Hansei

Quality score: 80/100 · Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc

Reflect on the improvement loop itself. Examine the trail, surface recurring findings, blind spots, methodology effectiveness, and what the loop has been ignoring. Meta-improvement - improving the improvement process. USE WHEN: reflect, retrospective, what are we missing, blind spots in the loop, why does this keep recurring, hansei, examine the trail, meta-improvement, loop critique, what hasnt worked, why is the score plateauing.

What this skill does

Hansei is a well-rated Claude Code skill (quality score 80/100) in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/hansei/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: USE WHEN: reflect, retrospective, what are we missing, blind spots in the loop, why does this keep recurring, hansei, examine the trail, meta-improvement, loop critique, what hasnt worked, why is the score plateauing.

Who uses this skill

The Hansei skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/hansei
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/hansei/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/hansei/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/hansei/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/hansei/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\hansei\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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