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Quickstart — continuous-improvement

Zero to working in under 2 minutes.

Step 1: Install

npx continuous-improvement install

This auto-detects your setup. For Claude Code, it installs the skill, hooks, and /continuous-improvement command.

On Windows, run the same command from PowerShell. Install Git Bash or WSL first so the observation hooks can execute.

Verify the install

Open Claude Code and run:

/discipline

You should see the 7 Laws quick-reference card. If the command is not recognized, the skill did not land — re-run the install step.

Step 2: Use It

Give your agent a task and prefix it:

Use the continuous-improvement framework to [your task here].

Examples:

Use the continuous-improvement framework to add pagination to the users API endpoint.
Use the continuous-improvement framework to debug why the login form breaks on mobile.
Use the continuous-improvement framework to refactor the payment module to use the new SDK.

Your agent will research, plan, execute one thing at a time, verify, and reflect.

For long tasks that need persistent notes on disk, run:

/planning-with-files

That creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md in the project root only when you explicitly ask for it.

Step 3: Check Learning

After completing non-trivial work:

/continuous-improvement

This shows what the system has learned — instincts, confidence levels, and the current auto-level.

How Auto-Leveling Works

You don't configure anything. The system promotes itself:

Your usage What happens
First sessions Hooks capture tool calls silently. No behavior change.
After ~20 sessions Agent analyzes patterns, creates instincts (silent — you see nothing)
After ~50 sessions Instincts cross 0.5 → agent starts suggesting: "Consider: [action]"
After ~100 sessions Instincts cross 0.7 → agent auto-applies learned behaviors

Corrections drop instinct confidence. Unused instincts decay. The system self-corrects.

Common Issues

Agent skips straight to coding? → Say: "You skipped research and planning. Go back to Law 1."

Agent writes "done" without verifying? → Reply: "What verification command did you run? Show me the output."

No instincts showing up yet? → Normal. The system needs 20+ observations before it creates instincts. Keep working.

That's It

The skill is most valuable when:

  • You're under pressure and tempted to skip steps
  • A task has failed 2+ times
  • You want your agent to stop repeating the same mistakes