chemenu/instructions/wiki-manage/SKILL.md

name, description

name	description
wiki-manage	Create a new wiki page (entity, concept, source, comparison) or update an existing page with new information, including cross-references, index/log, and publish. Use when the user says "create a new entity/concept/comparison", "add a page for X", "update the X page", or new information needs integrating into an existing page.

Wiki Manage

Purpose: Create a new wiki page, or update an existing one, keeping cross-references, the catalog and the audit log in sync.

Trigger: User requests a new entity/concept/comparison page, or new information needs integrating into an existing one.

Before the first wikitool call: session-setup.md.

Read before drafting: kb/CONTRACT.md - naming, tone, linking, provenance and confidence - together with the target collection's own COLLECTION.md, which carries its quality goal and what is local to that subtree. Field-level requirements come from tools/wikitool types describe <type>.

Creating a page

1. Check it does not already exist.

   tools/wikitool search "<name and its synonyms>"
   

   A near-duplicate under a different title is the most expensive mistake here, and the cheapest to prevent. search does not count against the iteration budget.

2. Determine the type. tools/wikitool types list for the roster; tools/wikitool types describe <type> for its required fields, enums and authoring guidance.

3. Scaffold it.

   tools/wikitool new <type> --name "<Name>" --set field=value ...
   

   This resolves location, frontmatter, naming collisions and directory placement deterministically. Never write frontmatter or pick a directory by hand.

4. Gather what the wiki already knows - tools/wikitool search again, for the surrounding subjects - so the prose connects to existing pages instead of restating them.

5. Draft. Fill in the generated skeleton's TODO sections, following the tone rules in kb/CONTRACT.md. If provenance: is sourced or mixed, cite hard facts as you write them with tools/wikitool cite add --page "<Title>" --source "Source - X", which also adds X to sources: - paste the [^cite-id] marker it prints.

6. Cross-reference.

   tools/wikitool xref add --a "<A>" --b "<B>" --rel-a "<label>" --rel-b "<label>"
   

   One per relationship. Never hand-edit related:.

7. Close out. publish-cycle.md, --op create.

Updating a page

1. Read the page. Understand what it already claims.

2. Preserve what is still true. Do not remove valid information to make room.

3. Integrate the new content.

4. Mark what was superseded - strikethrough for replaced text, or move it to a "Historical" section with a note. Do not silently delete a claim that was once true; the wiki's value is that it records what changed.

5. Cross-reference any new relationship (xref add), and cite any new hard fact inline.

6. Update the frontmatter that describes the page itself:

   tools/wikitool touch --page "<Title>" --summary "<new 1-liner>" [--provenance <value>]
   

   Never hand-edit modified:, summary:, provenance: or confidence:.

7. Close out. publish-cycle.md, --op update.

Renaming, deleting, or unlinking

That is page-lifecycle.md. A title is the wiki's only identifier for a page, so none of it is a file operation.

Decision points

• Is this really a new page? If the subject already has one, update it. If the material is a head-to-head evaluation, it is a comparison and both subjects need pages first.
• Entity or concept? A thing you can point at is an entity; a why or how is a concept. The collection contracts draw the line.
• publish refused? A single page is normally well under the threshold. If it trips, gates.md.

wikitool commands used

search, types list, types describe, new, touch, xref add, xref remove, sources rebuild-index, index rebuild, log append, publish

Output

A new or updated page, published to origin/main.