The recursive improvement loop for everything you make. With AI, or without it.
AI doesn't have an intelligence problem — it has a self-correction problem. It produces a first draft and stops. It repeats the same mistakes. It rarely asks, "how could this be even better?"
EBI is a tiny, recursive process that makes any agent — or any human with any model — critique and improve its own work on a loop, until it's genuinely better. One sentence to learn. Works anywhere.
- Recursive, not one-shot — round 5 finds what round 1 couldn't.
- Tool-agnostic — Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama… even pen & paper.
- Two ways in — install it as an agent skill, or paste one prompt into any chat.
- Can't regress — its one rule is never ship a version worse than the last.
- Self-proving — ebiskill.com was built with EBI and shows its own rounds.
Don't ask what's wrong. Ask what would make it even better.
"What's wrong?" triggers defensiveness — you defend, you patch, the work stays the same shape. "Even better if…?" triggers creativity — you imagine, you reach, the work gets a level better. Every round.
Option A — install the skill (for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI & friends):
git clone https://github.com/akaCT/ebiskill.git
# copy the ebi-process/ folder into your agent's skills directoryThen just say EBI after any piece of work.
Option B — paste this into any chat (Claude, GPT, Gemini, anything):
Run an EBI pass (Even Better If) on what you just made: (1) name what's working, (2) list 5–10 sharp "even better if…" improvements ranked by impact, (3) apply the ones I pick, (4) then offer to go again, one level deeper. Start now.
Make something, say EBI, watch it compound.
Each round runs the same 6 beats:
| Phase | What happens |
|---|---|
| 0 · North Star | Name a gold-standard reference to measure every round against. (optional, powerful) |
| 1 · What's Working | Find the strengths first — so you don't break them while improving. |
| 2 · Even Better If | Generate 7–12 sharp improvements through a single themed lens. |
| 3 · Propose | Rank by impact × effort. You choose what ships. |
| 4 · Implement | Quick wins first, deep work last. Never regress what worked. |
| 5 · Recurse | Run it again — deeper. The next round sees what this one couldn't. |
One word starts it. Modifiers shape it. You never have to memorize the flags — the plain phrases work in any chat.
| Command | Say | What it does |
|---|---|---|
EBI |
"make it better" | Standard session on whatever you just made. |
EBI --deep |
"really push this" | 5–8 rounds, 12–15 ideas each. Late rounds attempt transformative reframes. |
EBI --quick |
"quick EBI" | One round, top 3–5 fixes, implemented immediately. |
EBI --auto |
"EBI this autonomously" | Runs the full process without pausing. Summary at the end. |
EBI ×10 |
"run 10 EBI rounds" | Honor an exact count — spaced across the Depth Ladder. |
EBI --ideate |
"ideation EBI" | Apply EBI to plans & strategy, not finished work. |
EBI ◆ Stripe |
"North Star: Stripe" | Anchor every round against a reference you admire. |
EBI --recurse |
"again, deeper" | Recurse one rung down the Depth Ladder. |
You don't repeat yourself — you descend:
Surface → Structure → Craft → Resonance → Innovation → Synthesis → Provocation → Transformation
Code · Copy · Design · Strategy · Negotiation · Hardware · Life. EBI isn't a coding trick — it's a thinking habit. Anywhere you make something, you can stop and run a round. There's a growing library of ready-to-run loops at awesome-ebi-loops.
Never ship a version you wouldn't honestly recommend over the last one.
Improvement that can't quietly regress. Every round verifies before it moves on.
ebiskill.com was built with EBI and documents its own rounds — drag through the changelog on the site and watch a rough first paint become the thing you're looking at. The medium is the message.
ebi-process/ the skill — SKILL.md + evals (install this)
Shipped something EBI made better? Add the badge — it points people back here, and it's how EBI spreads:
[](https://ebiskill.com)EBI gets better the same way everything else does — one round at a time. Issues, new lenses, and fresh domain examples are all welcome. Got a loop that works? Add it to awesome-ebi-loops.
MIT — free to use, fork, and build on. No account, no lock-in.
If EBI made something of yours even better, give it a star ★ — it helps other people find it.