Flywheel

Flywheel Skill

Monitor the knowledge flywheel health.

The Flywheel Model

Sessions → Transcripts → Forge → Pool → Promote → Knowledge
     ↑                                               │
     └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                    Future sessions find it

Velocity = Rate of knowledge flowing through Friction = Bottlenecks slowing the flywheel

Execution Steps

Given /flywheel:

Step 1: Measure Knowledge Pools

# Count learnings
LEARNINGS=$(ls .agents/learnings/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l)

# Count patterns
PATTERNS=$(ls .agents/patterns/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l)

# Count research
RESEARCH=$(ls .agents/research/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l)

# Count retros
RETROS=$(ls .agents/retros/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l)

echo "Learnings: $LEARNINGS"
echo "Patterns: $PATTERNS"
echo "Research: $RESEARCH"
echo "Retros: $RETROS"

Step 2: Check Recent Activity

# Recent learnings (last 7 days)
find .agents/learnings/ -mtime -7 2>/dev/null | wc -l

# Recent research
find .agents/research/ -mtime -7 2>/dev/null | wc -l

Step 3: Detect Staleness

# Old artifacts (> 30 days without modification)
find .agents/ -name "*.md" -mtime +30 2>/dev/null | wc -l

Step 4: Check ao CLI Status

ao forge status 2>/dev/null || echo "ao CLI not available"

Step 5: Write Health Report

Write to: .agents/flywheel-status.md

# Knowledge Flywheel Health

**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD

## Pool Depths
| Pool | Count | Recent (7d) |
|------|-------|-------------|
| Learnings | <count> | <count> |
| Patterns | <count> | <count> |
| Research | <count> | <count> |
| Retros | <count> | <count> |

## Velocity (Last 7 Days)
- Sessions with extractions: <count>
- New learnings: <count>
- New patterns: <count>

## Health Status
<Healthy/Warning/Critical>

## Friction Points
- <issue 1>
- <issue 2>

## Recommendations
1. <recommendation>
2. <recommendation>

Step 6: Report to User

Tell the user:

1. Overall flywheel health
2. Knowledge pool depths
3. Recent activity
4. Any friction points
5. Recommendations

Health Indicators

Key Rules

• Monitor regularly - flywheel needs attention
• Address friction - bottlenecks slow compounding
• Feed the flywheel - run /retro and /post-mortem
• Prune stale knowledge - archive old artifacts