knowledge-curation git:20260601.da7723aA

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name: knowledge-curation
description: Context priming before work (bd prime) and self-reflection after completion to extract patterns, gotchas, and decisions into the knowledge base.
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob, WebFetch, WebSearch, Agent, AskUserQuestion
graph:
  domains: [domain:software-engineering]
  skillAreas: [skill-area:agentic-loops, skill-area:orchestration-loop]
  workflows: [workflow:feature-development]
  topics: [topic:developer-experience]
  roles: [role:tech-lead, role:backend-engineer]
---

- 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
1. Load knowledge base files for work type
2. Surface MUST FOLLOW rules first
3. Present GOTCHAS and PATTERNS
4. Load relevant DECISIONS

### Reflect Mode
1. Extract patterns from completed work
2. Identify gotchas from review failures
3. Record architectural decisions with rationale
4. Persist to .beads/knowledge/

## Tool Use

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