claude-evolve

v0.4.5

Evolutionary code discovery using Claude Code models

Claude Code4 Skills1 MCP serverstdio

By Samuel XuLicense: MIT15 GitHub starsUpdated 3 months ago

Directory evidence

Runtimes: Claude Code
Parsed components: 5 skill or MCP entries
Source updated: Jun 18, 2026
Manifest status: Canonical path parsed

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Install claude-evolve for Claude Code

Installs for the current user

claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install claude-evolve@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

The installer fetches third-party code from the source repository shown on this page. This directory validates manifest structure and source location, but does not perform a security audit; review the manifest, components, and source before installing.

Get the source manually

$ git clone https://github.com/samuelzxu/claude-evolve

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The repository root is the plugin root.

Plugin files

claude-evolve/

├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── skills/evolve/SKILL.md
├── skills/evolve-install/SKILL.md
├── skills/evolve-interview/SKILL.md
├── skills/evolve-status/SKILL.md
└── .mcp.json

Included Skills4

evolveskills/evolve/SKILL.md

Start an autonomous evolutionary code optimization run

evolve-installskills/evolve-install/SKILL.md

Install, verify, or refresh the claude-evolve plugin (Python deps, venv, MCP server)

evolve-interviewskills/evolve-interview/SKILL.md

Socratic deep interview with mathematical ambiguity gating to crystallize an evolution task (produces initial.py, evaluate.py, config.json)

evolve-statusskills/evolve-status/SKILL.md

Check the progress of an active evolution run

MCP servers1

estdio

command: node
args: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bridge/mcp-wrapper.mjs

MCP configuration uses runtime-provided plugin path placeholders such as ${PLUGIN_ROOT} or ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}. Review the manifest for the runtime-specific expansion rules.

Plugin manifests1

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "claude-evolve",
  "version": "0.4.5",
  "description": "Evolutionary code discovery using Claude Code models",
  "author": {
    "name": "Samuel Xu"
  },
  "repository": "https://github.com/samuelzxu/claude-evolve",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/samuelzxu/claude-evolve",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "claude-code",
    "plugin",
    "evolution",
    "optimization",
    "shinka"
  ],
  "skills": "./skills/"
}