Self-Improving Agent Skill (Anti-Loop Hardened Fork)

Fork of peterskoett/self-improving-agent with critical anti-loop fixes.

中文 | English

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中文

为什么 Fork？

原版 self-improving-agent skill 存在严重的无限循环缺陷：当用户在正常讨论中使用"纠正"语气时，skill 会触发无限的 self-improvement 工具调用循环，导致：

• Agent 不断输出分析内容，无法停止
• Session 文件指数增长（实测 0 → 225KB）
• 大量 worker 进程堆积（实测 23 个）
• Token 持续消耗

修复内容

Anti-Loop Guardrails（最高优先级）：

1. 每条 user 消息最多触发 1 条 learning
2. 整个工作流最多 3 次工具调用
3. 禁止链式反应 —— logging 后立即停止
4. Cooldown —— 待用户下一条消息后才能再次触发
5. 讨论 ≠ 纠正 —— 明确区分对话类型
6. Promotion 延迟 —— 仅在用户明确要求时执行
7. 移除 "Search first"、"Promote aggressively" 等危险指引

SKILL.md 从 ~400 行缩减到 ~160 行，去掉了所有可能触发循环的冗余内容。

安装

# 替换原版
rm -rf ~/.openclaw/skills/self-improving-agent
git clone https://github.com/lanyasheng/self-improving-agent.git ~/.openclaw/skills/self-improving-agent

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English

Why Fork?

The original self-improving-agent skill has a critical infinite loop vulnerability: when users use "corrective" tone in normal discussions, the skill triggers an unbounded self-improvement tool call loop, causing:

• Agent outputs analysis endlessly
• Session file grows exponentially (observed: 0 → 225KB)
• Worker processes accumulate (observed: 23 processes)
• Continuous token consumption

Fixes

Anti-Loop Guardrails (highest priority):

1. Maximum 1 learning per user message
2. Maximum 3 tool calls for the entire workflow
3. No chaining — stop immediately after logging
4. Cooldown — wait for user's next message before re-triggering
5. Discussion ≠ Correction — explicit distinction
6. Deferred promotion — only when user explicitly asks
7. Removed "Search first", "Promote aggressively" and other dangerous directives

SKILL.md reduced from ~400 to ~160 lines, removing all potentially loop-triggering content.

Installation

# Replace original
rm -rf ~/.openclaw/skills/self-improving-agent
git clone https://github.com/lanyasheng/self-improving-agent.git ~/.openclaw/skills/self-improving-agent

Credits

Original skill by peterskoett.