Agent skill · operations · mvanhorn
printing-press-retro
Use when the user asks to retro, run a retrospective, file findings, or improve the Printing Press after a printed-CLI run. Trigger phrases: "retro", "retrospective", "what went wrong", "improve the press", "post-mortem", "lessons learned", "what can we improve", "file a retro", "submit findings". Do not use for printed-CLI polish or a single-CLI fix.
Why this skill is useful
Adds a structured retrospective process that identifies actionable improvements for the Printing Press system, which the AI wouldn't generate on its own.
What it needs
About 2k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 4,383 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
/printing-press-retro Result: A scrubbed retro document and, when the issue gate passes, GitHub issues for Printing Press defects only. Next consumer: A maintainer or agent who will change the Printing Press (generator, scorer, skills, or binary) — not the printed CLI that just shipped. Done: The manuscript proof exists and is scrubbed; every work unit is file-new, comment-on-existing, or local-only; no unredacted secret or PII remains; the user has the outcome list. Intent: "Raised the floor" is analysis language, not a filing bar. File only when the Printing Press must change to stop a current, reproducible, generalizing P1 or P2 defect. Manual iteration on one CLI is expected work, not a finding. In user-facing output say "the Printing Press"; name the subsystem when pointing at a fix. Boundaries Redact every real secret and PII before quoting. Issue bodies and retro docs are public. Use references/secret-scrubbing.md Layer 0. Never quote a leaked value as evidence of the leak. Don't change the machine by default. The burden of proof is on the finding. No P3. File only P1/P2. Anything else is Skip or Drop, not a low-priority issue. The issue gate files P1/P2 Do work units only. Never upload unscrubbed artifacts. Never modify manuscript or library source trees; scrub copies only. Authority Invocation authorizes reading manuscripts/library and writing the retro proof plus scratch copies. It does not authorize GitHub filing or public upload until the user confirms Submit. It does not authorize edits to the printed CLI or to Printing Press source. Steps Read references/run-resolution.md first. It resolves $APINAME, $RUNID, $RUNDIR, $CLIDIR, and $INREPO. Never execute a phase from memory. When you enter a phase, Read its file from phases/ first. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/printing-press-retro