Hill Climb

Improve one artifact in graded rounds until the grades stop rising. This skill uses the swarm steps; read that skill first.

The script is ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../swarm/scripts/swarm.py, in the swarm skill folder beside this one. DIR is a new folder per climb in the session scratchpad.

Steps

1. Round 0. Choose 3 to 9 properties from property sets, a subset or your own, named in lowercase with hyphens. Write one line per property that says what a 10 means. Start the state:

   python3 -B ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../swarm/scripts/swarm.py climb-init --state DIR/climb.json --properties coverage,done-states,poka-yoke

2. Grade. Save the version as DIR/vN, where N is the graded round, starting at 1, and run the swarm steps Brief, Launch, Collect and Verify on it with 3 to 6 lenses, at least one not used in the last round. Each brief's rubric holds the line per property that says what a 10 means; each reply holds lens, grades for every property and findings. climb-round replaces the swarm Check.

3. Record. Put the round's replies in a new folder DIR/rN and run:

   python3 -B ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../swarm/scripts/swarm.py climb-round --state DIR/climb.json --lenses a,b,c --dir DIR/rN --refuted 0

   Set --refuted to the number of important findings Verify refuted. The script prints the grade table and the decision; rounds lists what it refuses.

4. Revise or stop. On continue, revise the artifact from the findings, note what changed, and go to step 2. On stop, report.
5. Report. Give the grade table, the final version, the changes per round and the open decisions, each with one recommendation.

Rules

• The author never grades its own version. Grades come only from reviewer replies.
• The properties stay the same after round 0. For a new property, start a new climb.
• The script owns the stop rule. Run past a stop only when the user asks, with --past-stop on each extra round, and say so in the report.
• Ask the user only after the climb, unless a finding needs a fact only the user has. The user's request for a climb approves its reviewer and Verify agents; run them in batches of at most 8.