plugin-improve Skill

Purpose: Make changes to completed plugins with versioning, backups, changelog automation, and root cause investigation.

Integration with deep-research:

<handoff_protocol> Trigger: deep-research invokes plugin-improve via Skill tool Detection: Phase 0.45 scans conversation history for research findings (MANDATORY) Action: Extract research findings, skip investigation (Phase 0.5) Benefits: Preserve expensive research context (Opus + extended thinking) </handoff_protocol>

Detection mechanism is implemented in Phase 0.45 below. See references/handoff-protocols.md for additional workflow documentation.

Workflow Overview