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autoresearch-agent

Autonomous experiment loop that optimizes any file by a measurable metric. Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch. The agent edits a target file, runs a fixed evaluation, keeps improvements (git commit), discards failures (git reset), and loops indefinitely. Use when: user wants to optimize code speed, reduce bundle/image size, improve test pass rate, optimize prompts, improve content quality (headlines, copy, CTR), or run any measurable improvement loop. Requires: a target file, an evaluation command that outputs a metric, and a git repo.

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The canonical home for this skill is autoresearch-agent in alirezarezvani/claude-skills

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Quality

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is well-structured and highly actionable with a clear, validated experiment-loop workflow, but it is somewhat padded by redundant trigger/rules duplication and leans on references to scripts that are not actually bundled.

Suggestions

Ship the referenced bundle (scripts/setup_experiment.py, run_experiment.py, log_results.py, convert.sh) or remove the inline command references so the skill does not point at missing files.

Deduplicate 'Proactive Triggers' against 'Rules' — keep crash/evaluator-modification guidance in one place to trim tokens.

Move the evaluator tables and dashboard/export format details into a single references/ file referenced one level deep, leaving the body as an overview.

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Conciseness

Largely lean and assumes Claude's competence (commands, configs, rules without basic-concept padding), but the 'Proactive Triggers' section restates rules already in 'Rules' (e.g., '5 consecutive crashes', 'modifying evaluate.py') and the dashboard/export blocks are illustrative — minor trims available.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides copy-paste-ready, executable commands throughout (setup with full flags, 'git add ... && git commit', 'python scripts/run_experiment.py --experiment ... --single', an executable custom-evaluator Python example) covering the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 'Each Iteration' loop is a clearly sequenced 1-7 flow with explicit validation feedback (KEEP/DISCARD/CRASH), crash-handling and '5 consecutive crashes -> pause' checkpoints, plus Strategy Escalation and Self-Improvement feedback loops over runs.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Headers and sectioning are good, but the body references scripts and slash commands (scripts/setup_experiment.py, run_experiment.py, log_results.py, convert.sh, /ar:*) that do not exist as bundle files, and substantial content (evaluator tables, dashboard/export formats) is inlined rather than split into one-level-deep referenced files.

3 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is concise yet comprehensive: it states the concrete mechanic, lists natural trigger phrases covering multiple domains, and spells out prerequisites. It uses third person throughout and avoids vague fluff.

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Specificity

Names multiple concrete actions ('edits a target file, runs a fixed evaluation, keeps improvements (git commit), discards failures (git reset), and loops indefinitely') with comprehensive coverage, matching the anchor-5 example.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' (the autonomous edit-evaluate-keep-discard-loop mechanic) and 'when' ('Use when: user wants to optimize...') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the anchor-5 example.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive natural trigger phrases users would actually say ('optimize code speed, reduce bundle/image size, improve test pass rate, optimize prompts, improve content quality (headlines, copy, CTR), or run any measurable improvement loop'), including synonyms.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (measurable-optimization loop with git commit/reset semantics); triggers are specific enough that it is unlikely to fire for unrelated skills, giving minimal conflict risk.

5 / 5

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Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Referenced path issues: 11 missing

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Repository
alirezarezvani/claude-skills
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