AGY Self-Improvement Loop — Blueprint

AGY Self-Improvement Loop — Blueprint

Turn a topic into a multi-iteration loop that visibly self-improves. Each iteration, the agent (AGY) reads the current goal, the next goal, and the previous reflection, then rewrites the artifact AND the next goal. The runner persists state on disk between iterations.

The full design rationale lives in DESIGN.md. The operating manual is README.md. This SKILL.md is the onboarding contract for a new agent or human.

Inputs to collect

Collect only the missing information:

1. Topic: one sentence — what the loop is improving.
2. First current goal: what iteration 1 must produce (concrete, falsifiable, citeable).
3. First next goal: the pivot target for iteration 2 (a likely deepening, not a new topic).
4. Completion criteria: what "track done" means (5–7 bullets, all mechanically checkable where possible).
5. Optional: per-track criteria overrides that sharpen the global defaults in tracks.yaml.

If the user has a vague idea, ask 2–3 questions. Do not start a long interview.

When this skill is the right tool

Use it when ALL of these are true:

• The work benefits from multiple passes (depth, not breadth).
• The user wants visible evidence of improvement (history, reflections, byte counts).
• The topic has fetchable, citable sources (docs, papers, repos).