write-notes
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Write or update repo notes (prefer README/notes/debug-notes.md in this repo, or README/Notes if present). Use when the user wants debugging notes, investigation notes, audit notes, or institutional memory captured in the repo. Prefer updating the right high-level notes document over creating a fresh file for every session. Do not use for plans, long-form guides, or inline code comments.
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
8 rules. About 0 are common, 8 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
0
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 28
Read references/index.md first.
- Distinctive: line 31
update the right high-level domain note file
- Distinctive: line 32
add a new issue section inside that file
- Distinctive: line 33
keep the issue self-contained with the notes-template structure
- Distinctive: line 34
Create a new notes file only when the topic is durable enough to deserve its own entry point:
- Distinctive: line 39
Use topic-based names for new files.
- Distinctive: line 41
Keep the note high signal:
- Distinctive: line 48
Keep active issues near the top.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 308,232 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Write Notes
Purpose
Capture useful institutional memory without creating note sprawl. In gemma-tuner-multimodal, default to README/notes/debug-notes.md unless the repo already uses another agreed layout.
Use When
- The user wants a bug, investigation, audit, or debugging trail captured in repo notes.
- A change should leave behind durable troubleshooting context.
- An existing notes bundle should be updated with a new issue section.
Do Not Use When
- The user wants a plan.
- The output belongs in a guide or
README.mdinstead of session notes. - The content is really inline code documentation.
- The note would be throwaway session chatter with no lasting value.
Procedure
- Read references/index.md first.
- Scan
README/notes/debug-notes.mdand, if present,README/Notes/for the best existing home before creating any new file. - Default to consolidation:
- update the right high-level domain note file
- add a new issue section inside that file
- keep the issue self-contained with the notes-template structure
- Create a new notes file only when the topic is durable enough to deserve its
own entry point:
- recurring subsystem problem
- cross-cutting audit
- report likely to be searched directly later
- Use topic-based names for new files. Do not create a new file just because there is a new date or session.
- Keep the note high signal:
- summary
- symptom
- root cause or
TBD - related guides
- fix or current status
- verification or next step
- Keep active issues near the top. Convert fixed issues to resolved status and prune dead investigation branches after resolution.
References
Read references/index.md first.
Handoff Rules
- Hand off to
markdownwhen the real task is markdown cleanup rather than note placement or note structure. - Hand off to
create-planwhen the user wants a real implementation plan instead of notes.
Other versions1 project uses a version of this.
Word for word · 0
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Edited · 0
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Wrote their own version · 1
- linzch23/write-notes★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
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