Reflect

Extract learnings from sessions and persist to skill files.

When to Reflect

Run /reflect after sessions with:

Corrections - "actually use X", "no, do it this way"
Discoveries - patterns that worked well
Failures - approaches that didn't work

Usage

/reflect              # Analyze current session, suggest skill updates
/reflect skill-name   # Target specific skill for updates

Note: This is manual-only. Run before ending sessions with learnings.

Why Manual-Only?

Auto-detection via Stop hooks doesn't work reliably:

Issue	Problem
#16227	Stop hook output is silent (not shown to user)
#10412	Plugin Stop hooks fail with exit code 2
#10875	Plugin JSON output not captured
#3656	Blocking functionality partially removed

Stop hooks fire but can't communicate back - making them useless for reminders. Other self-improving skill implementations (autoskill, reflect-skill) also use manual triggering for this reason.

Process

Source - Determine conversation source (see Data Sources below)
Analyze - Find corrections, successes, patterns
Classify - High/Medium/Low confidence learnings
Propose - Show suggested skill updates
Approve - Wait for user confirmation before writing

Data Sources

Try sources in order, use first available:

1. ccrecall.db (Full History)

If user has ccrecall + mcp-sqlite-tools:

SELECT timestamp, role, content FROM messages
WHERE session_id = (SELECT MAX(session_id) FROM sessions)
ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 100;

2. In-Context (Current Session)

Fallback when ccrecall unavailable:

Analyze conversation visible in current context window
Limited to ~100k tokens of recent history
Still effective for single-session learnings

Note which mode is active:

[reflect] Using: ccrecall.db (full history)
-- or --
[reflect] Using: in-context (current session only)

Destination Logic

In repo with .claude-plugin/ → update skill in-place
Otherwise → prompt: project .claude/skills/ or global ~/.claude/skills/

References

analysis-patterns.md - Pattern detection rules