Your work becomes reusable. Automatically.
A Claude Code plugin that watches your coding sessions and turns completed tasks into replayable, self-contained skills. No extra effort needed.
You work. It learns. Your effort compounds.
Get started in seconds.
Install the plugin, open any project, and start working. Skilltrace handles the rest.
$ claude plugin add skilltrace
# That's it. Next session, Skilltrace activates automatically.
# On first run, it introduces itself and asks to enable tracking.
$ claude
> start working on your project...
# Skills are generated automatically in ~/.claude/skills/The problem.
Skills are the most powerful invention in agentic AI. They turn one-time work into reusable knowledge. But creating them is a second job on top of the actual job.
Knowledge evaporates
Every time you set up auth, configure a CI pipeline, or wire up an MCP server, that knowledge vanishes at the end of the session. Next time, same research, same trial and error, same cost.
Writing skills is work
Capturing what you did means stopping, reflecting, documenting steps, structuring files. You end up spending more time writing skills than building things. So you don't bother, and the knowledge is lost.
The idea.
Why am I doing this when AI can do it for me?
A silent assistant
Skilltrace runs alongside you. It doesn't interrupt, doesn't pollute your context, doesn't ask questions. While you focus on your project, it works in the background.
Autonomous skill production
Detects when meaningful, reproducible work is completed. Generates specific, self-contained skills with exact steps, commands, and file paths. Versions them automatically when your approach evolves.
Built different.
Everything you need for autonomous skill production, nothing you don't.
Zero Overhead
Runs via hooks, never touches your main conversation. No context pollution, no extra prompts, no interruptions.
Per-Project Tracking
Opt-in per directory. Each project gets its own skill library. Cross-project search when you need it.
Smart Versioning
Skills evolve with your approach. Old versions archived, not lost. Always the latest recipe, with full history.
Specific Skills
Not "how to set up auth" but "setting up Next.js auth with Clerk and Drizzle ORM." Exact steps, commands, file paths.
Self-Contained
Every skill is a complete recipe, replayable with zero prior context. No dependencies on other skills or external state.
Cross-Platform
Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Pause and resume anytime. Your skills go wherever Claude Code goes.
How it works.
No configuration. No context pollution. No extra prompts. Just work.
Session starts
Skilltrace activates silently via hook. No configuration needed.
You work normally
Code, debug, build, deploy. No interruptions, no extra prompts.
Background evaluation
After each prompt, a background agent evaluates if meaningful work was completed.
Skill generated
Skill-worthy tasks become self-contained recipes, stored and versioned automatically.
Why this matters.
Stop reinventing the wheel
What you build once becomes a reusable recipe forever. Every auth setup, every CI pipeline, every MCP integration, captured automatically and ready to replay.
Cut costs
Skills let Claude replay proven approaches in seconds instead of reasoning from scratch every session. Less token usage, faster results, lower bills.
Share knowledge
Skills are portable files. Drop them in a shared folder and your entire team benefits. No wikis to maintain, no docs to write. Your work is the documentation.
Never start from zero
Every project feeds your skill library. The more you use Claude, the faster it gets. Your effort compounds across sessions, projects, and teams.
The loop
You work
Code, debug, build, deploy
→It learns
Detects completed work, generates skills
→Effort compounds
Skills reusable everywhere, forever
Commands.
Full control when you need it. Stay out of the way when you don't.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/skilltrace:skills | List all skills with descriptions, versions, and project info |
/skilltrace:status | Show tracking status and skill counts |
/skilltrace:pause | Pause activity tracking |
/skilltrace:resume | Resume activity tracking |
/skilltrace:reindex | Rebuild skill registry from files on disk |