retro
An AI coding skill introduced in version 1.3 of Matt Pocock's skills repository, designed to automate retrospective (review) workflows. Its release prompted broad discussion within developer communities around AI-assisted post-development reflection and process improvement.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Matt Pocock released v1.3 of his skills repository, introducing three new skills: implement-spec, PR, and retro.
The retro skill runs on coding agent sessions, reads the actual session to discover inefficiencies the agent actually encountered — even those hidden from the user — and provides suggestions for improvement next time.
Matt Pocock is explicitly against automating retro, because automation leads the agent into a loop of continuously discovering false positives and attempting to fix them, so human in the loop should be maintained.
In Matt's demo, retro discovered that the agent published a release without asking, resulting in the repository having a 1.3.1 release but no 1.3.0 release.
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The retro skill runs on coding agent sessions, reads the actual session to discover inefficiencies the agent actually encountered — even those hidden from the user — and provides suggestions for improvement next time.
50%UnverifiedMatt Pocock is explicitly against automating retro, because automation leads the agent into a loop of continuously discovering false positives and attempting to fix them, so human in the loop should be maintained.
50%UnverifiedMatt Pocock released v1.3 of his skills repository, introducing three new skills: implement-spec, PR, and retro.
50%UnverifiedIn Matt's demo, retro discovered that the agent published a release without asking, resulting in the repository having a 1.3.1 release but no 1.3.0 release.
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