bart-coaching

bart-coaching

Bart-style coaching hooks for Claude Code. Provides growth-oriented feedback across three dimensions as you work, with compound reflections that accumulate across sessions.

What It Does

During sessions — Three types of coaching insights appear naturally:

• * Insight — Technical depth: why things work, not just how
• > Systems — Operational maturity: what breaks under load, what's invisible in prod
• # Mirror — Self-awareness: patterns in your behavior (hero-mode, skipped steps, assumptions)

At session end — Prompts you to write a compound reflection comparing this session's patterns to your growth trajectory. If the session exits without one, prints a command you can run next time. Reflections persist across sessions using usage-based retention.

Installation

claude plugin install github:ash1794/bart-coaching

How It Works

Two hooks, minimal context cost (~1,400 tokens total):

Hook	When	Cost	Purpose
SessionStart	Once	~1,200 tokens	Loads coaching context + past reflections
Stop	Once at exit	~200 tokens	Prompts compound reflection before closing

Context Safety

• SessionStart output is hard-capped at 1,500 chars for past reflections
• If context is tight, coaching drops silently — work always comes first
• No per-edit hooks. All coaching behavior comes from SessionStart instructions

Compound Reflections

Reflections use usage-based retention:

• Active patterns stay in the reflections file
• Resolved patterns get archived (never deleted)
• Archive is always accessible for revisiting old growth patterns

Also Check Out

• vibe-engineering — 38 engineering discipline skills for Claude Code. Research gates, quality loops, spec sync, test generation, gap analysis, and more. Pairs well with bart-coaching — skills provide the tools, coaching provides the growth feedback.