Skill comparison
Use this as a shortlist, then open the skill detail page before adopting.
Decision summary
Strongest overall
karpathy
Prototype with this skill first; keep a fallback candidate ready.
Fastest prototype
karpathy
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
karpathy
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | karpathy Use when the user wants the LLM to do its own ML research: a fully-autonomous loop that hacks the training code, runs it, and keeps changes that lower a single scalar metric (e.g. val_bpb). One agent proposes one change at a time, runs training in the user's env, keeps it only if the metric improves (advancing a git branch) else reverts, and loops forever until the human interrupts. A faithful adaptation of Karpathy's autoresearch. Not for the analysis-first variant that profiles before editing (that is ml-autoresearch), and not for a budgeted, plateau-stopping refactor. |
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| Quality | 63/100 Promising |
| Decision verdict | 62/100 Prototype first Prototype with this skill first; keep a fallback candidate ready. |
| Adoption | 163 stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Use-case fit | |
| Workflow fit | |
| Platform hints | Claude Code |
| Warnings | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Research agents workflows · Claude Code teams · builders willing to evaluate younger projects |
| Not ideal for | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add gaasher/Agent-Loop-Skills --skill karpathy |