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Improve Skill

Plugin evaluation workflow for improve skill, supporting structured evaluation and improvement of Codex plugin skills.

Improve Skill: purpose and common use cases

Source-file verified

Improve Skill is cataloged from the official OpenAI Plugins repository as a skill bundled with the plugin-eval plugin. Artifiner verified its source at plugins/plugin-eval/skills/improve-skill/SKILL.md against repository revision 1e285826e604; the page is classified under Developer Tools and Development from source-backed metadata rather than generated ratings or reviews.

Where Improve Skill fits in an agent workflow

Improve Skill is a Codex skill for developer tools. Improve Skill's role is practical rather than generic: it gives an agent task-specific instructions for working in this area. In the catalog it is discoverable around improve, eval, and developer, which are useful starting points when the user knows the outcome they need but not the exact capability name. Improve Skill is bundled with the plugin-eval plugin, so it should be understood as one capability inside that broader integration rather than as a separate application.

What to check before using Improve Skill

Use Improve Skill when the job maps to developer tools tasks. For Improve Skill, a sensible workflow is to start with the task, check that the skill matches the project and tools involved, and then follow the upstream instructions rather than treating the directory description as executable documentation. Artifiner keeps the Improve Skill source link visible so you can inspect its current SKILL.md before relying on behavior that may change as the repository evolves.

Plugin evaluation workflow for improve skill, supporting structured evaluation and improvement of Codex plugin skills.

When Improve Skill is useful

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Improve Skill source, compatibility and maintenance

TypeSkill
Source tierofficial-bundled
Checked2026-08-29
Enrichmentsource-grounded-v1
Repository revision1e285826e604
Parent pluginplugin-eval

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