Captures and maintains learnings, errors, and corrections. Use when a command fails, the user corrects an assumption, a capability is missing, knowledge is outdated, or a better approach is found. Review relevant saved guidance before major tasks, reuse, and promotion; revalidate it according to wha
| Our verdict | Needs review — Intentionally writes agent memory/persona files and enables hooks. Reviewed 2026-10-17 — owner-approved summary of automated scan; code not audited. |
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| Author | pskoett unverified |
| Version / license | 4.0.3 · MIT-0 · updated 2026-10-04 |
| Popularity | 485,488 downloads · 18,490 installs · 4,002 stars |
| Install | openclaw skills install @pskoett/self-improving-agent |
| Declared requirements | name: self-improving-agent description: "Captures and maintains learnings, errors, and corrections. Use when a command fails, the user corrects an assumption, a capability is missing, knowledge is outdated, or a better approach is found. Review relevant saved guidance before major tasks, reuse, and promotion; revalidate it according to what could change and how quickly." version: "4.0.2" metadata: |
| Name collisions | 5 skills share this slug; install with owner prefix |
| ClawHub scan | No moderation record in API response unverified |
| Security reports | None found naming this skill unverified |
Automated text matches only. A match means the phrase appeared in SKILL.md; it can be harmless (docs, checklists, or “no API key required”). Nothing was executed.
| Pattern | Hits | First match |
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| Mentions package install commands | 3 | line 61: **Via the ClawHub CLI** (`npm i -g clawhub`) — installs into `./skills` |
| Mentions credentials or API keys | 4 | line 27: Do not log secrets, tokens, private keys, environment variables, or full source/config files unless the user explicitly asks for that level of detail. Prefer sh |
| Mentions agent memory/persona files | 28 | line 45: | Workflow improvements | Promote to `AGENTS.md` (workspace) | |
| Mentions hooks, cron, or background tasks | 1 | line 132: openclaw hooks enable self-improvement |
Canonical listing: https://clawhub.ai/pskoett/skills/self-improving-agent · data fetched 2026-10-17 00:49 PDT
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