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name: evolution description: "This skill enables makepad-skills to self-improve continuously during development." risk: critical source: community

Makepad Skills Evolution

This skill enables makepad-skills to self-improve continuously during development.

When to Use

• You are maintaining makepad-skills and want the skill library to improve itself during development.
• You need the workflow for deciding when a new pattern should become a skill update or hook-driven evolution.
• You are working on self-correction, self-validation, or version adaptation for the skill set.

Quick Navigation

| Topic | Description | |-------|-------------| | Collaboration Guidelines | Contributing to makepad-skills | | Hooks Setup | Auto-trigger evolution with hooks | | When to Evolve | Triggers and classification | | Evolution Process | Step-by-step guide | | Self-Correction | Auto-fix skill errors | | Self-Validation | Verify skill accuracy | | Version Adaptation | Multi-branch support |

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Hooks-Based Auto-Triggering

For reliable automatic triggering, use Claude Code hooks. Install with --with-hooks:

# Install makepad-skills with hooks enabled
curl -fsSLo /tmp/makepad-skills-install.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZhangHanDong/makepad-skills/main/install.sh
sed -n '1,160p' /tmp/makepad-skills-install.sh
bash /tmp/makepad-skills-install.sh --with-hooks

This will install hooks to .claude/hooks/ and configure .claude/settings.json:

{
  "hooks": {
    "UserPromptSubmit": [
      {
        "matcher": "",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "bash .claude/hooks/makepad-skill-router.sh"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "PreToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "Bash|Write|Edit",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "bash .claude/hooks/pre-tool.sh"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "PostToolUse": [
      {
        "matcher": "Bash",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "bash .claude/hooks/post-bash.sh"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

What Hooks Do

| Hook | Trigger Event | Action | |------|---------------|--------| | makepad-skill-router.sh | UserPromptSubmit | Auto-route to relevant skills | | pre-tool.sh | Before Bash/Write/Edit | Detect Makepad version from Cargo.toml | | post-bash.sh | After Bash command fails | Detect Makepad errors, suggest fixes | | session-end.sh | Session ends | Prompt to capture learnings |

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Skill Routing and Bundling

The makepad-skill-router.sh hook automatically loads relevant skills based on user queries.

Context Detection

| Context | Trigger Keywords | Skills Loaded | |---------|------------------|---------------| | Full App | "build app", "从零", "完整应用" | basics, dsl, layout, widgets, event-action, app-architecture | | UI Design | "ui design", "界面设计" | dsl, layout, widgets, animation, shaders | | Widget Creation | "create widget", "创建组件", "自定义组件" | widgets, dsl, layout, animation, shaders, font, event-action | | Production | "best practice", "robrix pattern", "实际项目" | app-architecture, widget-patterns, state-management, event-action |

Skill Dependencies

When loading certain skills, related skills are auto-loaded:

| Primary Skill | Auto-loads | |---------------|------------| | robius-app-architecture | makepad-basics, makepad-event-action | | robius-widget-patterns | makepad-widgets, makepad-layout | | makepad-widgets | makepad-layout, makepad-dsl | | makepad-animation | makepad-shaders | | makepad-shaders | makepad-widgets | | makepad-font | makepad-widgets | | robius-event-action | makepad-event-action |

Example

User: "我想从零开发一个 Makepad 应用"

[makepad-skills] Detected Makepad/Robius query
[makepad-skills] App development context detected - loading skill bundle
[makepad-skills] Routing to: makepad-basics makepad-dsl makepad-event-action
                            makepad-layout makepad-widgets robius-app-architecture

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When to Evolve

Trigger skill evolution when any of these occur during development:

| Trigger | Target Skill | Priority | |---------|--------------|----------| | New widget pattern discovered | robius-widget-patterns/_base | High | | Shader technique learned | makepad-shaders | High | | Compilation error solved | makepad-reference/troubleshooting | High | | Layout solution found | makepad-reference/adaptive-layout | Medium | | Build/packaging issue resolved | makepad-deployment | Medium | | New project structure insight | makepad-basics | Low | | Core concept clarified | makepad-dsl/makepad-widgets | Low |

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Evolution Process

Step 1: Identify Knowledge Worth Capturing

Ask yourself:

• Is this a reusable pattern? (not project-specific)