local-knowledge-router

name	local-knowledge-router
description	Route local operational questions to indexed skills, scripts, runbooks, cron jobs, MCP servers, and docs before guessing paths or doing broad file search.
version	1.0.1
author	Hermes Local Knowledge
license	MIT
requires_toolsets	["local_knowledge"]
metadata	{"hermes":{"tags":["knowledge","routing","discovery","local-artifacts"]}}

Local Knowledge Router

When to use

Use this skill before guessing paths or doing broad file searches when a user asks about local or private operational knowledge, including:

• installed or custom Hermes skills and their support docs;
• generated tool OKFs, runbooks, operational docs, and memory docs;
• helper scripts and automation entry points;
• cron jobs and scheduled maintenance;
• MCP servers and wrapper scripts;
• service workflows in the configured local source tree.

The plugin indexes whole artifacts. It identifies the first artifact to inspect; it does not replace reading that source.

Workflow

1. Search for the user's intent:

   knowledge_search(query="backup runbook", limit=8)
   knowledge_search(query="paperless review automation", limit=8)
   knowledge_search(query="siyuan mcp wrapper", limit=8)
   

2. Fetch the best artifact before acting:

   knowledge_get(artifact_id="skill:example-skill", include_neighbors=true)
   

   Use knowledge_neighbors separately when graph context will help:

   knowledge_neighbors(artifact_id="cron:daily-review", limit=20)
   

3. Inspect the routed source of truth:

   • skill → load it with skill_view.
   • script → read the script and help text before running it.
   • tool_okf → use it as routing context, then inspect the live tool schema/docs before high-impact calls.
   • runbook, memory_doc, doc, or skill_support_doc → read the file before changing systems.
   • cron_job → verify the live cron registry before mutating jobs.
   • mcp_server → inspect the live wrapper/config before troubleshooting.

4. Check freshness when it matters. Managed lookups rebuild an index that is missing, corrupt, older-format, or marked dirty by completed tool-OKF publication. They do not detect ordinary source-file, cron-registry, or MCP-config changes. When those changed recently or results look stale, force a rebuild:

   knowledge_search(query="new helper script", limit=8, rebuild=true)
   

   knowledge_get and knowledge_neighbors also accept rebuild=true. An operator may optionally schedule the plugin's explicit CLI build command to enforce a freshness interval, but no schedule is required.

5. If mixed results look weak, retry once with a shorter core-intent query and the likely artifact_type. Current plugin revisions can perform one such retry automatically when a matching explicit useful route exists and its accepted query is no longer than the current query; the remembered artifact still has to be rediscovered in the live index. A newer matching rejection vetoes an older overlap route. Default-enabled implicit feedback may supply a lower-priority route from mature same-turn evidence under the same safeguards: current-index promotion or one verified typed retry. Matching explicit routes take precedence.

Pitfalls

• Search results are routing hints, not proof; read the artifact before relying on it.
• If a query returns no results, retry once with broader domain synonyms before broad repository search.
• Do not include secrets or private document text in queries or feedback notes; telemetry is local but persistent.
• Treat generated tool_okf files as compact routing hints, not proof of current tool behavior.
• After installing this skill or enabling the plugin, start a fresh session (or reload skills and reset) so the toolset and instructions enter the prompt.