Wiki Knowledge Base - Master Skill

This is a comprehensive system for building and maintaining a personal wiki knowledge base using LLMs.

What This System Does

The LLM Wiki pattern differs from traditional RAG:

• RAG: LLM retrieves relevant chunks at query time, rediscovering knowledge from scratch
• Wiki: LLM incrementally builds and maintains a persistent wiki with cross-references already in place

Core Operations

This system provides 5 skills for wiki management:

1. wiki-init

Initialize a new wiki with:

• Two-layer architecture (wiki content, schema)
• Directory structure for entities, concepts, sources, syntheses
• Initial index.md and log.md
• CLAUDE.md schema with conventions

Note: Source files should be stored externally (e.g., in project's raw/ folder) - the wiki stores summaries and analysis, not copies of source documents.

Trigger: User wants to set up a new wiki

2. wiki-ingest

Process new sources:

• Read and analyze source documents
• Create source summary pages
• Update entity and concept pages
• Flag contradictions with existing claims
• Update index.md and log.md

Trigger: User adds a new source or wants to process a document

3. wiki-query

Answer questions against the wiki:

• Search index.md first
• Read relevant pages
• Synthesize answers with citations
• Support multiple output formats (markdown, tables, slides)
• File valuable answers back to wiki

Trigger: User asks questions about wiki content

4. wiki-lint

Health check the wiki:

• Find contradictions between pages
• Identify stale claims superseded by new sources
• Find orphan pages with no inbound links
• Detect missing pages for important concepts
• Identify missing cross-references
• Suggest data gaps to fill

Trigger: User wants to maintain or clean up the wiki

5. wiki-maintain

Manage wiki schema:

• Update CLAUDE.md conventions
• Modify page templates
• Refine workflows
• Add new page types

Trigger: User wants to update wiki rules or structure

Usage

Select the appropriate sub-skill based on the operation:

• New wiki? → wiki-init
• Adding content? → wiki-ingest
• Asking questions? → wiki-query
• Checking quality? → wiki-lint
• Updating rules? → wiki-maintain

Directory Structure

When initialized, the wiki follows this structure:

wiki/
├── entities/              # Entity pages
├── concepts/              # Concept pages
├── sources/              # Source summaries
├── syntheses/            # Cross-source syntheses
├── comparisons/          # Comparison analyses
├── overviews/            # Overview pages
├── schema/CLAUDE.md      # Wiki conventions
├── index.md              # Content catalog
└── log.md                # Operation log

# Source files should be stored in the project root's raw/ folder (or similar external location)

Key Concepts