self-improve

${var} — Mode selector, optionally with a focus area, as mode or mode:focus.

• empty or improve → improve mode: find and fix the highest-impact issue from recent logs, then propose + apply the fix via PR (default).
• improve:<area> (or a bare area like notifications) → improve mode focused on that specific area (e.g. heartbeat, notifications, memory).
• audit → audit mode: review what the agent did, what failed, and what to improve; save a full review and apply safe, obvious fixes directly.
• audit:<area> → audit mode focused on that specific area (e.g. reliability, memory).

Setup (both modes)

Parse ${var} into a mode and an optional focus area:

• Split on the first : — the part before is the mode, the part after is the focus.
• If the mode is audit → run the Mode: audit branch below (focus = optional area to concentrate the review on).
• If the mode is improve or empty → run the Mode: improve branch below (focus = optional area to fix).
• If the token is neither keyword but non-empty (e.g. notifications) → treat it as improve mode with the whole ${var} as the focus area (backward compatibility).

Then:

• Read memory/MEMORY.md for high-level context and goals.
• Read recent memory/logs/ (improve mode: last 2 days; audit mode: last 7 days) for errors, failures, and quality issues.

If a focus area is set, concentrate the run on that area.

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Mode: improve (default)

Improve the agent itself based on recent performance. ONE change per run.

Steps

1. Check for open improvement PRs — don't pile up unreviewed work:

   OPEN_PRS=$(gh pr list --state open --json title,number --jq '[.[] | select(.title | test("^(fix|feat|chore)\\("; "i"))] | length')
   

   If there are already 3+ open improvement PRs, log "self-improve: 3+ open PRs, waiting for review" and exit. Don't create more debt.

2. Identify what to improve. If the focus area is empty, scan for issues:

   • Read memory/logs/ from last 2 days — look for:
     • Skills that failed or produced low-quality output
     • Errors, timeouts, "zero output", rate limiting
     • Notifications that didn't send or were truncated
     • Memory consolidation problems
   • Read memory/cron-state.json for skills with low success rates
   • Read output/articles/repo-actions-*.md from last 7 days for self-improvement ideas
   • Pick the highest-impact, smallest-effort fix. One change per run.