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id: getpaperclipai/paperclip/wiki-query
version: "73d3c056"
license: MIT
install: manual
updated: 2026-07-20
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# Wiki Query — Wiki Query answers questions grounded in your wiki's actual content, citing pages and raw sources as it goes. It reads your wiki's index and candidate pages, verifies claims against raw sources when needed, and structures answers with inline citations. When synthesis is required, it offers to file the work durably so knowledge compounds instead of disappearing into chat.

Publisher: getpaperclipai · Stars: 9 · Updated: 2026-07-20

Install (manual): `git clone https://github.com/getpaperclipai/paperclip`

## SKILL.md

# Wiki Query

Answer a question from what the wiki actually contains, with citations.

## Inputs

- An operation issue with `operationType: "query"` and the question in the body.
- The operation issue's target `wikiId`, `spaceSlug`, and space root.

## Workflow

1. **Open the target space's `wiki/index.md` first** — it is the navigation aid. Identify candidate pages.
2. **Read the candidate pages** end to end with `wiki_read_page`, always passing the operation issue's `wikiId` and `spaceSlug`. Follow `[[wiki-links]]` to neighbouring pages when the question spans entities or concepts.
3. **Inspect raw sources** when a wiki page's claim feels thin. The wiki points to `raw/` precisely so you can verify before answering. Use `wiki_read_source`.
4. **Answer the question** in the operation issue thread. Structure:
   - Direct answer first, in 1–4 sentences.
   - Then the supporting facts as bullet points, each with an inline citation: `(see [[wiki/concepts/managed-resources]])` or `(see raw/<filename>)`.
   - If you needed to read a raw source the wiki did not summarise, name that as a gap.
5. **Decide whether the answer is durable.** If the question forced you to do real synthesis (a comparison, a tradeoff, a definition of something that isn't already a page), offer to file it under `wiki/synthesis/<slug>.md`. Do not write the synthesis page silently — it is opt-in. If the user accepts, write the page, link it from `wiki/index.md`, and append a `query | filed synthesis` log entry.
6. **When the wiki cannot answer**, say so plainly. Suggest a source the user should ingest, a Paperclip project that would help if distilled, or a web lookup. Never bluff.

## Voice

- Lead with the answer.
- Cite as you go, not in a footnote block at the end.
- Use the wiki's terse, factual voice. The query response is itself a candidate for filing into `wiki/synthesis/`.

## Verification

Before closing the operation issue:

- [ ] Every claim in the answer cites a wiki page or raw source.
- [ ] If the wiki was insufficient, that is stated directly with a concrete next step (ingest source X, distill project Y, web search Z).
- [ ] If you wrote a synthesis page, `wiki/index.md` lists it and `wiki/log.md` has a `query | filed synthesis` entry.
- [ ] No file under `raw/` was modified.

## Tools

`wiki_search`, `wiki_read_page`, `wiki_list_sources`, `wiki_read_source`, `wiki_write_page` (only when filing synthesis). Always include the operation issue's `wikiId` and `spaceSlug`.


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