Autoresearch

Skill YousefNabil-SOC/claude-apex/skills/autoresearch

Public mirror + teaching install of my Claude Code environment: 1,276 skills, 185 agents, 235 commands, 8 wired MCP servers, three-layer auto-routing (10 CARL domains). Curated original core + the open plugin/marketplace ecosystem, all credited. MIT.

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npx -y skills add YousefNabil-SOC/claude-apex --skill autoresearch

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Autonomous goal-directed iteration. Define a goal with a measurable metric, then modify-measure-keep/discard-repeat until the goal is met.

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Autoresearch — Autonomous Optimization

Inspired by iterative research methodology. Apply to ANY task with a measurable metric.

Core Loop

1. Define GOAL (what you want to achieve)
2. Define METRIC (how you measure success)
3. Define DIRECTION (higher is better / lower is better)
4. Define VERIFY (how to check the metric)

REPEAT:
  a. Make ONE modification
  b. Measure the metric
  c. If improved: KEEP the change
  d. If worsened: DISCARD (revert)
  e. Log the attempt and result
  f. Choose next modification
UNTIL: goal is met OR no more improvements found

Example Applications

Performance optimization

Goal: Page load under 2 seconds
Metric: Lighthouse performance score
Direction: Higher is better
Verify: Run Lighthouse audit

Bundle size reduction

Goal: Main bundle under 200KB
Metric: Bundle size in KB
Direction: Lower is better
Verify: Run build and check output

Test coverage

Goal: 80%+ code coverage
Metric: Coverage percentage
Direction: Higher is better
Verify: Run test suite with coverage

SEO score

Goal: All pages score 90+
Metric: SEO audit score
Direction: Higher is better
Verify: Run SEO analysis tool

Rules

ONE change per iteration (isolate variables)
ALWAYS measure before and after
ALWAYS revert failed attempts (no accumulating debt)
LOG every attempt for learning
STOP when goal is met or 3 consecutive iterations show no improvement