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Coordinate sequential improvement stages (analyze → propose → build → validate) with Prompt Architect clarity and Skill Forge guardrails.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/blob/HEAD/skills/development/improvement-pipeline/SKILL.md

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L1 Improvement

  • Simplified the pipeline into an English-first SOP aligned with Prompt Architect constraint ordering.
  • Added structure-first documentation, confidence ceilings, and memory tagging per Skill Forge.
  • Clarified validation gates and rollback expectations.

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

Purpose

Run disciplined improvement cycles for any artifact (prompt, skill, doc, script) across analyze → propose → build → validate → deliver.

Trigger Conditions

  • Positive: requests to improve/refine/upgrade an artifact with validation gates.
  • Negative: net-new creation (route to creation skills) or emergency fixes without evaluation.

Guardrails

  • Maintain structure-first docs (SKILL, README, examples/tests/references). Log deviations.
  • Confidence ceilings mandatory; cite evidence and baselines.
  • No skipping validation; rollback if metrics regress or confidence < threshold.
  • Memory tagging for each cycle.

Execution Phases

  1. Intent & Constraints – Use Prompt Architect style to extract objectives, constraints, and success metrics.
  2. Analysis – Review current state, gather baselines, and capture risks.
  3. Proposals – Generate options with deltas and blast radius notes; select path.
  4. Build – Implement chosen changes with minimal diffs and rollback plan.
  5. Validation – Run tests/benchmarks/lints; compare to baselines; document outcomes.
  6. Delivery – Summarize changes, decisions, metrics, and confidence ceiling; archive artifacts.

Output Format

  • Target artifact, goals, constraints, and selected proposal.
  • Changes applied with evidence of improvement vs baseline.
  • Risks, follow-ups, and rollback info.
  • Confidence: X.XX (ceiling: TYPE Y.YY) and memory keys used.

Validation Checklist

  • Constraints and success metrics captured.
  • Baseline recorded; validation executed.
  • Regression/impact analysis completed.
  • Memory tagged and artifacts stored.
  • Confidence ceiling declared.

Integration

  • Memory MCP: skills/tooling/improvement-pipeline/{project}/{timestamp}.
  • Hooks: align with Skill Forge latency bounds; integrate with eval-harness when gating is required.

Confidence: 0.70 (ceiling: inference 0.70) – Pipeline rewritten to blend Prompt Architect clarity with Skill Forge delivery gates.