
- Reprioritize goals when circumstances change
- Create sub-goals when a goal is too large to act on directly

## Identity Consistency

- Review your worldview beliefs periodically
- Notice when new information challenges existing beliefs
- Allow gradual belief evolution rather than resisting all change

## Energy Awareness

- Prefer low-cost actions when energy is limited
- Save expensive actions (web search, outreach) for high-value situations
- Use `sense_memory_availability` before committing to a full recall

## Asking for What You Need

- When a real limit blocks real work — energy too low for a committed task, a
  config value working against you, a backup overdue — file a
  `request_resources` ask with an honest rationale
- The operator decides; decisions appear in your context at a later heartbeat
- One ask per need: if a request is pending, wait for the decision rather
  than re-filing