self-improving-agent vs skillmem
self-improving-agent is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑17.
self-improving-agent is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Md Faiz Alam. No marketplace we read lists it any more. skillmem is an MCP server published by liza-studio. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-27. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  skillmem | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace afaizalam2003/master-claude-skill | Removed on 2026-10-17 Version: 2.1.2 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 2 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.13.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 4 269 Downloads/week (PyPI): 181 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | self-improving-agentno longer listed · | skillmem |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 11 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 2 | 5 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-23 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (skillmem) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 3 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/afaizalam2003/master-claude-skill | github.com/liza-studio/skillmem |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 9 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of self-improving-agent
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Curate auto-memory, promote learnings to CLAUDE.md and rules, extract patterns into skills. Ships 5 slash commands (/si:memory-review, /si:promote, /si:extract, /si:memory-status…
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Learn from your workflow patterns and suggest skills, hooks, and agents to automate the repetitive work. Skillers reads your AI conversation transcripts (Claude Code, Codex CLI…
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Imprint creates a portable collaboration profile by learning how you work through natural conversation. On first run, it asks a few casual questions about your background, tools…
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Skill auto-evolution engine - combines skill-creator evaluation + autoresearch iteration principles to automatically create, evaluate, and evolve Claude Code skills through gated…
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Reflect on the current conversation and save reusable learnings across four categories (memory, lesson, skill stub, project-doc) — confirmation-first, Reflexion-style…
What each says it does
self-improving-agent
Curate auto-memory, promote learnings to CLAUDE.md and rules, extract patterns into skills.
skillmem
Skill memory for coding agents: learn, recall, reinforce, decay. Local SQLite, no API key.
How to run each
self-improving-agent
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
skillmem As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio skillmem -- uvx skillmem mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of self-improving-agent publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: self-improving-agent · What it can do: skillmem · Compare two other plugins
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