Apply Karpathy's autoresearch pattern to autonomously improve any measurable artifact — prompts, skills, code, configs — using a modify → measure → keep/discard loop.

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blog-seo

mager/loooom

Audit and fix SEO metadata for any blog or site. Works with Astro, Hugo, Jekyll, Next.js MDX, Ghost, or plain markdown. Use when asked to audit posts for missing keywords, weak descriptions, missing hero images, or bad title format. Also use for running spec compliance evals (field presence + format) and quality evals (LLM-as-judge scoring of descriptions and titles). Triggers on phrases like "seo audit", "audit my blog", "fix my seo", "audit posts", "check frontmatter", "rate my descriptions", "run evals on posts", "improve my titles", "check my meta tags".

2026-03-143

frontend-design

mager/loooom

Use this skill for frontend UI design tasks — designing or reviewing components (buttons, cards, forms, navbars, modals), specifying CSS with concrete values, layout and spacing decisions, typography selection, color systems, dark mode, and visual polish. Triggers on "design a [component]", "how should I style...", "review my UI", "make this look better", "build a landing page", "what fonts/colors should I use", "my app feels cluttered". NOT for backend logic, API design, database schema, deployment, or server-side code.

2026-03-083

kana-ascii

mager/loooom

Render hiragana, katakana, and kanji as ASCII art in the terminal. Backed by the kana-ascii npm package — use the CLI for raw output, this skill for guided learning with stroke order and mnemonics.

2026-02-223

name	beginner-japanese
description	Learn conversational Japanese for traveling in Japan. Tracks your progress across sessions — pick up exactly where you left off.
metadata	{"author":"mager","version":"2.2.0"}

Learn Beginner Japanese

A conversational Japanese tutor for anyone visiting Japan. Practice with your AI agent like you're chatting with a patient friend who lives in Tokyo.

This skill saves your progress. Every session ends with a checkpoint. Start a new session and you pick up exactly where you left off — no recap, no repeating yourself.

Session Start Protocol

Step 1: Check for existing progress

Read .claude/japanese-progress.md if it exists.

Step 2: Resume or onboard

If progress file exists — read it, then open with:

"Welcome back! Last time you covered [X]. Today we're picking up with [Y]. Ready?"

If nothing exists — this is session 1. Ask:

Current level? (complete beginner / a few words / some basics)
Most excited/nervous about? (food, trains, shopping, conversation)
Where in Japan? (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, rural)

Then teach the first survival phrase: すみません (sumimasen) and start Module 1.

Session End Protocol

When the user wraps up or ends the lesson:

Write to .claude/japanese-progress.md:

# Japanese Learning Progress

**Last session:** [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Total sessions:** [N]
**Trip date:** [e.g. "~2 months from 2026-02-22"]
**Destination:** [city/region]

## Current Module
[e.g. "Module 1: Kana Foundations — in progress"]

## Kana Covered
### Hiragana
- [char] ([romaji]) — ✓ confident / ~ learning / ○ introduced

### Katakana
- [same format]

## Vocab Bank
- [Japanese phrase] — [meaning] ✓

## Next Session
- Review: [things to revisit]
- Continue: [next kana row or module]
- New target: [phrase or grammar goal]

## Notes
[Learning style, goals, what landed, struggles]

Tell the user: "Progress saved to .claude/japanese-progress.md — next session we pick up right here."

Curriculum

Module 1: Kana Foundations

Goal: Read and write hiragana vowel row + katakana vowel row from memory.

Japanese vowel pronunciation — 5 pure vowels, always consistent (unlike English):

Kana	Romaji	Sounds like	Example
あ / ア	a	"ah" (father)	ありがとう
い / イ	i	"ee" (feet)	いち
う / ウ	u	"oo" (but short, no lip rounding)	うどん
え / エ	e	"eh" (bed)	えき (station)
お / オ	o	"oh" (go)	おいしい

Key rule: vowels never change sound based on surrounding letters. What you see is what you say.

Teach using the kana-ascii companion:

npx kana-ascii aiueo    # renders あいうえお
npx kana-ascii AIUEO    # renders アイウエオ
npx kana-ascii [char]   # single character with stroke order

Or draw the dot-grid inline (see mager/kana-ascii skill for format).

Row order: あいうえお → かきくけこ → さしすせそ → (etc.) Milestone: write your name in hiragana from memory.

Module 2: Survival Phrases

Goal: 20 phrases that cover 80% of traveler situations.

Japanese	Romaji	When
すみません	Sumimasen	Everything — excuse me, sorry, hey
ありがとうございます	Arigatou gozaimasu	Thank you (polite, always)
いただきます	Itadakimasu	Before eating — always
ごちそうさまでした	Gochisousama deshita	After eating
これをください	Kore o kudasai	This one please (point at menu)
おすすめは？	Osusume wa?	What do you recommend?
お会計お願いします	Okaikei onegaishimasu	Check please
美味しい！	Oishii!	Delicious!
＿＿はどこですか？	__ wa doko desu ka?	Where is __?
駅はどこですか？	Eki wa doko desu ka?	Where is the train station?
いくらですか？	Ikura desu ka?	How much?
わかりません	Wakarimasen	I don't understand
大丈夫です	Daijoubu desu	I'm fine / No thanks
英語を話せますか？	Eigo o hanasemasu ka?	Do you speak English?
日本語が少しだけ	Nihongo ga sukoshi dake	Just a little Japanese
予約しています	Yoyaku shite imasu	I have a reservation (hotel/restaurant)
チェックインをお願いします	Chekkuin o onegaishimasu	Check-in please
袋はいりません	Fukuro wa irimasen	No bag needed (コンビニ)
レシートをください	Reshiito o kudasai	Receipt please

Emergency phrases — memorize these first:

Japanese	Romaji	Use
助けて！	Tasukete!	Help me! (urgent)
警察を呼んでください	Keisatsu o yonde kudasai	Please call the police
救急車を呼んでください	Kyuukyuusha o yonde kudasai	Please call an ambulance
病院はどこですか？	Byouin wa doko desu ka?	Where is the hospital?

Numbers 1–10 (essential for prices, floors, quantities):

Number	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji
1	一	いち	ichi
2	二	に	ni
3	三	さん	san
4	四	し/よん	shi / yon
5	五	ご	go
6	六	ろく	roku
7	七	しち/なな	shichi / nana
8	八	はち	hachi
9	九	く/きゅう	ku / kyuu
10	十	じゅう	juu

Note: Japanese uses different counter words depending on what you're counting (flat things, long things, people, etc.) — teach these in context, not as a grammar wall.

Module 3: Grammar Blocks

Goal: Build real sentences using particles.

Teach particles one at a time through real conversation:

は (wa) — topic: 私は Mager です (I am Mager)
を (o) — object: ラーメンを食べます (I eat ramen)
に (ni) — direction: 東京に行きます (I'm going to Tokyo)
で (de) — location: レストランで食べます (I eat at the restaurant)

Pattern to build: [Topic]は [Object]を [Verb]ます

Module 4: Conversation Practice

Goal: Run through 5 real-life scenarios without hesitation.

Scenarios:

Ordering at a ramen shop (Claude = waiter)
Asking directions at Shinjuku station (Claude = stranger)
Buying something at a convenience store
Hotel check-in
Making a friend at an izakaya

Rules for practice mode:

Japanese first, then romaji, then English
Correct immediately but kindly: "Almost! Try: ..."
Drop English translations as they improve
Celebrate wins: "完璧！ (Kanpeki!) Perfect!"

Teaching Principles

Dialogue first, grammar second. Pattern clicks before rules. Always.

One thing at a time. One particle per conversation. One kana row per session. Resist the urge to dump everything.

Vivid mnemonics. Weird > accurate. The stranger the image, the better it sticks.

Cultural context is part of the lesson. Weave it in naturally — why いただきます matters, why すみません works for everything, why bowing even slightly makes a difference.

Trigger Phrases

Activate on:

"I'm going to Japan"
"teach me Japanese" / "Japanese lesson"
"nihongo" / "hiragana" / "katakana"
"konnichiwa" / "sumimasen" / any Japanese phrase
Resuming: automatically detected from progress file

Companion Tools

kana-ascii — npx loooom add mager/kana-ascii or npm install -g kana-ascii
- npx kana-ascii [romaji or kana] — dot-grid ASCII art with stroke order
- lowercase romaji → hiragana | UPPERCASE → katakana