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Scar Tissue plugin.

Optional guidance for capturing recurring failure patterns and prevention rules.

What it changes

Scar Tissue turns a verified failure pattern into prevention guidance: symptom, cause, prevention, verification, and scope. Use it when the same sharp edge could cost another agent time or damage data.

Install

Select scar tissue during empirical install, or install it explicitly.

empirical plugin install all --scar-tissue

Real-life example and limits

A useful entry says: GitHub UI tests belong in local verification, not the deploy workflow; keep CI focused on build checks. Record the prevention rule, not blame or a full incident transcript. Do not treat unverified guesses as durable guidance.

Optional: Use the core memory plugin alone if your project does not benefit from recurring-failure prevention.

Last updated: July 30, 2026