Query the Wiki

The wiki exists so knowledge is compiled once and kept current, not re-derived from raw sources on every question. Read it in that order: index, then pages, then raw material only if the wiki genuinely cannot answer.

Step 0: Load configuration

Read .amplifyrc for paths.wiki and paths.sources. Read {vaultPath}/CLAUDE.md for the conventions.

Step 1: Read the index first

{wiki}/index.md is the catalog. Read it before opening anything else. It exists so you can find the three relevant pages without scanning two hundred files.

Pick the pages that plausibly bear on the question — including ones that might contradict the obvious answer.

Step 2: Read those pages

Open them. Follow [[links]] one hop when a page points at something clearly relevant. Do not crawl the whole graph.

Check the updated dates. A page that has not been touched since a source that supersedes it is worth flagging in the answer.

Step 3: Go to raw sources only if you must

If the wiki cannot answer, read the clippings in {sources}/. Then say so plainly: that is a gap, and the fix is a wiki page, not a longer answer. Offer to write it.

If this keeps happening on a topic, the wiki has a hole worth filling deliberately.

Step 4: Answer with citations

Cite wiki pages as [[Page Title]], inline, where the claim is made. The user should be able to click straight to the source of any sentence.

• Say what the wiki actually supports, and where it is thin.
• When pages disagree, say so and give both, rather than silently picking one.
• Separate what the sources claim from your own inference. Label the inference.
• No hedging filler. If the answer is uncertain, name the specific uncertainty.

Step 5: Offer to file what is worth keeping

If the answer produced a real comparison, a resolution, or a connection nobody had written down, it is a synthesis page. Offer to save it to {wiki}/Synthesis/:

---
tags: [relevant topics]
sources: [clipping filenames behind it]
created: [today]
updated: [today]
---

# [Title Case Question or Comparison]

[The question being resolved.]

## Where the evidence lands

[What each side holds, cited to [[pages]], and where it comes out.]

## Still open

[What would change the answer.]

Then add a line to {wiki}/index.md and append to {wiki}/log.md:

## [YYYY-MM-DD] query | [The question]
Answered from [[Page A]], [[Page B]]. Filed [[New Synthesis Page]].

Log the query even when nothing gets filed — a run of queries the wiki could not answer is the clearest signal of what to ingest next.