Claude Spontaneously Spawns Sub-agents to A/B Test Its Own SKILL.md

Developer Matt Holden reported that while writing a PR style guide SKILL.md, Claude, dissatisfied with its first draft, spontaneously spawned multiple sub-agents to A/B test and improve its own SKILL.md, demonstrating recursive skill self-improvement.

2026-11-07 ~ 2026-11-07 · 2 related posts

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