Mpt Ext Task Update Docs From Changes

Update Docs From Changes

Purpose

Bring repository documentation (docs/*, README.md, AGENTS.md) up to date with a specific set of code changes, following the shared documentation guideline.

Use When

• Code or behaviour changed and the matching documentation must be updated.
• The user wants documentation regenerated from unstaged, uncommitted, last-commit, or branch-diff changes.
• A change is ready for review and its documentation impact must be reflected first.

Do Not Use When

• The repository has no documentation yet and the full required set must be authored from scratch (use mpt-ext-task-write-documentation).
• The task is to commit, open a pull request, or transition Jira state.
• The task is to verify documentation without editing it.

Inputs

• A target repository that is a Git working tree with history.
• The change source to document:
  • unstaged: working tree vs index
  • uncommitted: working tree vs HEAD (staged + unstaged)
  • last-commit: HEAD~1..HEAD
  • branch-diff: <base>...HEAD (base defaults to origin/main)
• Optional base ref when the source is branch-diff.
• Installed shared package root when shared guidance is needed:

${MPT_EXTENSION_SKILLS_HOME:-$HOME/.mpt-extension-skills}/current

Workflow

1. Build repository context first.

• Read the target repository AGENTS.md once per session. If you already loaded it earlier in this session and still have its full contents, reuse them instead of re-reading; if the context was summarized or you are unsure it is complete, read it again. Do not pre-load shared docs in this step; read them lazily only when the repository points to them.
• Read repository-specific docs when they exist, because they may extend or override shared guidance.
• Read shared docs required by this skill (see Shared References) regardless of repository pointers; read additional shared docs only when the repository explicitly points to them.
• Resolve shared docs from ${MPT_EXTENSION_SKILLS_HOME:-$HOME/.mpt-extension-skills}/current when available; otherwise read them from the main branch of the shared GitHub repository.

2. Determine the change source.

• Use the source the user requested.
• If the source is ambiguous, ask the user before running. For branch-diff, confirm the base ref.

3. Collect the change set with the bundled script.

python3 "${MPT_EXTENSION_SKILLS_HOME:-$HOME/.mpt-extension-skills}/current/skills/mpt-ext-task-update-docs-from-changes/scripts/collect_changes.py" \
  --source branch-diff --base origin/main

• Use affected_docs to know which documents each changed path most likely affects.
• Use missing_doc_updates to see which affected docs were not yet touched in this change set.
• Treat always_review (README.md, AGENTS.md) as documents that need a judgement call, because behaviour and structure changes affecting them are not detectable from paths.
• Treat unmapped_code as changes with no default mapping; decide their documentation impact manually. Modified (not added or deleted) source files map to docs/architecture.md only through a structural signal, so ordinary edits land here for a manual call rather than flooding missing_doc_updates.
• Treat stale_doc_references as likely-stale references: each entry is an existing document that still mentions a path removed or renamed in this change set; confirm and fix or remove the reference.

4. Update the affected documents.

• For each affected document, read the current document and the actual change content, then edit only what the change affects.
• Follow standards/documentation.md for structure, topic boundaries, and required-set expectations.
• Do not duplicate shared standards; link to them and document only repository-specific behaviour, exceptions, or context.
• Update README.md navigation and AGENTS.md reading order only when structure, entry points, or public behaviour actually changed.

5. Report the result.

• List the documents updated and the change paths that drove each update.
• List affected documents you intentionally left unchanged, with a short reason.
• Surface anything that needs human judgement (for example a behaviour change whose user-facing impact is unclear).

Guardrails

• Never document behaviour that is not present in the change set; do not invent features or future plans.
• Never duplicate shared engineering rules that already live in standards/; link to them instead.
• Never edit documentation unrelated to the change set.
• Never reproduce the deterministic change collection in prose; always use the bundled script.
• Never stage, commit, push, open a pull request, or change Jira state in this task; the invoking workflow stages the updated documentation files.
• Keep edits minimal and scoped to the change; do not rewrite untouched sections.

Shared References

• standards/documentation.md: required documentation set, structure, and authoring rules.

Bundled Resources

• scripts/collect_changes.py
  • Inputs: --source {unstaged,uncommitted,last-commit,branch-diff}, optional --base
  • Output: JSON with source, base, changed_files, code_changes, doc_changes, affected_docs, missing_doc_updates, always_review, and unmapped_code
  • Runtime path: ${MPT_EXTENSION_SKILLS_HOME:-$HOME/.mpt-extension-skills}/current/skills/mpt-ext-task-update-docs-from-changes/scripts/collect_changes.py

Expected Outcome

The documentation affected by the given change set is updated in line with standards/documentation.md, README/AGENTS are adjusted only when structure or behaviour changed, and the result clearly states what was updated and what was intentionally left unchanged.