# groove-utilities-memory-retrospective

Summarizes workflow trends from .groove/memory/ by analyzing session ratings, mistake patterns, and recorded learnings. Helpful for weekly or monthly development check-ins.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 516 installs · ★ 6
- Author: andreadellacorte
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/andreadellacorte/groove/tree/HEAD/skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective

## What it does

The skill parses developmental logs stored under `.groove/memory/` across a chosen timeframe: `week` (default), `month`, or `all`. It delivers the entire summary directly into the conversation stream. Source files stay untouched throughout the process.

Execution covers four inspection areas. For ratings, it reads `.groove/memory/learned/signals.md`, calculates the average score, and generates a block-character sparkline when three or more entries exist. It inspects bug tickets via the `beans list` CLI command to cluster repeated failure modes by title keywords. Dated logs in `.groove/memory/learned/*.md` supply recent topic insights, while `git log` tallies commits to estimate recent coding volume.

Running the skill inside a repository lacking `.groove/memory/` produces empty notices rather than crashes. Missing the `beans` CLI tool is handled safely by marking the incidents section as empty.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-utilities-memory-retrospective -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-utilities-memory-retrospective -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-utilities-memory-retrospective -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install andreadellacorte/groove groove-utilities-memory-retrospective
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-utilities-memory-retrospective -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/andreadellacorte/groove --path skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add andreadellacorte/groove --skill groove-utilities-memory-retrospective -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/andreadellacorte/groove/tree/HEAD/skills/groove-utilities-memory-retrospective/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate weekly or monthly retrospective reports from development memory
- visualize session rating trends using text sparklines
- detect recurring error patterns across completed issue tickets
- track recent architectural learnings grouped by topic
- measure code output volume via Git commit counts

## Example prompts
- Run groove-utilities-memory-retrospective week to inspect the past 7 days
- Generate a monthly workflow report using groove-utilities-memory-retrospective month
- Show all recorded memory history: groove-utilities-memory-retrospective all

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: groove-utilities-memory-retrospective
description: "Analyse workflow trends: session ratings, recurring mistakes, and learnings over a period. Use for weekly or monthly reflection."
license: MIT
allowed-tools: Read Glob Bash(git:*) AskUserQuestion
metadata:
  author: andreadellacorte
---

# groove-utilities-memory-retrospective

Use $ARGUMENTS to specify period: `week` (default), `month`, or `all`.

## Outcome

A period retrospective is output to the conversation: session rating trend, recurring mistake patterns, top learnings captured, and a short workflow health summary. No files are written.

## Acceptance Criteria

- Session ratings trend shown (if `learned/signals.md` has data)
- Mistake patterns summarised (from resolved incidents in task backend)
- Top learnings listed by topic (from `learned/*.md` dated entries)
- Workflow health summary: one sentence on overall trend
- All output goes to conversation only

## Steps

1. Memory path is always `.groove/memory/`

2. Determine date range from $ARGUMENTS:
   - `week`: last 7 days (today - 7)
   - `month`: last 30 days
   - `all`: all available data
   - Default if absent: `week`

3. **Session ratings** — read `.groove/memory/learned/signals.md` if it exists:
   - Parse table rows matching the date range: `| YYYY-MM-DD | N/5 | context |`
   - Compute: count, average rating, trend (last 3 vs first 3 if enough data)
   - If no data: note "No session ratings recorded yet"

4. **Mistakes** — query the task backend for resolved incidents under "Groove Memory" → "Mistakes":
   - `beans list --parent <mistakes-epic-id> -t bug -s completed` for resolved; `-s in-progress` for open
   - Group by title keywords to identify recurring patterns
   - Count total resolved vs open incidents
   - If no task backend or no data: note "No incidents recorded yet"

5. **Learnings** — glob `.groove/memory/learned/*.md` (exclude `signals.md`):
   - For each file: read and collect dated entries (`## YYYY-MM-DD` headings) within the date range
   - Group by topic (filename stem)
   - Count entries per topic; show the most recent bullet per topic as a sample
   - If no files: note "No learnings captured yet"

6. **Git activity** — run `git log --oneline --since="<start-date>"` to count commits in the period as a proxy for work volume
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