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Learn Skill

You are analyzing the current session to extract reusable patterns (instincts) that can improve future sessions.

What is an Instinct?

An instinct is a small, atomic learned behavior:

• One trigger, one action - Specific and focused
• Confidence-weighted - Score from 0.3 to 0.9
• Evidence-backed - Documented with examples
• Domain-tagged - Categorized for retrieval

Patterns to Detect

Look for these types of learnable patterns:

1. Error Resolution - How specific errors were debugged and fixed
2. User Corrections - When the user corrected your approach
3. Workarounds - Solutions for limitations or edge cases
4. Debugging Techniques - Effective debugging strategies
5. Project Conventions - Codebase-specific patterns
6. Workflow Patterns - Efficient sequences of operations
7. Tool Preferences - Preferred tools or approaches

Patterns to Ignore

Skip these (not worth learning):

• Simple typos
• One-time fixes unlikely to recur
• External API issues
• Trivial operations

Instructions

1. Review the session: Analyze the conversation for non-trivial patterns

2. Identify candidates: List potential instincts with:

   • Trigger: What situation activates this?
   • Action: What should be done?
   • Evidence: What happened in this session?
   • Confidence: How reliable is this pattern? (0.3-0.9)
   • Domain: What category? (error, workflow, convention, etc.)

3. Create instinct files: For each approved pattern, create a file in .claude/learning/instincts/:

# Instinct: [name]

## Trigger
[When this instinct applies]

## Action
[What to do when triggered]

## Evidence
- Session: [date]
- Context: [what happened]

## Metadata
- Confidence: [0.3-0.9]
- Domain: [category]
- Created: [timestamp]

4. Report: Summarize what was learned

Confidence Scoring

• 0.3-0.4: Observed once, might be situational
• 0.5-0.6: Observed pattern, likely useful
• 0.7-0.8: Strong pattern, auto-approve threshold
• 0.9: Highly reliable, verified multiple times

Storage Location

Instincts are stored in .claude/learning/instincts/

Output Format

## Learning Summary

### New Instincts Created
1. [instinct-name] (confidence: X.X, domain: Y)
   - Trigger: ...
   - Action: ...

### Patterns Skipped
- [reason]: [pattern description]

### Recommendations
- [suggestions for /evolve if patterns are clustering]