reflection-coach

Analyze an agent's execution record and propose evidence-backed instruction or skill changes.

Updated Jun 16, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/adamtpang/summon.company --skill reflection-coach-adamtpang
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: reflection-coach
Source: https://github.com/adamtpang/summon.company/tree/main/packages/skills-catalog/catalog/bundled/paperclip-operations/reflection-coach
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/adamtpang/summon.company --skill reflection-coach-adamtpang

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Agents repeat the same mistakes because nobody systematically reviews their execution history and converts failure patterns into durable instruction, skill, or tool-description improvements. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Trajectory-Based Failure Clustering: Pulls an agent's recent issues and comments via the Paperclip API, then clusters failures into a named taxonomy (verifier-miss, stale-context, late-escalation, and more) with at least two quoted evidence tuples per cluster. - Minimal Diff Proposals: Routes each cluster to the right surface (AGENTS.md, a reusable skill, or a tool description) with strict size caps and a replay benchmark that ensures past successes would still pass. - Gated Application: Proposals are published as documents on a reflection issue and applied only after an accepted request_confirmation interaction in a separate follow-up run, never hot-swapped. - Use Case: A manager asks you to review why an engineer agent keeps getting reviews rejected; you pull its last 25 issues, identify a verifier-miss pattern with quoted evidence, and propose a two-line AGENTS.md diff gated behind board approval. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to run a reflection review on a target agent by providing its agent ID and a time window, then review the attached proposal document and accept the confirmation interaction to apply the changes.

Frequently Asked Questions about reflection-coach

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I review an AI agent's past performance and improve its instructions?

Provide the target agent's ID and a time window, and the skill pulls its recent issues and comments via the Paperclip API, clusters failure patterns with quoted evidence, and drafts a minimal diff proposal for its AGENTS.md, skills, or tool descriptions.

What failure patterns does agent reflection analysis detect?

It clusters failures into a fixed taxonomy: verifier-miss, avoidable-rework, stale-context, instruction-miss, late-escalation, human-correction, tool-misuse, and scope-creep. Each cluster requires at least two evidence tuples linking issues with verbatim quotes.

Can the reflection coach apply changes to an agent automatically?

No. Discovery and application are always separate runs. The proposal must be published with a displayed diff, accepted through a request_confirmation interaction, and only then applied in a follow-up run bound to a server-enforced target key.

Can an agent run reflection coaching on itself?

No. Self-reflection is explicitly refused. If the target agent ID matches the coaching agent's own ID, the skill exits and asks for a different coach to perform the review.

What are the size limits for proposed instruction changes?

AGENTS.md may grow by at most 20 percent per proposal, skills are capped at 15KB, and tool descriptions at 500 characters. Larger changes must be split into multiple smaller proposals.