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Merge local paper changes back to the shared ~/.common-law/ global state. Use when the user asks to upstream changes, sync bib entries, or merge writing guide modifications. Presents a list of local modifications and lets the user select what to merge.

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name	law-upstream
description	Merge local paper changes back to the shared ~/.common-law/ global state. Use when the user asks to upstream changes, sync bib entries, or merge writing guide modifications. Presents a list of local modifications and lets the user select what to merge.

LAW Upstream

Merge local paper modifications back to ~/.common-law/. This keeps the global bib file, writing guide, and build scripts in sync across all papers.

What gets tracked

Three categories of local changes:

New bib entries — citations added to the paper's refs.bib that don't exist in ~/.common-law/bib/refs.bib
CLAUDE.md changes — modifications to the writing guide (excluding the "Paper Narrative" section)
Script changes — modifications to build.sh, build.bat, or verify.sh

Workflow

Step 1: Scan for changes

Run scripts/upstream-bib.sh to find new bib entries and scripts/upstream-claude.sh to find CLAUDE.md changes.

For script changes, diff the paper's scripts against the skill's canonical copies.

Step 2: Present options to user

Show a grouped list:

Changes ready to upstream:

[Bib entries — 3 new]
  1. extraref1 — "Machine Learning for Resource Management..." (Garcia, EuroSys 2025)
  2. extraref2 — "Reinforcement Learning for Cluster Scheduling" (Nguyen, MLSys 2024)
  3. extraref3 — "A Formal Analysis of Joint..." (Tanaka, PER 2025)

[CLAUDE.md changes]
  4. Added "No hyphens" rule to Hard Prohibitions section

[Script changes]
  (none)

Select items to upstream (e.g., "1,2,4" or "all"):

Step 3: Merge selected changes

Bib entries: append to ~/.common-law/bib/refs.bib, deduplicate by citation key
CLAUDE.md: strip the "Paper Narrative" section and everything below it, then merge changes into ~/.common-law/paper-style/CLAUDE.md
Scripts: copy to the corresponding skill's scripts/ directory

Step 4: Report

Tell the user exactly what was merged and where.

Prompted by other skills

After law-write or law-revise sessions that add citations, ask: "You added N new citations. Upstream them to the global bib?"

The user can say yes, no, or "later." Do not push.

Scripts

scripts/upstream-bib.sh — finds new bib entries and handles deduplication
scripts/upstream-claude.sh — diffs CLAUDE.md and strips the narrative section

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name	law-upstream
description	Merge local paper changes back to the shared ~/.common-law/ global state. Use when the user asks to upstream changes, sync bib entries, or merge writing guide modifications. Presents a list of local modifications and lets the user select what to merge.

LAW Upstream

Merge local paper modifications back to ~/.common-law/. This keeps the global bib file, writing guide, and build scripts in sync across all papers.

What gets tracked

Three categories of local changes:

New bib entries — citations added to the paper's refs.bib that don't exist in ~/.common-law/bib/refs.bib
CLAUDE.md changes — modifications to the writing guide (excluding the "Paper Narrative" section)
Script changes — modifications to build.sh, build.bat, or verify.sh

Workflow

Step 1: Scan for changes

Run scripts/upstream-bib.sh to find new bib entries and scripts/upstream-claude.sh to find CLAUDE.md changes.

For script changes, diff the paper's scripts against the skill's canonical copies.

Step 2: Present options to user

Show a grouped list:

Changes ready to upstream:

[Bib entries — 3 new]
  1. extraref1 — "Machine Learning for Resource Management..." (Garcia, EuroSys 2025)
  2. extraref2 — "Reinforcement Learning for Cluster Scheduling" (Nguyen, MLSys 2024)
  3. extraref3 — "A Formal Analysis of Joint..." (Tanaka, PER 2025)

[CLAUDE.md changes]
  4. Added "No hyphens" rule to Hard Prohibitions section

[Script changes]
  (none)

Select items to upstream (e.g., "1,2,4" or "all"):

Step 3: Merge selected changes

Bib entries: append to ~/.common-law/bib/refs.bib, deduplicate by citation key
CLAUDE.md: strip the "Paper Narrative" section and everything below it, then merge changes into ~/.common-law/paper-style/CLAUDE.md
Scripts: copy to the corresponding skill's scripts/ directory

Step 4: Report

Tell the user exactly what was merged and where.

Prompted by other skills

After law-write or law-revise sessions that add citations, ask: "You added N new citations. Upstream them to the global bib?"

The user can say yes, no, or "later." Do not push.

Scripts

scripts/upstream-bib.sh — finds new bib entries and handles deduplication
scripts/upstream-claude.sh — diffs CLAUDE.md and strips the narrative section