update-skill
Installation
SKILL.md
/update-skill — Improve existing skills from learnings
Third in the meta-skill trio with create-skill (new skills) and adapt-skill (external → yours).
Decision tree:
- Net-new skill →
create-skill - External skill to port →
adapt-skill - Existing skill needs an improvement →
update-skill(this one)
Step 1 — Pick input mode
| Invocation | Mode | What it means |
|---|---|---|
/update-skill (mid-conversation) |
from-chat (default) | Scan recent conversation for learnings, identify affected skill(s) |
/update-skill from-dump + pasted content |
from-dump | Corey provides a brief, feedback, transcript, postmortem |
/update-skill <skill> <change> |
targeted | Corey names the skill + the change directly. Skip discovery. |
/update-skill usage <skill> |
usage | Review recent runs of the named skill, identify gaps / improvements |
Default when invoked mid-conversation with substantive recent activity: from-chat.