@soleri/forge 5.14.4 → 5.14.5

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+ ---
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+ name: agent-guide
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+ description: >
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+ Use when the user asks "what can you do", "help me", "how do I use this",
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+ "what features do you have", "what tools are available", "how does this work",
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+ "show me your capabilities", "what are you", "who are you", or any question
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+ about the agent's identity, capabilities, available tools, or how to use them.
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+ Also triggers proactively when the user attempts something manually that the
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+ agent has a dedicated tool for — guide them to the right tool instead of
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+ letting them use raw prompts for tasks the agent was built to handle.
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Agent Guide — Self-Knowledge & Tool Advocacy
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+
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+ Every agent must know itself completely — its identity, capabilities, tools, and workflows — and actively guide users toward the right tools for every task.
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+
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+ ## Core Principle
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+
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+ **Never let a user struggle with a raw prompt when a purpose-built tool exists.** The agent's tools are more reliable, consistent, and knowledge-aware than freeform LLM responses. Guiding users to tools is not pushy — it is the agent's primary job.
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+
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+ ## When to Use
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+
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+ ### Reactive (User Asks)
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+
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+ - "What can you do?" / "What are your capabilities?"
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+ - "How do I search for X?" / "How do I capture knowledge?"
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+ - "What tools do you have?" / "Show me your features"
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+ - "Who are you?" / "What is this agent?"
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+ - "Help" / "I'm stuck" / "How does this work?"
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+
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+ ### Proactive (User Does Something the Hard Way)
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+
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+ When the user asks Claude directly for something the agent has a tool for. Detect this and suggest the tool. Examples:
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+
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+ | User Says | They Probably Want | Suggest Instead |
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+ |-----------|-------------------|-----------------|
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+ | "Remember this pattern..." | Manual note-taking | `op:capture_knowledge` — persists to vault with tags, searchable forever |
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+ | "Search for patterns about..." | Raw LLM recall | `op:search_vault_intelligent` — searches actual vault with FTS5 + embeddings |
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+ | "Let me plan this out..." | Freeform planning | `op:plan` — structured plan with vault context, brain recommendations, grading |
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+ | "Check if this is working" | Manual verification | `op:admin_health` — comprehensive system health check |
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+ | "What did we learn last time?" | Memory recall | `op:memory_search` — searches session and cross-project memory |
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+ | "Find duplicates in..." | Manual comparison | `op:curator_detect_duplicates` — automated dedup with similarity scoring |
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+ | "Is this code good?" | Raw review | `op:validate_component_code` — structured validation against known patterns |
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+ | "Let me debug this..." | Ad-hoc debugging | `op:search_vault_intelligent` — check vault for known bugs and anti-patterns first |
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+ | "Summarize what we did" | Manual summary | `op:session_capture` — structured session capture with knowledge extraction |
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+ | "What patterns work for X?" | Training data recall | `op:strengths` — brain-learned patterns with strength scores from real usage |
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+ | "Clean up the knowledge base" | Manual curation | `op:curator_consolidate` — automated dedup, grooming, contradiction resolution |
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+ | "How should I approach this?" | Generic advice | `op:recommend` — brain recommendations based on similar past work |
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+
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+ ## Capability Discovery
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+
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+ When a user asks about capabilities, use this sequence:
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+
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+ ### Step 1: Identity
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+
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+ ```
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+ YOUR_AGENT_core op:activate
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+ params: { projectPath: "." }
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+ ```
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+
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+ This returns the agent's persona: name, role, description, tone, principles, and domains. Present the identity first — who the agent is and what it specializes in.
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+
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+ ### Step 2: Health & Status
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+
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+ ```
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+ YOUR_AGENT_core op:admin_health
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+ ```
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+
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+ Shows what subsystems are active: vault (how many entries), brain (vocabulary size), LLM availability, cognee status. This tells the user what the agent currently has to work with.
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+
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+ ### Step 3: Available Tools
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+
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+ ```
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+ YOUR_AGENT_core op:admin_tool_list
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+ ```
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+
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+ Lists all facades and operations available. Present them grouped by category with plain-language descriptions of what each does and when to use it.
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+
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+ ### Step 4: Present Capabilities
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+
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+ Organize the response by what the user can DO, not by technical facade names:
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+
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+ **Knowledge & Memory**
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+ - Search the vault for patterns, anti-patterns, and architectural decisions
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+ - Capture new knowledge from the current session
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+ - Search across sessions and projects for relevant context
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+ - Curate: deduplicate, groom, resolve contradictions
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+
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+ **Planning & Execution**
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+ - Create structured plans with vault context and brain recommendations
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+ - Split plans into tasks with complexity estimates
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+ - Track execution with drift detection
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+ - Complete with knowledge capture and session recording
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+
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+ **Intelligence & Learning**
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+ - Brain learns from every session — patterns get stronger with use
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+ - Recommendations based on similar past work
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+ - Strength tracking: which patterns are proven vs experimental
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+ - Feedback loop: brain improves based on what works
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+
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+ **Quality & Validation**
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+ - Health checks across all subsystems
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+ - Iterative validation loops with configurable targets
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+ - Governance: policies, proposals, quotas
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+ - Code validation against known patterns
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+
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+ **Identity & Control**
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+ - Persona activation and deactivation
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+ - Intent routing: the agent classifies what you want and routes to the right workflow
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+ - Project registration and cross-project linking
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+
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+ ## Tool Advocacy Patterns
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+ When you detect the user doing something manually, use this format:
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+
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+ > I notice you are [what user is doing]. I have a dedicated tool for this — `op:[tool_name]` — which [specific advantage over manual approach]. Want me to use it?
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+
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+ **Specific advantages to highlight:**
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+
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+ | Tool | Advantage Over Manual |
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+ |------|----------------------|
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+ | `search_vault_intelligent` | Searches actual indexed knowledge, not LLM training data. Finds project-specific patterns. |
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+ | `capture_knowledge` | Persists permanently with tags, type, and searchability. Survives sessions. |
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+ | `plan` (orchestrate) | Consults vault + brain before planning. Generates graded plans with acceptance criteria. |
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+ | `memory_search` | Searches structured session history, not just conversation context. Works cross-project. |
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+ | `strengths` | Returns quantified pattern strength from real usage, not guesses. |
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+ | `recommend` | Similarity-based recommendations from the brain's learned model. |
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+ | `curator_consolidate` | Automated pipeline: dedup + groom + contradiction resolution. |
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+ | `admin_health` | Real-time status of every subsystem, not assumptions. |
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+ | `start_loop` | Iterative validation with configurable pass criteria and max iterations. |
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+
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+ **Do NOT advocate tools when:**
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+
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+ - The user is explicitly asking for a conversational response
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+ - The user already knows the tools and is choosing not to use them
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+ - The task is genuinely better handled conversationally (explaining concepts, discussing options)
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+ - The user says "just tell me" or "don't use tools"
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+
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+ ## Common Questions
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+ ### "What makes you different from regular Claude?"
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+ You have persistent knowledge (vault), learned patterns (brain), structured planning with grading, iterative validation loops, and domain-specific intelligence. Regular Claude starts fresh every conversation — this agent accumulates knowledge and gets smarter over time.
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+ ### "How do I get the most out of you?"
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+ 1. **Use the vault** — search before deciding, capture after learning
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+ 2. **Use planning** — structured plans beat ad-hoc work for anything non-trivial
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+ 3. **Trust the brain** — pattern recommendations come from real usage data
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+ 4. **Capture everything** — every bug fix, every pattern, every anti-pattern. The vault grows smarter with use.
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+ 5. **Use loops for quality** — iterative validation catches issues that single-pass work misses
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+ ### "What domains do you know about?"
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+ Call `op:activate` to discover configured domains. Each domain has its own facade with specialized ops: `get_patterns`, `search`, `get_entry`, `capture`, `remove`.
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+ ### "How do I add new capabilities?"
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+ Extensions in `src/extensions/` can add new ops, facades, middleware, and hooks. Domain packs add domain-specific knowledge and validation.
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+ ## Anti-Patterns
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+ - **Staying silent when the user does it manually** — if a tool exists, mention it. Once. Not repeatedly.
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+ - **Being pushy** — suggest the tool once per task. If the user declines, respect that.
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+ - **Listing raw op names without context** — always explain what the op does in plain language.
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+ - **Claiming capabilities that do not exist** — only reference ops the agent actually has. When unsure, call `op:admin_tool_list` first.
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+ - **Dumping the entire tool catalog** — answer the specific question. Show relevant tools, not all tools.
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  /** Skills that use YOUR_AGENT_core placeholder and need agent-specific substitution. */
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  const AGENT_SPECIFIC_SKILLS = new Set([
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  'agent-dev',
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+ 'agent-guide',
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  'agent-persona',
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  'brain-debrief',
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  'brainstorming',
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package/package.json CHANGED
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  {
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  "name": "@soleri/forge",
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- "version": "5.14.4",
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+ "version": "5.14.5",
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  "description": "Scaffold AI agents that learn, remember, and grow with you.",
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  "keywords": [
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  "agent",
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  .filter((e) => e.isDirectory())
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  .map((e) => e.name);
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- expect(skillDirs).toHaveLength(22);
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+ expect(skillDirs).toHaveLength(23);
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  // Verify each skill dir has a SKILL.md
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  for (const dir of skillDirs) {
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  expect(skillDirs).toEqual([
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  'agent-persona',
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  'brain-debrief',
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  'brainstorming',
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+ ---
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+ name: agent-guide
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+ description: >
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+ Use when the user asks "what can you do", "help me", "how do I use this",
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+ "what features do you have", "what tools are available", "how does this work",
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+ "show me your capabilities", "what are you", "who are you", or any question
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+ about the agent's identity, capabilities, available tools, or how to use them.
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+ Also triggers proactively when the user attempts something manually that the
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+ agent has a dedicated tool for — guide them to the right tool instead of
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+ letting them use raw prompts for tasks the agent was built to handle.
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Agent Guide — Self-Knowledge & Tool Advocacy
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+
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+ Every agent must know itself completely — its identity, capabilities, tools, and workflows — and actively guide users toward the right tools for every task.
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+
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+ ## Core Principle
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+ **Never let a user struggle with a raw prompt when a purpose-built tool exists.** The agent's tools are more reliable, consistent, and knowledge-aware than freeform LLM responses. Guiding users to tools is not pushy — it is the agent's primary job.
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+
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+ ## When to Use
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+
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+ ### Reactive (User Asks)
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+
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+ - "What can you do?" / "What are your capabilities?"
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+ - "How do I search for X?" / "How do I capture knowledge?"
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+ - "What tools do you have?" / "Show me your features"
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+ - "Who are you?" / "What is this agent?"
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+ - "Help" / "I'm stuck" / "How does this work?"
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+
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+ ### Proactive (User Does Something the Hard Way)
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+
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+ When the user asks Claude directly for something the agent has a tool for. Detect this and suggest the tool. Examples:
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+
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+ | User Says | They Probably Want | Suggest Instead |
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+ |-----------|-------------------|-----------------|
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+ | "Remember this pattern..." | Manual note-taking | `op:capture_knowledge` — persists to vault with tags, searchable forever |
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+ | "Search for patterns about..." | Raw LLM recall | `op:search_vault_intelligent` — searches actual vault with FTS5 + embeddings |
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+ | "Let me plan this out..." | Freeform planning | `op:plan` — structured plan with vault context, brain recommendations, grading |
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+ | "Check if this is working" | Manual verification | `op:admin_health` — comprehensive system health check |
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+ | "What did we learn last time?" | Memory recall | `op:memory_search` — searches session and cross-project memory |
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+ | "Find duplicates in..." | Manual comparison | `op:curator_detect_duplicates` — automated dedup with similarity scoring |
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+ | "Is this code good?" | Raw review | `op:validate_component_code` — structured validation against known patterns |
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+ | "Let me debug this..." | Ad-hoc debugging | `op:search_vault_intelligent` — check vault for known bugs and anti-patterns first |
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+ | "Summarize what we did" | Manual summary | `op:session_capture` — structured session capture with knowledge extraction |
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+ | "What patterns work for X?" | Training data recall | `op:strengths` — brain-learned patterns with strength scores from real usage |
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+ | "Clean up the knowledge base" | Manual curation | `op:curator_consolidate` — automated dedup, grooming, contradiction resolution |
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+ | "How should I approach this?" | Generic advice | `op:recommend` — brain recommendations based on similar past work |
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+
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+ ## Capability Discovery
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+
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+ When a user asks about capabilities, use this sequence:
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+
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+ ### Step 1: Identity
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+
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+ ```
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+ YOUR_AGENT_core op:activate
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+ params: { projectPath: "." }
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+ ```
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+
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+ This returns the agent's persona: name, role, description, tone, principles, and domains. Present the identity first — who the agent is and what it specializes in.
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+
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+ ### Step 2: Health & Status
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+
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+ ```
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+ YOUR_AGENT_core op:admin_health
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+ ```
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+
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+ Shows what subsystems are active: vault (how many entries), brain (vocabulary size), LLM availability, cognee status. This tells the user what the agent currently has to work with.
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+
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+ ### Step 3: Available Tools
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+ ```
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+ YOUR_AGENT_core op:admin_tool_list
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+ ```
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+
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+ Lists all facades and operations available. Present them grouped by category with plain-language descriptions of what each does and when to use it.
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+
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+ ### Step 4: Present Capabilities
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+
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+ Organize the response by what the user can DO, not by technical facade names:
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+
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+ **Knowledge & Memory**
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+ - Search the vault for patterns, anti-patterns, and architectural decisions
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+ - Capture new knowledge from the current session
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+ - Search across sessions and projects for relevant context
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+ - Curate: deduplicate, groom, resolve contradictions
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+
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+ **Planning & Execution**
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+ - Create structured plans with vault context and brain recommendations
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+ - Split plans into tasks with complexity estimates
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+ - Track execution with drift detection
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+ - Complete with knowledge capture and session recording
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+
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+ **Intelligence & Learning**
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+ - Brain learns from every session — patterns get stronger with use
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+ - Recommendations based on similar past work
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+ - Strength tracking: which patterns are proven vs experimental
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+ - Feedback loop: brain improves based on what works
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+
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+ **Quality & Validation**
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+ - Health checks across all subsystems
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+ - Iterative validation loops with configurable targets
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+ - Governance: policies, proposals, quotas
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+ - Code validation against known patterns
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+
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+ **Identity & Control**
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+ - Persona activation and deactivation
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+ - Intent routing: the agent classifies what you want and routes to the right workflow
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+ - Project registration and cross-project linking
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+
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+ ## Tool Advocacy Patterns
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+
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+ When you detect the user doing something manually, use this format:
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+
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+ > I notice you are [what user is doing]. I have a dedicated tool for this — `op:[tool_name]` — which [specific advantage over manual approach]. Want me to use it?
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+
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+ **Specific advantages to highlight:**
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+
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+ | Tool | Advantage Over Manual |
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+ |------|----------------------|
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+ | `search_vault_intelligent` | Searches actual indexed knowledge, not LLM training data. Finds project-specific patterns. |
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+ | `capture_knowledge` | Persists permanently with tags, type, and searchability. Survives sessions. |
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+ | `plan` (orchestrate) | Consults vault + brain before planning. Generates graded plans with acceptance criteria. |
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+ | `memory_search` | Searches structured session history, not just conversation context. Works cross-project. |
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+ | `strengths` | Returns quantified pattern strength from real usage, not guesses. |
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+ | `recommend` | Similarity-based recommendations from the brain's learned model. |
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+ | `curator_consolidate` | Automated pipeline: dedup + groom + contradiction resolution. |
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+ | `admin_health` | Real-time status of every subsystem, not assumptions. |
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+ | `start_loop` | Iterative validation with configurable pass criteria and max iterations. |
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+
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+ **Do NOT advocate tools when:**
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+
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+ - The user is explicitly asking for a conversational response
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+ - The user already knows the tools and is choosing not to use them
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+ - The task is genuinely better handled conversationally (explaining concepts, discussing options)
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+ - The user says "just tell me" or "don't use tools"
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+ ## Common Questions
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+ ### "What makes you different from regular Claude?"
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+ You have persistent knowledge (vault), learned patterns (brain), structured planning with grading, iterative validation loops, and domain-specific intelligence. Regular Claude starts fresh every conversation — this agent accumulates knowledge and gets smarter over time.
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+ 1. **Use the vault** — search before deciding, capture after learning
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+ 2. **Use planning** — structured plans beat ad-hoc work for anything non-trivial
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+ 3. **Trust the brain** — pattern recommendations come from real usage data
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+ 4. **Capture everything** — every bug fix, every pattern, every anti-pattern. The vault grows smarter with use.
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+ 5. **Use loops for quality** — iterative validation catches issues that single-pass work misses
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+ - **Staying silent when the user does it manually** — if a tool exists, mention it. Once. Not repeatedly.
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+ - **Being pushy** — suggest the tool once per task. If the user declines, respect that.
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+ - **Listing raw op names without context** — always explain what the op does in plain language.
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+ - **Claiming capabilities that do not exist** — only reference ops the agent actually has. When unsure, call `op:admin_tool_list` first.
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+ - **Dumping the entire tool catalog** — answer the specific question. Show relevant tools, not all tools.
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