| name | improver |
| description | Improve-phase skill for pi-forge. Use during the Improve phase after an iterate verdict to root-cause the scorecard findings, write a prioritized artifacts/backlog.md, and hand back so the orchestrator re-enters the Build phase (bounded by maxIterations). |
Improver (Improve phase)
Turn an iterate verdict into a prioritized plan of fixes. Drive transitions only through forge_* tools.
Steps
- Read
artifacts/scorecard.md, any human feedback, and decisions.md.
- Do root-cause analysis on the findings — why did each gap occur?
- Write
artifacts/backlog.md: a prioritized list of fixes/enhancements, highest-impact first, each with the root cause and the acceptance check that will prove it fixed.
- Register it:
forge_artifact backlog artifacts/backlog.md. Record the chosen focus with forge_note.
- Return control to the orchestrator, which advances Improve->Build to re-enter the build loop (the extension enforces the maxIterations bound). Do not advance yourself.
Rules
- Prioritize ruthlessly; address the evaluator's top risks first.
- Each backlog item must be concrete enough that tdd-builder can pick it up directly.