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2nd Me: Self-Improvement & Task Management

The 2nd Me system has two parts:

  1. Self-Improving — Learn from corrections and mistakes (core, no external tools needed)
  2. Task Tracking — Optional integration with a task board (Notion, Linear, GitHub Issues, etc.)

Part 1: Self-Improving (Core)

This works out of the box with no external services. The lobster automatically:

  • Detects when it's corrected (semantic detection, not keyword matching)
  • Records lessons in .learnings/corrections.md
  • Promotes validated patterns to MEMORY.md and AGENTS.md

Enable the daily scan

# Add to crontab — scans all lobsters for promotable lessons
echo "5 4 * * * $(pwd)/scripts/trigger-2nd-me-all.sh >> /tmp/2nd-me-scan.log 2>&1" | crontab -

What gets recorded

Trigger Example Stored in
User corrects lobster "No, we use Python 3.12" .learnings/corrections.md
Command/tool fails API returns unexpected error .learnings/errors.md
Better approach found Discovered faster query method .learnings/best-practices.md
Complex task completed 5+ step workflow finished .learnings/reflections.md

Promotion rules

  • Same lesson appears ≥3 times → auto-promoted to MEMORY.md
  • Affects daily workflow → promoted to AGENTS.md (behavioral rules)
  • Tool-specific pattern → promoted to TOOLS.md

Part 2: Task Tracking (Optional)

If your team uses a task board, lobsters can sync task status automatically. This is optional — 2nd Me works fine without it.

Supported integrations

Tool Skill How
Notion task-management (Notion backend) API-based CRUD on a Notion database
GitHub Issues Built-in gh CLI Read/write issues via GitHub CLI
Linear Custom skill Build a skill using Linear's API
Plain markdown None needed Lobster tracks tasks in MEMORY.md directly

If using Notion

  1. Create a Notion database with columns: Task, Owner, Status, Notes
  2. Get a Notion API key
  3. Store it: add NOTION_API_KEY to the lobster's personal-secrets.json
  4. Install the task-management skill to company-skills/
  5. Configure the database ID in the skill's settings

Task status flow (any tool)

Open → In Progress → Testing → Resolved
                        ↑
                   Lobster auto-sets when it judges task is done
                   (only the owner can set Resolved)

Key rule: Lobsters never close tasks on their own. They set "Testing" and ask the owner to confirm.

Daily sync (optional cron)

If using a task board, add a daily sync to scan conversation logs and update task status:

# Example: daily at 23:00 UTC, scan daily logs → update task board
echo "0 23 * * * $(pwd)/scripts/run-2nd-me-scan.sh >> /tmp/2nd-me-scan.log 2>&1" | crontab -

Quick Start (Minimum Setup)

Just want self-improving without task tracking? Two steps:

  1. Copy the skill: cp -r templates/self-improving/ company-skills/self-improving/
  2. Sync: ./scripts/sync-company-skills.sh

Done. Your lobsters now learn from their mistakes automatically.