knowledge-curation

Research

Context priming before work (bd prime) and self-reflection after completion to extract patterns, gotchas, and decisions into the knowledge base.

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How to use this skill

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/blob/HEAD/library/methodologies/metaswarm/skills/knowledge-curation/SKILL.md

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After completing work, BEFORE PR creation (reflect mode)
When recovering from context loss (recovery priming)

Knowledge Categories

Category	File	Content
Critical Rules	facts.jsonl	MUST FOLLOW constraints
Gotchas	gotchas.jsonl	Common pitfalls
Patterns	patterns.jsonl	Codebase best practices
Decisions	decisions.jsonl	Architectural choices with rationale
Anti-Patterns	anti-patterns.jsonl	What NOT to do
Codebase Facts	codebase-facts.jsonl	Structural information
API Behaviors	api-behaviors.jsonl	Undocumented quirks

Process

Prime Mode

Load knowledge base files for work type
Surface MUST FOLLOW rules first
Present GOTCHAS and PATTERNS
Load relevant DECISIONS

Reflect Mode

Extract patterns from completed work
Identify gotchas from review failures
Record architectural decisions with rationale
Persist to .beads/knowledge/

Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process: methodologies/metaswarm/metaswarm-knowledge-cycle