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Darwin Skill
Darwin Skill is an open source optimization tool that evaluates, improves, and tests agent skills using autonomous experimental loops.
Darwin Skill is a tool designed to optimize agent skills similarly to how models are trained. Inspired by Andrej Karpathy's autoresearch and Microsoft Research's SkillOpt and SkillLens papers, it applies a systematic upgrade to agent skill maintenance. It evaluates both the structural quality and actual effectiveness of skills using a 9-dimensional assessment framework, independent judges, and a human-in-the-loop validation process. The tool supports SKILL.md formats used across tools like Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Trae, and CodeBuddy. It automatically keeps improvements and reverts regressions, ensuring that skills continuously evolve without losing quality.
Darwin Skill at a glance
Key features
- Evaluates skills using a 9-dimensional assessment framework
- Employs independent judges for unbiased review
- Uses a git-based ratchet mechanism to keep only improvements
- Features human-in-the-loop checkpoints at critical stages
- Integrates validation-gated edits to prevent regression
- Tests skills against explicit failure mechanism encodings
Use it for
- Optimizing agent skills for Claude Code and Codex
- Running automated regression tests on SKILL.md files
- Enforcing strict evaluation rubrics on agent prompts
- Managing and evolving large collections of AI agent skills
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