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Ask HN: Has anyone achieved recursive self-improvement with agentic tools?

4•nycdatasci•3h ago
It feels like all the necessary components are finally available to build a self-reinforcing development loop.

Theoretically, we can now task tools like Claude Code or OpenClaw to monitor a git repo, analyze the abstractions in completed work, and then autonomously generate new agents or skills capable of handling similar tasks in the future.

Is anyone successfully running a loop like this? I’m curious if anyone here has shifted the majority of their time from writing code to crafting these systems—essentially bootstrapping agents that learn from the repo history to build better agents. I'd love to hear from those pushing the boundaries on this.

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nycdatasci•3h ago
To head off the semantics debate: I don't mean a model rewriting its own source code. I'm asking about 'process recursion'—systems that analyze completed work to autonomously generate new agents or heuristics for future tasks.
jvalencia•3h ago
-ish. I often keep md files around and after a successful task. I ask Codex to write the important bits down. Then, when I come around to a similar task in the future, I have it start at the md file. It's like context that grows and is very localized. It helps when I'm going through multiple repos at multiple levels.

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