Self-Improvement (Coding)

A procedure for understanding and modifying the source code of an AI bot, including its project structure, configuration, model connectors, and memory files. It is intended for changes to the bot itself.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect the bot’s architecture, add features, change its behavior, update model connections, or modify its stored instructions and memory system.
Why use it?
It gives the agent a map of where different parts of the bot live before it edits them. This reduces the risk of changing the wrong file or overlooking configuration and connected code.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/turmyshevd/openclawgotchi/coding
Any agent
npx skills add turmyshevd/openclawgotchi --skill coding
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/turmyshevd/openclawgotchi

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 21 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,509 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00021 $0.02509
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.01255
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00502
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00251

Measured 2d ago against content hash 75941bcd63c2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

Self-Improvement (Coding) scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

4. Restart: `sudo systemctl restart gotchi-bot`
gotchi-skills/coding/SKILL.md · 286 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 286 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Self-Improvement Protocol

Use this skill when you need to understand or modify your own code.


Project Structure Map

openclawgotchi/
│
├── .workspace/              # YOUR SOUL (gitignored, personal)
│   ├── BOT_INSTRUCTIONS.md  # Master prompt (auto-loaded)
│   ├── SOUL.md              # Your personality
│   ├── IDENTITY.md          # Who you are
│   ├── USER.md              # Owner profile
│   ├── MEMORY.md            # Curated long-term memory
│   ├── TOOLS.md             # Hardware notes
│   ├── HEARTBEAT.md         # Periodic tasks template
│   └── memory/              # Daily logs (YYYY-MM-DD.md)
│
├── templates/               # Generic versions (for new bots)
│
├── src/                     # SOURCE CODE
│   │
│   ├── main.py              # Entry point (minimal, just wires things)
│   ├── config.py            # All paths, env vars, constants
│   │
│   ├── llm/                 # LLM CONNECTORS
│   │   ├── prompts.py       # Shared prompt loading
│   │   ├── base.py          # Abstract interface
│   │   ├── claude.py        # Claude CLI connector
│   │   ├── litellm_connector.py  # LiteLLM + all tools
│   │   └── router.py        # Auto-fallback logic
│   │
│   ├── bot/                 # TELEGRAM
│   │   ├── handlers.py      # /start, /clear, /status, etc.
│   │   ├── heartbeat.py     # Periodic tasks
│   │   └── telegram.py      # Auth, message helpers
│   │
│   ├── db/                  # DATABASE
│   │   └── memory.py        # SQLite: messages, facts, tasks
│   │
│   ├── hardware/            # HARDWARE
│   │   ├── display.py       # E-Ink control, command parsing
│   │   └── system.py        # Uptime, temp, RAM stats
│   │
│   ├── hooks/               # EVENT AUTOMATION
│   │   └── runner.py        # on_startup, on_message, on_heartbeat
│   │
│   ├── cron/                # SCHEDULER
│   │   └── scheduler.py     # add_cron_job, list, remove
│   │
│   ├── skills/              # SKILLS LOADER
│   │   └── loader.py        # Gating (requires: bins, env, os)
│   │
│   ├── audit_logging/       # AUDIT
│   │   └── command_logger.py  # JSONL trail
│   │
│   ├── memory/              # MEMORY UTILS
│   │   └── flush.py         # Daily logs, flush prompt
│   │
│   ├── ui/                  # E-INK UI
│   │   └── gotchi_ui.py     # Faces dict, rendering
│   │
│   ├── drivers/             # HARDWARE DRIVERS
│   │   └── epd2in13_V4.py   # Waveshare E-Ink driver
│   │
│   └── utils/               # UTILITIES
│       ├── doctor.py        # Health check
│       └── patch_self.py    # Safe file writing
│
├── gotchi-skills/           # PI-SPECIFIC SKILLS
│   ├── display/             # E-Ink usage docs
│   └── coding/              # This file
│
├── logs/                    # RUNTIME LOGS
│   └── commands.jsonl       # Audit trail
│
├── data/                    # RUNTIME DATA
│   └── cron_jobs.json       # Scheduled tasks
│
└── gotchi.db                # SQLite database

Read the full file on GitHub · 286 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 286 lines · 21 tokens per session scan B 75941bcd63c2

Subscribe to this mod's changes

Self-Improvement (Coding) is a skill published in the GitHub repository turmyshevd/openclawgotchi (48 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 21 tokens to every session and 2,509 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.