iterate SKILL.md skillA
iterate from 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/iterate@git:20260830.74aaaf6Pins git:20260830.74aaaf6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods
- Path
skills/iterate/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260830.74aaaf6, committed Aug 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 10, 2026
- Size
- 17,839 bytes
- Repository stars
- 68
- License
- MIT
Autonomous single-metric improvement loop - modify, measure, keep or discard, repeat (Karpathy autoresearch). One session, git as memory, bisect-on-regression. Triggers: iterate, improve autonomously, run overnight, keep improving, improvement loop, iterate until done.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Iterate - Autonomous Improvement Loop Inspired by [Karpathy's autoresearch](https://github.com/karpathy/autoresearch): constrain scope, clarify success with one mechanical metric, loop autonomously. The agent modifies code, measures the result, keeps improvements, discards regressions, and repeats - until any stop condition fires or the user interrupts. The power is in the constraint. One metric. One scope. One loop. Git as memory. ## Preflight Before the loop starts, do the work that makes the loop effective. Don't skip steps - this discipline is what separates a productive overnight run from a flailing one. ### 1. Collect Config If provided inline, extract and proceed. If required fields are missing, ask once using `AskUserQuestion` with all missing fields batched together. | Field | Required | What it is | Example | |-------|----------|------------|---------| | **Goal** | Yes | What you're improving, in plain language | "Increase test coverage to 90%" | | **Scope** | Yes | File globs the agent may modify | `src/**/*.ts` | | **Verify** | Yes | Shell command that outputs the metric (a number) | `npm test -- --coverage \| grep "All files"` | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/iterate@sha256:4c9109593d37bef8The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260830.74aaaf6, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_he2qhlqsrrgle5aw)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 10, 2026 and Aug 30, 2026, about one every 36 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260830.74aaaf6 latest | 2026-08-30 | 74aaaf6 | 17,839 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260708.3787eaa | 2026-07-08 | 3787eaa | 15,845 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260610.a25cf09 | 2026-06-10 | a25cf09 | 16,062 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260425.fccfd65 | 2026-04-25 | fccfd65 | 15,728 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260410.d221136 | 2026-04-10 | d221136 | 9,558 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (17839 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
0xdarkmatter/claude-mods · 68 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_he2qhlqsrrgle5aw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/iterate GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4c9109593d37bef8f1f77ad946bb645ca6ac4ed9484780937aca4ae14f07dcbe
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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