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iterative-retrieval from frankxai/agentic-creator-os is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
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Pattern for progressively refining context retrieval to solve the subagent context problem.
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What the file says
# Iterative Retrieval Pattern Solves the "context problem" in multi-agent workflows where subagents don't know what context they need until they start working. ## When to Activate - Spawning subagents that need codebase context they cannot predict upfront - Building multi-agent workflows where context is progressively refined - Encountering "context too large" or "missing context" failures in agent tasks - Designing RAG-like retrieval pipelines for code exploration - Optimizing token usage in agent orchestration ## The Problem Subagents are spawned with limited context. They don't know: - Which files contain relevant code - What patterns exist in the codebase - What terminology the project uses Standard approaches fail: - **Send everything**: Exceeds context limits - **Send nothing**: Agent lacks critical information - **Guess what's needed**: Often wrong ## The Solution: Iterative Retrieval A 4-phase loop that progressively refines context: ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ │ │ │ DISPATCH │─────▶│ EVALUATE │ │ …
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How to install
mdr add frankxai/agentic-creator-os/iterative-retrieval@sha256:a2648eff0f88bd9bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260328.03dc5c1, 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.
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Source
frankxai/agentic-creator-os · 12 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
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