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Theorist Maintain a continuously updated operating theory for ongoing engineering work. is an agent skill (Codex and Claude compatible) that keeps a per-repo narrative document at (repo root). The document explains the problem thesis, the current system model, why the strategy is shaped the way it is, and where uncertainty still exists. It is intentionally not a task plan, changelog, or status report. Install Use a skills directory for your client and clone into it: If you already have the repo checked out, copy just the skill file: Usage Invoke it using your client's skill command. Or ask naturally: "Keep the operating theory updated while you work." "Rewrite the theory doc based on what we just learned." "What changed in our theory after this debugging pivot?" What it enforces One theory doc per repo at (repo root) Always-on activation in every session Sticky activation: once active, it stays active for the full session Holistic rewrites (not appended logs) Clear separation between: problem thesis, operating theory, strategy, key discoveries/pivots, open questions. Frequent in-session updates as learnings arrive (especi
| Stars | 163 |
| Forks | 4 |
| Category | Codex Skill |
| License | MIT |
| Quality Score | 58.631193289205/100 |
| Last Updated | 2026-02-28 |
| Created | 2026-02-28 |
| Platforms | claude-code, codex |
| Est. Tokens | ~1k |
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theorist is A Codex/Claude skill that maintains per-repo operating theory documents.. It is categorized as a Codex Skill with 163 GitHub stars.
You can find installation instructions and usage details in the theorist GitHub repository at github.com/blader/theorist. The project has 163 stars and 4 forks, indicating an active community.
theorist is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.
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