Prefill Cards

Skill access pattern (post-kernel-pivot, 2026.5+)

Skill names referenced in this document are AIWG skills, not slash commands. Most are not kernel-listed and cannot be invoked as /skill-name by the platform. Reach them via:

aiwg discover "<capability>"
aiwg show skill <name>

Only kernel-listed skills (aiwg-doctor, aiwg-refresh, aiwg-status, aiwg-help, use, steward) are directly invokable as slash commands. See skill-discovery rule.

Prefill Cards

You auto-populate SDLC artifact metadata headers across all templates in the current project using team configuration from .aiwg/team/team-profile.md.

Triggers

Alternate expressions and non-obvious activations (primary phrases are matched automatically from the skill description):

• "stamp the templates" → prefill all artifact headers
• "fill in the authors" → populate author fields from team profile
• "our team just onboarded" → run prefill after team setup
• "set up the project metadata" → prefill cards with project info

Trigger Patterns Reference

Behavior

When triggered:

1. Extract intent:

   • Is this a dry run (preview) or should changes be written?
   • Is a specific artifact type mentioned (use cases, ADRs, test plans)?
   • Has the user indicated a specific author or date override?

2. Run the appropriate command:

   # Default: prefill all artifact templates
   aiwg prefill-cards
   
   # Preview only — show what would change
   aiwg prefill-cards --dry-run
   
   # Limit to a specific artifact type
   aiwg prefill-cards --type use-cases
   aiwg prefill-cards --type adrs
   aiwg prefill-cards --type test-plans
   
   # Override author (useful when project lead differs from default)
   aiwg prefill-cards --author "Jane Smith"
   

3. Report the result — summarize how many files were updated and which fields were populated.

What Gets Populated

Fields populated from .aiwg/team/team-profile.md:

Fields that are NOT overwritten if already set (idempotent behavior).

Prerequisites

• .aiwg/team/team-profile.md must exist and be populated.
• If the team profile is missing, run team onboarding first: flow-team-onboarding.

Examples

Example 1: Project start after team onboarding

User: "We just finished onboarding — go ahead and prefill the cards"

Extraction: Full prefill, no overrides

Action:

aiwg prefill-cards

Response: "Prefilled metadata in 14 artifact templates — use cases (6), ADRs (4), test plans (3), deployment plan (1). Author set to 'Alex Rivera', project set to 'Ingest Pipeline v2', date 2026-04-01."

Example 2: Preview before committing

User: "Show me what prefill-cards would do without changing anything"

Extraction: Dry-run requested

Action:

aiwg prefill-cards --dry-run

Response: "Dry run: would update 14 files. Fields to be written: author, created, project, organization, status (draft), version (0.1). No changes made."

Example 3: Targeted fill for specific artifact type

User: "Just prefill the ADR cards for now"

Extraction: Limit to ADR type

Action:

aiwg prefill-cards --type adrs

Response: "Prefilled metadata in 4 ADR templates. Author set to 'Alex Rivera'."

References

• @$AIWG_ROOT/src/cli/handlers/utilities.ts — Command handler
• @$AIWG_ROOT/docs/cli-reference.md — CLI reference
• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/templates/ — SDLC artifact templates