Agent Skills: Project Doc Bootstrap Refresh

Project Doc Bootstrap Refresh

Goal

Create or update the project bootstrap doc set with accurate, evidence-based project details.

This skill is a bootstrap generator, not a gate by itself. Gate logic belongs in project-contract-gate. This is a maintenance utility, not part of the default implementation chain.

Workflow

1. Locate the base files.

   • If .claude/PROJECT.md exists, use it as the base; preserve custom rules and update facts.
   • If missing, create .claude/ if needed and copy assets/PROJECT.template.md to .claude/PROJECT.md.
   • For project reference docs, create missing files from these assets:
     • assets/WORKFLOW.README.template.md -> workflow/README.md
     • assets/DESIGN.README.template.md -> docs/design/README.md
     • assets/GLOSSARY.README.template.md -> docs/glossary/README.md
     • assets/DAILY.README.template.md -> docs/daily/README.md
     • assets/TEST_GUIDE.template.md -> TEST_GUIDE.md
     • assets/ANALYSIS.README.template.md -> docs/analysis/README.md

2. Collect signals from the repository.

   • Read README.md and any project docs.
   • Identify the stack from config files: package.json, pyproject.toml, go.mod, Cargo.toml, build.gradle, pom.xml, Gemfile, requirements.txt, Makefile, or Taskfile.
   • Extract run/build/test/lint commands from scripts or tooling.
   • Inspect the top-level directory structure and key entrypoints.
   • Locate API routes/controllers and data models (search for route, router, controller, handler, model, schema).
   • Find auth configuration (search for auth, jwt, session, oauth).
   • Note environment variable usage (search for ENV, process.env, os.environ, dotenv).
   • Identify shared design systems, token files, component libraries, or UI primitives.
   • Identify canonical domain terminology from product docs, route names, navigation labels, and schema names.
   • Identify ambiguous or conflicting domain terms and choose canonical aliases only when evidence supports the choice.
   • Identify the real test entrypoints, CI checks, smoke/regression commands, and any manual QA flows.
   • Identify workflow expectations such as branch naming, worktree usage, required scripts, release flow, or PR rules from existing docs or scripts.

3. Update the bootstrap doc set.

   • .claude/PROJECT.md
   • Fill the overview (name, stack, primary language).
   • Summarize core rules and conventions.
   • Record project-local adapter boundaries, including project identity and knowledge/verification contract locations when present.
   • Document directory structure (top-level + key subdirectories).
   • Document API/data patterns, auth, and docs paths.
   • Add concrete commands for dev/build/lint/test/typecheck.
   • workflow/README.md
     • Record the official development flow, role split, standard entry scripts/commands, and document priority.
   • docs/design/README.md
     • Record shared UI/system rules, component or token conventions, and how to handle new design patterns.
   • docs/glossary/README.md
     • Record canonical terms, definitions, aliases to avoid, relationships between terms, and the update rule for new terms.
     • Keep terms domain-facing; skip class/function names unless they are also product language.
     • Add TODOs instead of inventing definitions when the repository uses a term inconsistently.
   • docs/daily/README.md
     • Record daily log structure, required files, minimum required events, and escalation/handoff notes.
   • TEST_GUIDE.md
     • Record test commands, scope strategy, environments, manual QA rules, and what must run before completion.
   • docs/analysis/README.md
     • Record how to structure impact analysis, architecture notes, and investigation writeups.

4. Output.

   • Save the refreshed bootstrap docs.
   • Provide a short summary and list any gaps/questions.
   • Report whether the minimum contract sections are now ready for orchestration:
     • overview
     • commands
     • testing rules
     • structure/patterns
     • git workflow
     • core rules / boundaries
     • project reference docs

Guardrails

• Do not invent details; base every statement on files found.
• If information is missing, add TODOs or ask for confirmation.
• Keep content concise and project-specific.
• Preserve user-written project docs; extend or refresh them instead of rewriting from scratch when possible.
• Do not create ADRs during bootstrap unless a hard-to-reverse, surprising, trade-off decision is already documented by the project.

Project Knowledge Boundary

Bootstrap docs may define or point to .claude/project.identity.yaml, .claude/knowledge.contract.yaml, .claude/verification.contract.yaml, and project prompt files. They must not import raw MemoryGraph/KG/ontology/log/transcript payloads. If knowledge state is unavailable, write TODOs and contract references instead of fabricating facts.