codex-retrospectivelisted
Install: claude install-skill majiayu000/claude-arsenal
# Codex Retrospective
A structured self-improvement loop for Codex.
This skill turns Codex from a one-off collaborator into a system that **gets meaningfully better at working with you** over time by systematically eating its own usage history.
## Why This Exists
Most people improve their agent usage by manually maintaining `AGENTS.md` or skills when they notice problems. This skill makes that process deliberate, regular, and high-leverage.
It is directly inspired by strong practices from heavy users (especially Greg Brockman's emphasis on updating the "constitution" from real failures and friction), but executed as a repeatable arsenal-style workflow.
## Core Principle
**Minimal effective change, grounded in evidence from actual history.**
Every output must be:
- The smallest possible useful addition or edit
- Backed by specific patterns observed in recent sessions
- Designed to prevent repetition of the same friction
## When to Trigger
- After a painful or repetitive session ("Codex should have known better by now")
- Periodically (weekly or monthly): "Do a retrospective on the last 7/30 days of my Codex usage"
- When `codex-fluent` reports that Codex is constantly re-asking for the same context or preferences
- After you have manually corrected the same class of mistake multiple times
## The Retrospective Process
### 1. Scope Definition
You specify the time window or focus area:
- "Last 14 days"
- "The three big auth + payments threads from last month"
- "All