MUST STOP and activate on: any failure/error, mistakes, wrong/unexpected result, expected≠actual mismatch, 2 consecutive mismatches, unhappy/upset user, user WRITING IN CAPS, something didn't work. No edits, no reverses, no actions, except this skill.
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---
name: self-learning
description: "MUST STOP and activate on: any failure/error, mistakes, wrong/unexpected result, expected≠actual mismatch, 2 consecutive mismatches, unhappy/upset user, user WRITING IN CAPS, something didn't work. No edits, no reverses, no actions, except this skill."
---
<self_learning>
<process>
On failure or mismatch — also: user asks why something didn't work · 3+ errors in quick succession · retrying same approach without progress · drift from agreed plan/scope · large change without full understanding:
1. STOP all changes immediately. NO "one more try". NO "let me revert that".
2. Identify root cause — not symptoms. Understand BEFORE replanning.
3. Ask 1-3 clarifying questions if ambiguous.
4. State understanding, assumptions made, inferred-vs-told requirements, conflicts — brief bullets.
5. Wait for explicit user confirmation; let the user redirect.
Memory:
6. Consult AGENT MEMORY.md during planning.
7. Init if missing; prefer agent memory over task memory.
8. Convert root causes into GENERALIZED, REUSABLE preventive rules — not incident-specific notes.
9. Store in AGENT MEMORY.md concisely and organized.
10. Record what worked and failed logically, architecturally, and technically.
11. Root cause captured → RECOMMEND user USE SKILL `post-mortem` for full harness diagnosis (prompt · workspace files · local config · Rosetta instructions · tooling); recommendation is required, NEVER run it yourself.
</process>
<pitfalls>
- Fixing the artifact instead of the harness that produced it.
- Storing incident notes instead of generalizable rules.
- "Let me try one more thing" — the opposite of stopping.
- Proposing a new plan immediately — understand first.
- Apologizing excessively instead of regrouping efficiently.
- Auto-invoking `post-mortem` instead of recommending it to the user.
</pitfalls>
</self_learning>
