GSD Extract Learnings

by open-gsd

GSD Extract Learnings is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by open-gsd in gsd-core.

8.3K stars573 forkson open-gsd/gsd-coreAdded 2026/08/15+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/15

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claude-codecontext-engineeringmeta-promptingspec-driven-development

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Install GSD Extract Learnings

Copy GSD Extract Learnings into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core/tree/next/skills/gsd-extract-learnings ~/.claude/skills/gsd-extract-learnings

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/gsd-extract-learnings/SKILL.md in open-gsd/gsd-core
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/gsd-extract-learnings
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What GSD Extract Learnings does

GSD Extract Learnings pulls decisions, lessons, patterns, and surprises from completed phase artifacts into a LEARNINGS.md file. Use it after a GSD phase completes to capture retrospective insights from PLAN.md, SUMMARY.md, VERIFICATION.md, UAT.md, and STATE.md.

GSD Extract Learnings is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. GSD Extract Learnings comes from a repository tagged claude-code, context-engineering, meta-prompting and spec-driven-development.

Documentation

README

From the original repository

<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/extract-learnings.md </execution_context>

Execute the extract-learnings workflow from @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/extract-learnings.md end-to-end.

Frequently asked about GSD Extract Learnings

What else does open-gsd publish alongside GSD Extract Learnings?
GSD Extract Learnings is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from open-gsd/gsd-core, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AI Integration Phase, Add Tests and Complete Milestone. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way GSD Extract Learnings does, and is maintained by open-gsd in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the open-gsd/gsd-core page.
How does GSD Extract Learnings compare to other AI Engineering skills?
GSD Extract Learnings ranks #411 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of GSD Extract Learnings against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.