SkillOpt

Name: SkillOpt Review
Item: SkillOpt
Rating: 3.8
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Infrastructure Solid

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Improves frozen-model agent performance without retraining: SkillOpt learns from agent trajectories through a full training loop (rollout, reflect, aggregate…

SkillOpt is a text-space optimizer that trains reusable natural-language skills for frozen LLM agents through trajectory-driven edits, validation-gated updates, and deployable best_skill.md artifacts.

Generate optimized prompts for DevOps tasks by analyzing successful agent trajectories and validation results.
Automate creation of reusable infrastructure skill definitions that improve LLM agent performance on repeated tasks.
Extract and refine natural-language instructions from working deployment patterns into deployable skill artifacts.

16,051 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Why it matters

Improves frozen-model agent performance without retraining: SkillOpt learns from agent trajectories through a full training loop (rollout, reflect, aggregate, select, update, evaluate) with validation-gated updates, and produces a deployable best_skill.md artifact. v0.2.0 adds SkillOpt-Sleep, a nightly offline self-evolution engine, plus plugin shells for Claude, Codex, Copilot, and Devin.

Best for

Teams building LLM agents who want better performance on repeated task types by training reusable natural-language skills — without fine-tuning or retraining the underlying model.

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Source

https://github.com/microsoft/SkillOpt

By microsoft

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

pip install skillopt

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me generate optimized prompts for DevOps tasks by analyzing successful agent trajectories and validation results

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars16,051Contributors57Last updated2026-08-15LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-16 · scanner v1

Community Pulse Growing

Discussed on Hacker News

SkillOpt – Executive Strategy for Self-Evolving Agent Skills — Hacker News · 4 pts
SkillOpt – Executive Strategy for Self-Evolving Agent Skills — Hacker News · 4 pts
SkillOpt: Executive Strategy for Self-Evolving Agent Skills — Hacker News · 4 pts

3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 5,922 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 2d ago; license MIT.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

4/5

Versatility

5/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.85 / 5.00 SolidEvaluatedJun 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 5,922 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 2d ago; license MIT.

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