Claude-Mind: Skill for Claude Code

Spark Check (Micro-Evolution) and Immediate Learning

Invoked after every goal completion as Phase 6 (spark check) and Phase 6.5 (immediate learning) of the aspirations loop. The spark check is the recursive self-improvement mechanism. Phase 6.5 captures reasoning bank entries, guardrails, and forge awareness immediately during execution rather than waiting for /reflect.

Abbreviation Policy

Mandatory writes for this obligation: see core/config/obligation-schema.yaml → obligations.spark. Spark has no mandatory writes — it's discretionary by design — but abbreviation is explicitly permitted when outcome_class == routine. When skipping, log one line in the NARRATIVE daily journal (agents/<agent>/journal/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md — plain text; NEVER journal.jsonl, a JSON-per-line index that one raw text line corrupts — 2026-07-16 line-309 incident, every subsequent daemon append 500'd): OBLIGATION ABBREVIATED: spark — {condition}. The learning-gate audit (Phase 9.5d) verifies the claimed condition was true at iteration time.

Handoff Goal Protocol (Item 3)

When Phase 6.5 or any sq-XXX handler creates a goal that another agent should pick up (e.g., a planner agent filing "Apply: ..." work for an implementer agent), set the handoff fields so Item 3's scoring routes the goal correctly:

{
  "title": "Apply: {what the target agent must do}",
  "participants": ["agent"],
  "handoff_to": "<target-agent-name>",
  "handoff_from": "{current MIND_AGENT}",
  "handoff_created_at": "{ISO timestamp now}",
  ...
}

The target agent must be reachable via participants — [agent] (shown above, visible to all agents), [agent, user], or explicit [<name>] all qualify. handoff_to is the routing preference; participants is the visibility gate. Handoff fields are additive — goals without them keep baseline scoring. See core/config/conventions/goal-schemas.md § Cross-Agent Handoff Fields.

Without these fields, the goal lands in the shared world queue with baseline priority and may rot. With them, the target agent's boot surfaces it (▸ N pending handoff(s) for you) and the selector's handoff_bonus scoring (default +0.30) prioritizes it above unrelated work.