observe-before-editing skill
Observe Before Editing
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Install the observe-before-editing skill
A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.git /tmp/Continuous-Claude-v3 mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills cp -r /tmp/Continuous-Claude-v3/.claude/skills/observe-before-editing ~/.claude/skills/observe-before-editing
available in every project
In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub
The instructions your agent would load
SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub
Observe Before Editing
Before editing code to fix a bug, confirm what the system actually produced.
Pattern
Outputs don't lie. Code might. Check outputs first.
DO
- Check if expected directories exist: ls -la .claude/cache/
- Check if expected files were created: ls -la .claude/cache/learnings/
- Check logs for errors: tail .claude/cache/*.log
- Run the failing command manually to see actual error
- Only then edit code
DON'T
- Assume "hook didn't run" without checking outputs
- Edit code based on what you think should happen
- Confuse global vs project paths (check both: .claude/ and ~/.claude/)
Source Sessions
- a541f08a: Token limit error was invisible until manual run revealed it
- 6a9f2d7a: Looked in wrong cache path (~/.claude/ vs .claude/), assumed hook failure
- a8bd5cea: Confirmed hook worked by finding output files in project cache
- 1c21e6c8: Verified Artifact Index indexing by checking DB file exists
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