retro

Capture a session learning.

INSTALLATION
npx skills add https://github.com/boshu2/agentops --skill retro
Run in your project or agent environment. Adjust flags if your CLI version differs.

SKILL.md

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---

type: learning

source: retro-quick

source_bead: <active bead id when available>

source_phase: validate

date: YYYY-MM-DD

maturity: provisional

utility: 0.5

---

# Learning: <Short Title>

**Category**: <auto-classify: debugging|architecture|process|testing|security>

**Confidence**: medium

## What We Learned

<user's insight text>

## Source

Quick capture via `/retro --quick`

If no bead is active, omit source_bead intentionally and still set source_phase: validate.

  • Confirm:
Learned: <one-line summary>

Saved to: .agents/learnings/YYYY-MM-DD-quick-<slug>.md

For comprehensive knowledge extraction, use `/post-mortem`.

Done. Return immediately after confirmation.

Examples

User says: /retro --quick "macOS cp alias prompts on overwrite — use /bin/cp to bypass"

What happens:

  • Agent generates slug: macos-cp-alias-overwrite
  • Agent resolves the active bead with timeout_run 1 bd current 2>/dev/null || echo ""
  • Agent writes learning to .agents/learnings/2026-03-03-quick-macos-cp-alias-overwrite.md with provenance fields like:
---

type: learning

source: retro-quick

source_bead: bd-123

source_phase: validate

date: 2026-03-03

maturity: provisional

utility: 0.5

---
  • Agent confirms: Learned: macOS cp alias prompts — use /bin/cp

Troubleshooting

Problem

Cause

Solution

Learning too generic

Surface-level capture

Be specific: "auth tokens expire after 1h" not "learned about auth"

Duplicate learnings

Same insight captured twice

Check existing learnings with grep before writing

Need full retrospective

Quick capture isn't enough

Use /post-mortem for comprehensive extraction + processing

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