arscontexta

Apply plugin knowledge base updates to an existing generated system. Consults the Ars Contexta research graph for methodology improvements, proposes skill upgrades with research justification. Never auto-implements. Triggers on "/upgrade", "upgrade skills", "check for improvements", "update methodology".

Interactive walkthrough for new users. Learn by doing — each step creates real content in your vault. Three tracks (researcher, manager, personal) with a universal learning arc. Triggers on "/tutorial", "walk me through", "how do I use this".

Scaffold a complete knowledge system. Detects platform, conducts conversation, derives configuration, generates everything. Validates against 15 kernel primitives. Triggers on "/setup", "/setup --advanced", "set up my knowledge system", "create my vault".

Re-derive your knowledge system from first principles when structural drift accumulates. Analyzes dimension incoherence, vocabulary mismatch, boundary dissolution, and template divergence. Preserves all content while restructuring architecture.

Get research-backed architecture advice for your knowledge system. Describe your use case, constraints, and goals — get specific recommendations grounded in TFT research with rationale for each decision. Triggers on "/recommend", "what would you recommend", "architecture advice", "knowledge system for".

Contextual guidance and command discovery. Three modes — narrative (first-time), contextual (mid-task), compact (quick reference). Shows available commands, active skills, and intelligent suggestions based on vault state. Triggers on "/help", "what can I do", "show commands", "how does this work".

Run condition-based vault health diagnostics. 8 categories — schema compliance, orphan detection, link health, description quality, three-space boundaries, processing throughput, stale notes, MOC coherence. 3 modes — quick (schema+orphans+links), full (all 8), three-space (boundary violations only). Returns actionable FAIL/WARN/PASS report with specific fixes ranked by impact. Triggers on "/health", "check vault health", "maintenance report", "what needs fixing".

Query the bundled research knowledge graph for methodology guidance. Routes questions through a 3-tier knowledge base — WHY (research claims), HOW (guidance docs), WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE (domain examples) — plus structured reference documents. Returns research-backed answers grounded in specific claims with practical application to the user's system. Triggers on "/ask", "/ask [question]", "why does my system...", "how should I...".

Research-backed evolution advice for your knowledge system. Analyzes health reports, friction patterns, and derivation history to propose specific changes with research justification. Never auto-implements — proposals require your approval.

Add a new knowledge domain to your existing system. Derives domain-specific configuration through conversation, generates domain folders, templates, and vocabulary while preserving and connecting to your existing architecture.

Combined verification — recite (description quality via cold-read prediction) + validate (schema compliance) + review (health checks). Use as a quality gate after creating notes or as periodic maintenance. Triggers on "/verify", "/verify [note]", "verify note quality", "check note health".

Schema validation for notes. Checks against domain-specific templates. Validates required fields, enum values, description quality, and link health. Non-blocking — warns but doesn't prevent capture. Triggers on "/validate", "/validate [note]", "check schema", "validate note", "validate all".

View and manage the task stack and processing queue. Shows pending work, active tasks, completed items, and queue state. Triggers on "/tasks", "show tasks", "what's pending", "task list", "queue status".

Show vault statistics and knowledge graph metrics. Provides a shareable snapshot of vault health, growth, and progress. Triggers on "/stats", "vault stats", "show metrics", "how big is my vault".

Add a source file to the processing queue. Checks for duplicates, creates archive folder, moves source from inbox, creates extract task, and updates queue. Triggers on "/seed", "/seed [file]", "queue this for processing".

Update old notes with new connections. The backward pass that /reflect doesn't do. Revisit existing notes that predate newer related content, add connections, sharpen claims, consider splits. Triggers on "/reweave", "/reweave [note]", "update old notes", "backward connections", "revisit notes".

Challenge system assumptions against accumulated evidence. Triages observations and tensions, detects patterns, generates proposals. The scientific method applied to knowledge systems. Triggers on "/rethink", "review observations", "challenge assumptions", "what have I learned".

Capture friction as methodology notes. Three modes — explicit description, contextual (review recent corrections), session mining (scan transcripts for patterns). Triggers on "/remember", "/remember [description]".

Find connections between notes and update MOCs. Requires semantic judgment to identify genuine relationships. Use after /reduce creates notes, when exploring connections, or when a topic needs synthesis. Triggers on "/reflect", "/reflect [note]", "find connections", "update MOCs", "connect these notes".

Plan vault restructuring from config changes. Compares config.yaml against derivation.md, identifies dimension shifts, shows restructuring plan, executes on approval. Triggers on "/refactor", "restructure vault".

Extract structured knowledge from source material. Comprehensive extraction is the default — every insight that serves the domain gets extracted. For domain-relevant sources, skip rate must be below 10%. Zero extraction from a domain-relevant source is a BUG. Triggers on "/reduce", "/reduce [file]", "extract insights", "mine this", "process this".

Queue processing with fresh context per phase. Processes N tasks from the queue, spawning isolated subagents to prevent context contamination. Supports serial, parallel, batch filter, and dry run modes. Triggers on "/ralph", "/ralph N", "process queue", "run pipeline tasks".

End-to-end source processing -- seed, reduce, process all claims through reflect/reweave/verify, archive. The full pipeline in one command. Triggers on "/pipeline", "/pipeline [file]", "process this end to end", "full pipeline".

Surface the most valuable next action by combining task stack, queue state, inbox pressure, health, and goals. Recommends one specific action with rationale. Triggers on "/next", "what should I do", "what's next".

Research a topic and grow your knowledge graph. Uses Exa deep researcher, web search, or basic search to investigate topics, files results with full provenance, and chains to processing pipeline. Triggers on "/learn", "/learn [topic]", "research this", "find out about".