Wiki Update
After a session, update the project's vault/ so future sessions have the context.
When to Run
The session did at least one of:
- Made an architectural decision →
vault/decisions/ADR-NNN.md - Learned who owns a system →
vault/people/<name>.md+ link fromvault/services/<svc>.md - Fixed an incident →
vault/incidents/YYYY-MM-DD-<short>.mdwith root cause + fix + invariant to add toAGENTS.md - Added a term of art →
vault/glossary.md - Chose a library / service / pattern → capture the choice + the alternatives considered
If none of those happened, output "no wiki updates needed" and stop.
Process
- Read
vault/INDEX.mdto know the current shape of the wiki. - For each new fact, prefer updating an existing page. Only create new pages for genuinely new topics.
- Use
[[wikilinks]]between entities. If you reference a page that doesn't exist, create a stub with a "TODO" note. - Append-only. Never rewrite existing content. Mark stale sections with
> **Stale as of YYYY-MM-DD:** ...and add the new section below. - Update
vault/INDEX.mdwith any new pages. - Number ADRs sequentially — check the existing count in
vault/decisions/before picking a number. - Output a one-line summary of what you updated.
ADR Template
# ADR-NNN: <Decision title>
**Status:** Proposed | Accepted | Deprecated | Superseded by ADR-XXX
**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Author:** <name or @role>
## Context
Why are we deciding this now? What forces are at play?
## Decision
What are we doing?
## Consequences
### Positive
-
### Negative
-
### Neutral / Follow-up
-
## Alternatives Considered
- **<Alternative 1>** — rejected because...
- **<Alternative 2>** — rejected because...
Incident Template
# YYYY-MM-DD: <One-line title>
**Severity:** SEV1 | SEV2 | SEV3
**Duration:** X hours
**Customer impact:** <facts, numbers>
## Timeline
- HH:MM — first symptom observed
- HH:MM — on-call paged
- HH:MM — mitigation started
- HH:MM — resolved
## Root cause
One paragraph. Factual, not blame-assigning.
## Contributing factors
- Factor 1
- Factor 2
## What went well
-
## What could have gone better
-
## Action items
- [ ] **<Owner>** — <action> — by <date>
## Invariant to add to AGENTS.md
(If this incident reveals a rule that should be constitutional, write it here and add to AGENTS.md.)
Never
- Delete or rewrite existing vault content.
- Create duplicate pages — always search first.
- Assume you know something; read the code or session transcript first.
- Write a wiki entry that's longer than it needs to be. The wiki is for lookup, not narrative.