# Knowledge Curation

> Context priming before work (bd prime) and self-reflection after completion to extract patterns, gotchas, and decisions into the knowledge base.

- Skill: `majiayu000/knowledge-curation` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add majiayu000/knowledge-curation`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/majiayu000/knowledge-curation/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: majiayu000 (https://skillmd.com/u/majiayu000)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/majiayu000/knowledge-curation

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# Knowledge Curation

## Overview

Two-phase knowledge management: prime context before work starts, and extract learnings after work completes. Knowledge persists in JSONL files for cross-session continuity.

## When to Use

- Before starting any work (prime mode)
- After completing work, BEFORE PR creation (reflect mode)
- When recovering from context loss (recovery priming)

## Knowledge Categories

| Category | File | Content |
|----------|------|---------|
| Critical Rules | facts.jsonl | MUST FOLLOW constraints |
| Gotchas | gotchas.jsonl | Common pitfalls |
| Patterns | patterns.jsonl | Codebase best practices |
| Decisions | decisions.jsonl | Architectural choices with rationale |
| Anti-Patterns | anti-patterns.jsonl | What NOT to do |
| Codebase Facts | codebase-facts.jsonl | Structural information |
| API Behaviors | api-behaviors.jsonl | Undocumented quirks |

## Process

### Prime Mode
1. Load knowledge base files for work type
2. Surface MUST FOLLOW rules first
3. Present GOTCHAS and PATTERNS
4. Load relevant DECISIONS

### Reflect Mode
1. Extract patterns from completed work
2. Identify gotchas from review failures
3. Record architectural decisions with rationale
4. Persist to .beads/knowledge/

## Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process: `methodologies/metaswarm/metaswarm-knowledge-cycle`