Retrospective Codify

Toward the end of a task, extract the insight of "if only I had known this first, I would not have taken detours" and pin it down as one of: a static rule, a skill, or an always-on rule. Prioritize landing it in a reproducible form that does not rely on prompts.

When to use

• Right before task completion, or when the user says "leave the lesson behind" or "codify it"
• When you arrived at the solution after trial and error (stuck on the first attempt, built a wrong hypothesis, burned time due to missing docs, etc.)
• When you might perform a similar task again in the future

When not to use:

• Simple tasks that passed on the first try (nothing to extract)
• Project-specific one-off handling (a commit message is enough)

Workflow