insights

name	insights
description	Knowledge extraction manager and skill evolution engine. Backfills _insights.yaml from historical corpus, compiles execution feedback into patterns, and proposes SKILL.md improvements.
user-invocable	true
argument-hint	["reprocess|scan-claude-md|compile|normalize|synthesize|propose|status|help"]

Insights Skill -- Knowledge Extraction & Skill Evolution

Extract and backfill durable insights from existing transcripts and CLAUDE.md files into _insights.yaml. Compile execution feedback (edge cases, corrections) into patterns and propose SKILL.md improvements.

This skill complements the forward-looking extraction in /transcript Step 3.5 and /ops Step 5.5 by processing the historical corpus and closing the feedback loop.

Design Principles

• No duplication of extraction logic. The authoritative definition of insight types, thresholds, and _insights.yaml format lives in /transcript Step 3.5. This skill references it and includes a quick-reference copy for convenience.
• Dedup by source.file. Processing the same file twice never creates duplicate entries.
• Additive only. Never removes or modifies existing insights (except scan-claude-md which replaces stale CLAUDE.md-sourced entries, and the promotion/demotion passes in compile which mutate confidence, confirmation_count, status, and superseded_by fields per CR-013).
• Silent accumulation, active loading. Insights are written by /transcript, /ops, and this skill. Promoted rules (per CR-013 lifecycle below) are read back by /ops and /transcript as a context preamble before each run. Hypotheses remain silent; only rules surface.

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Confidence Lifecycle (CR-013)

Each insight has an optional confidence field:

• hypothesis (default when absent) — observation that needs more confirmation. Not loaded into other skills' context.
• rule — confirmed pattern. Loaded as a preamble by /ops and /transcript when working in the rule's folder chain.

Two lifecycle transitions, both performed by /insights compile:

• Promotion: when ≥ compile_threshold (default 3) semantically similar hypothesis entries exist in one folder, the canonical (earliest) entry is promoted to confidence: rule. Non-canonical entries are marked status: superseded, superseded_by: <canonical-id>. The canonical entry's confirmation_count is set to the group size and confirmations[] is populated with each merged entry's source.
• Demotion: when a correction entry contradicts a rule (same primary tag, opposing summary keyword), the rule's confidence flips back to hypothesis, the correction's source is appended to contradicted_by[], and confirmation_count is reduced by 1 (floor 1).

confidence and status are orthogonal:

• status (active / superseded / archived) is the curation/archival lifecycle.
• confidence (hypothesis / rule) is the maturity lifecycle.

A rule can be archived. A hypothesis can be superseded by a more specific hypothesis. Both fields coexist.

Schema fields added in v2 (all optional, additive):

confidence: hypothesis | rule       # default: hypothesis
confirmation_count: 1                # integer, default 1
confirmations:                       # list, populated on promotion
  - source: <relative-path>
    date: YYMMDD
contradicted_by:                     # list, populated on demotion
  - source: <relative-path>
    date: YYMMDD

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String Resolution

Template strings marked as {strings.section.key} are resolved at runtime.

Resolution order:

1. Org config strings section (if loaded)
2. Language-matched defaults from base.yaml:
   • swedish -> strings_sv
   • english -> strings
   • input -> match detected transcript language
3. Hardcoded strings already in template (fallback)

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Configuration

Reads workflows.knowledge_extraction from base.yaml (or org config override):

Key	Default	Description
enabled	true	Master switch for extraction
min_insights	1	Minimum qualifying insights to write file
types	[decision, preference, learning, opportunity, pattern]	Insight types to extract
max_per_meeting	10	Cap per source file

If enabled: false, all subcommands exit immediately with a message.

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Subcommands

reprocess [target] -- Extract insights from existing transcripts

Trigger: /insights reprocess <target>

Targets (all three supported):

• Folder path: /insights reprocess _contacts/bob-smith or /insights reprocess _projects/acme/meetings/management
• all: /insights reprocess all -- all folders containing a CHANGELOG.md
• since YYMMDD: /insights reprocess since 260201 -- only files dated after the given date, across all folders with CHANGELOG.md

Steps:

1. Resolve target folders:

   • If folder path: resolve to that single folder (must contain CHANGELOG.md)
   • If all: scan vault recursively for all folders containing CHANGELOG.md (max depth 6, skip .archive/, clones/)
   • If since YYMMDD: same as all, but with date filter applied in step 4

2. For each target folder, list YYMMDD-*.md files (transcript files matching the 6-digit date prefix pattern)

3. Build dedup set: If _insights.yaml exists, load it and collect all source.file values into a set

4. Filter files:

   • Skip files already in the dedup set (already processed)
   • Skip standup files: filename contains standup or daily-standup, OR file is <500 words with no qualifying insights
   • If since YYMMDD target: additionally skip files whose filename date prefix is before the given date

5. Sort remaining files chronologically (oldest first, for consistent ID ordering)

6. Process each file:

   • Read the file content
   • Apply the same extraction logic as /transcript Step 3.5:
     • Scan for decisions with rationale, stated preferences, learnings, opportunities, and patterns
     • Apply threshold: only non-obvious, durable, specific insights
     • Respect max_per_meeting cap
     • Respect configured types list
   • For each qualifying insight, create an entry with:
     • id: next available ID (from next_id in existing file, or starting at 1)
     • type: one of the configured types
     • date: extracted from the filename prefix (YYMMDD)
     • summary: one sentence
     • rationale: one sentence context
     • source.file: the transcript filename
     • source.section: the section heading where the insight was found
     • tags: max 5 keywords
     • status: active
     • superseded_by: null

7. Write/append to _insights.yaml in the same folder as the CHANGELOG.md:

   • If file exists: append new entries, update next_id and last_updated
   • If file does not exist: create with version: 2, context set from folder name or CHANGELOG context

Progress output:

Processing =bob-smith (8 files, 6 new)... Extracted 4 insights
Processing acme/meetings/management (52 files, 52 new)... Extracted 28 insights
...
Reprocessing complete.
Processed 186 files across 14 folders.
Extracted 89 insights (89 new, 0 already existed).

Skip conditions:

• Folder has no CHANGELOG.md
• All files already processed (dedup)
• File is a pure standup (<500 words, no qualifying insights)

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scan-claude-md -- Extract knowledge from CLAUDE.md files

Trigger: /insights scan-claude-md

Steps:

1. Scan vault subfolders for CLAUDE.md files (max depth 4, skip .archive/, clones/)

2. For each CLAUDE.md, find nearest parent folder with CHANGELOG.md as target for _insights.yaml. If no CHANGELOG.md exists in any parent (up to vault root), skip this CLAUDE.md with a note.

3. Check freshness:

   • If _insights.yaml already has entries with source.file: "CLAUDE.md" AND the CLAUDE.md file has not been modified since last_updated in the insights file, skip (already current)
   • If CLAUDE.md is newer: remove all existing source.file: "CLAUDE.md" entries from _insights.yaml (preserving transcript-sourced insights), then re-extract

4. Extract insights using type mapping:

   Signal in CLAUDE.md	Insight type
   "Chose X over Y", "Using X because", "Beslut:", "Decision:"	decision
   "NEVER", "MUST", "Always", "Alltid", "Aldrig"	preference
   "Avoid", "Don't", "Undvik", "Learned:", "Lärdom:"	learning
   Rules, conventions, naming patterns, routing tables, format specifications	pattern

   Note: opportunity type is not mapped for CLAUDE.md -- these files contain established decisions and conventions, not future opportunities. Opportunities are only extracted from transcripts via reprocess.

5. Set source metadata:

   • source.file: "CLAUDE.md"
   • source.section: the ## heading under which the insight was found

6. Skip sections that contain only:

   • Bare directory listings (pure file trees without commentary)
   • Pure glossaries (term: definition lists without rationale)
   • Metadata-only content (version numbers, dates, links without context)

7. Write to _insights.yaml following the same format. Assign IDs continuing from next_id.

Output:

Scanning CLAUDE.md files...
  acme/CLAUDE.md -> acme/ (12 insights, replaced 8 stale)
  _contacts/bob-smith/CLAUDE.md -> _contacts/bob-smith/ (3 insights, new)
  bravo/CLAUDE.md -> skipped (no CHANGELOG.md in parent)
...
Scan complete.
Processed 14 CLAUDE.md files.
Extracted 42 insights (34 new, 8 replaced).
Skipped 3 files (no CHANGELOG.md parent).

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status -- Show current insights state

Trigger: /insights status

Steps:

1. Scan vault for all _insights.yaml files
2. Scan vault for all folders with CHANGELOG.md (potential insight targets)

Output:

Insights Status
===============

_insights.yaml files: 14
Total insights: 186

By type:
  decision:    52
  preference:  38
  learning:    41
  opportunity: 28
  pattern:     27

By status:
  active:      172
  superseded:  11
  archived:    3

Top folders:
  acme/meetings/management    42 insights
  _contacts/bob-smith                  18 insights
  _contacts/david-ekberg          15 insights
  ...

Reprocessing opportunities:
  12 folders have CHANGELOG.md but no _insights.yaml
  3 folders have _insights.yaml older than newest transcript
  Total: ~340 unprocessed transcript files

Confidence Lifecycle (CR-013)
─────────────────────────────
  Hypotheses:  142
  Rules:       18 (most recent promotion: 260505)
  Recent demotions: 2 (last 30 days)

  Top 5 hypotheses near promotion (count, type, summary):
    2  preference  "Carol prefers async updates over sync standups"
    2  pattern     "Marketing meetings run 10-15 min over scheduled time"
    2  learning    "GA4 events take ~24h to surface in dashboards"
    2  decision    "Use _projects/ for time-boxed initiatives"
    2  pattern     "Bob wraps board prep with risk callout"

Skill Evolution
───────────────
  Execution feedback: 23 entries (18 edge_case, 5 correction)
  Compiled patterns: 3 skill_pattern entries
  Pending proposals: 2 in <proposals_path>/
  Applied proposals: 1 in <proposals_path>/.applied/
  Config: auto_apply=false, compile_threshold=3, propose_threshold=5,
          demote_on_contradiction=true

Status implementation notes:

• "Hypotheses" count = entries with confidence: hypothesis OR missing confidence field, AND status: active.
• "Rules" count = entries with confidence: rule AND status: active.
• "Most recent promotion" = max date across rules where the rule was promoted (track via the most recent entry in confirmations[], since that is when the threshold was crossed).
• "Recent demotions" = count of entries with non-empty contradicted_by[] whose latest demotion date is within the last 30 days.
• "Top 5 hypotheses near promotion" = hypotheses with the highest confirmation_count, ties broken by recency. Show count, type, and summary.

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compile -- Compile execution feedback into patterns and run lifecycle passes

Trigger: /insights compile or /insights compile since YYMMDD

Performs three passes in order: skill-pattern compilation, hypothesis-to-rule promotion, rule-to-hypothesis demotion.

Pass 1: skill_pattern compilation (existing)

Reads execution feedback entries (edge_case, correction) across _insights.yaml files and compiles recurring patterns into skill_pattern entries.

1. Scan all _insights.yaml files in the vault for entries where source.skill is set (execution feedback)
2. Filter by date if since YYMMDD is specified
3. Group by similarity -- cluster entries by tags, summary keywords, and source.skill + source.step
4. Apply compile threshold -- only groups with compile_threshold (default: 3) or more entries become patterns. Read threshold from workflows.knowledge_extraction.evolution.compile_threshold in config.
5. For each qualifying group, create a skill_pattern entry in the most relevant _insights.yaml:

   - id: [next_id]
     type: skill_pattern
     date: YYMMDD          # today
     summary: "Pattern description synthesized from N occurrences"
     detail: "Dates, contexts, and common resolution across occurrences"
     source:
       skill: insights/compile
       entries: [list of source entry IDs and their _insights.yaml locations]
     tags: [synthesized, from, source, entries]
     status: active
   

6. Dedup -- if a skill_pattern entry already covers the same cluster (by matching source.entries), update it instead of creating a duplicate

Pass 2: hypothesis → rule promotion (CR-013)

For each folder's _insights.yaml, find clusters of confirmed hypotheses and promote the canonical entry to a rule.

1. Filter to candidates: entries where confidence is hypothesis (or absent) AND status: active AND type is one of decision | preference | learning | pattern (skip opportunity, quote, edge_case, correction, skill_pattern).
2. Group by similarity within the folder:
   • Same type
   • Fuzzy summary match (case-insensitive, ignore stop words; require ≥60% token overlap)
   • At least one shared tag
   • All three conditions required (conservative; prefer false negatives over false promotions)
3. Apply threshold: groups with size ≥ compile_threshold (default 3, from workflows.knowledge_extraction.evolution.compile_threshold) qualify.
4. For each qualifying group:
   • Pick the earliest entry by date as canonical.
   • Set canonical.confidence: rule.
   • Set canonical.confirmation_count to group size.
   • Append each non-canonical entry's source to canonical.confirmations[].
   • Mark each non-canonical entry status: superseded, superseded_by: <canonical-id>.
5. Dedup: if the canonical entry already has confidence: rule, only append new (not-already-listed) confirmations and update confirmation_count.

Pass 3: rule → hypothesis demotion (CR-013)

Skipped if workflows.knowledge_extraction.evolution.demote_on_contradiction is false. Default: true.

1. Find all rules: entries with confidence: rule AND status: active, across the folder chain (current folder and parents per CR-011 walking resolution).
2. For each rule, scan for targeting corrections: correction entries newer than the rule's most recent confirmation, that:
   • Share the rule's primary tag (first tag in tags[]).
   • Contain an opposing keyword in summary (heuristic: rule says "always X" and correction says "do not X" or "X was wrong"; rule says "prefers Y" and correction says "does not prefer Y").
3. For each rule with at least one targeting correction:
   • Set rule.confidence: hypothesis.
   • Append each correction's source to rule.contradicted_by[].
   • Reduce rule.confirmation_count by the number of contradictions, floor at 1.
4. Do not delete confirmations. History is preserved in confirmations[] for audit.

Output:

Compiling execution feedback and running lifecycle passes...

Pass 1 (skill_pattern compilation):
  Scanned 14 _insights.yaml files, found 23 execution feedback entries.
  Compiled 3 patterns.
  Skipped 8 entries below compile threshold (3).

Pass 2 (hypothesis → rule promotion):
  Scanned 142 active hypotheses across 14 folders.
  Promoted 4 rules:
    - meetings/management/_insights.yaml#17 [preference] "Bob prefers concise weekly summaries" (3 confirmations)
    - _contacts/bob-smith/_insights.yaml#8 [pattern] "Bob raises customer-success topics last in 1-on-1s" (4 confirmations)
    - meetings/board/_insights.yaml#5 [decision] "Board updates use English for India team" (3 confirmations)
    - meetings/marketing/ppc/_insights.yaml#12 [learning] "PMax campaigns underperform below $500/day budget" (3 confirmations)
  Marked 8 superseded entries (canonical's mergees).

Pass 3 (rule → hypothesis demotion):
  Scanned 18 active rules.
  Demoted 1 rule:
    - meetings/management/_insights.yaml#11 [preference] "Always include Risk Assessment section"
      contradicted by 260507-summary.md (Bob asked to skip risk section for routine weeks)

Compile freshness stamp (CR-020)

After all three passes, write last_compiled: YYMMDD as a top-level field in every _insights.yaml the run scanned (additive; v1/v2 readers ignore it). This makes compile-staleness detectable: /insights status and /ops sweep flag when the newest entry in a file is >30 days newer than its last_compiled (or when the field is absent entirely -- i.e. compile has never run). Insights are write-heavy by design; the stamp is what keeps the synthesis half of the loop honest.

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normalize -- One-shot schema migration for drifted _insights.yaml files (CR-020)

Trigger: /insights normalize [path] [--dry-run] (no path = whole vault; --dry-run is the DEFAULT — writing requires explicit --apply)

Brings legacy and drifted _insights.yaml files up to the current schema. Complements /ops normalize (which fixes Swedish characters); this fixes structure and vocabulary.

What it fixes, per entry:

Drift	Fix
ISO date "2026-03-09"	→ 260309 (YYMMDD)
String ids (bp-017, board-003)	→ sequential integers preserving order; record old id as legacy_id
Missing type	→ infer from content; if ambiguous, set the most likely type and append type-inferred to tags for review
Non-canonical types (decision-pattern, principle, outcome, design, ...)	→ map to nearest canonical (pattern, learning, learning, decision)
Non-canonical confidence (high, confirmed, supported)	→ hypothesis + confirmation_count: 2 (the writer evidently meant "confirmed once more")
Non-canonical confidence (medium, low)	→ hypothesis (count unchanged)
Legacy fields (added: → date, string source: → source.file)	→ rename/restructure
superseded_by set but status: active	→ status: superseded
Missing top-level version/next_id/last_updated	→ add (version: 2, next_id: max(id)+1, last_updated from newest entry)
Tags > 5	→ truncate from the tail

Process:

1. Scan target for _insights.yaml files (skip .archive/, .transcripts/, clones/)
2. Report every proposed change grouped by file (dry-run output = a unified change list with counts per drift class)
3. On --apply: write files atomically, add a one-line CHANGELOG entry in each affected folder (- **YYMMDD: Normalize** _insights.yaml -- N schema fixes (CR-020))
4. Never touch entry content (summary/rationale text) -- structure and vocabulary only; content remediation stays with /ops normalize

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synthesize -- Render insight clusters into the knowledge wiki (CR-027)

Trigger: /insights synthesize [topic|all] (no argument = all clusters above threshold)

Turns the accumulated _insights.yaml corpus into a curated wiki: readable, crosslinked topic articles plus a master index. This is the synthesis layer the atomic entries feed — compile promotes rules (machine-facing context), synthesize produces articles (human- and session-facing knowledge). Clustering here is semantic and vault-wide (cross-folder, by topic), deliberately unlike compile Pass 2 (mechanical, per-folder): prose summaries rarely repeat verbatim, so token-overlap cannot build this layer.

Config (workflows.knowledge_synthesis in base.yaml or org/vault config):

Key	Default	Meaning
enabled	true	Master switch
article_threshold	5	Minimum insights in a topic cluster to warrant an article
wiki_path	.knowledge/wiki	Article location, vault-relative

Process:

1. Load the corpus: every _insights.yaml (skip .archive/, .transcripts/, clones/), entries with status: active. Types quote and opportunity are supporting material (quotes illustrate; opportunities go in an article's open-questions section) — they never drive cluster selection alone.
2. Cluster by topic, vault-wide: group semantically related insights across folders (shared tags are the seed; semantic judgment merges synonymous tags and splits overloaded ones). A cluster ≥ article_threshold (or an explicitly requested <topic>) gets an article.
3. Write/update the article at <wiki_path>/<topic-slug>.md:
   • Topic-named, not dated — articles are living documents (like rolling plans), never YYMMDD- prefixed.
   • Frontmatter: sources: (list of file#id for every insight used), updated: YYMMDD, related: [slugs].
   • Body: synthesized prose — what has been learned, how thinking evolved, points of tension between insights, and an open-questions section. Verbatim quote entries may be quoted with attribution. Obsidian [[wikilinks]] to related articles. Language per the vault language policy; names allowed (CR-020 reusability note applies — this wiki is private).
   • Vocabulary is canonicalized at synthesis: known ASR-legacy terms in source insights are written correctly in articles (source entries stay untouched — the wiki is the cleaned layer).
   • Verticals boundary: if the topic matches a registered workflows.verticals doc, the article LINKS to the vertical for org-operational state instead of duplicating it.
4. Idempotent refresh: re-running updates an article only from insights not yet in its sources:, appending/reworking sections as needed and bumping updated:. An article containing <!-- human-edited --> is NEVER auto-updated — report it and ask (flag once, respect the answer).
5. Maintain <vault>/.knowledge/INDEX.md: one line per article — [[slug]] — one-sentence hook (updated YYMMDD) — grouped by theme; plus an Osorterat section listing loose notes at the .knowledge/ root (legacy notes are never modified or moved by this skill).
6. Report: articles created/updated/skipped(human-edited), clusters below threshold (with counts, so growth toward threshold is visible).

How the wiki is USED (the no-RAG contract): a session answering a knowledge question reads INDEX.md first, then opens only the relevant article(s). No vault-wide scanning, no retrieval infrastructure. The INDEX is maintained by this subcommand only — never hand-edited by other skills.

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propose -- Generate SKILL.md improvement proposals

Trigger: /insights propose

Reads compiled skill_pattern entries and generates concrete SKILL.md improvement proposals.

Steps:

1. Scan all _insights.yaml files for skill_pattern entries

2. Apply propose threshold -- only patterns with propose_threshold (default: 5) or more underlying occurrences generate proposals. Read threshold from workflows.knowledge_extraction.evolution.propose_threshold in config.

3. For each qualifying pattern: a. Read the target SKILL.md file (determined by source.skill) b. Identify the relevant step or section c. Generate a concrete proposed change as a markdown file

4. Save proposals to the configured private proposals path — workflows.knowledge_extraction.evolution.proposals_path (default <vault>/.skill-evolution/proposals/, vault-relative). Never inside the skill repo (CR-028): generated proposals derive from vault data and are development-evolution material — local only. Format:

   # Proposal: [Short title]
   
   **Based on:** [N] occurrences of [pattern summary]
   **Target:** skills/[skill]/SKILL.md
   **Pattern entry:** [reference to skill_pattern in _insights.yaml]
   
   ## Proposed change
   
   **In section:** [Step or section name]
   **Action:** [Add/Modify/Remove]
   
   > [Exact text to add or replace, written in the same style as the target SKILL.md]
   
   ## Rationale
   
   [Why this change addresses the pattern, with references to specific occurrences]
   

5. Check auto_apply setting from workflows.knowledge_extraction.evolution.auto_apply:

   • If false (default): save proposal file, report to user
   • If true: apply the change to SKILL.md directly, log in CHANGELOG with [AUTO-EVOLUTION] tag, save proposal as record

Output (auto_apply: false):

Generated 2 proposals:

1. <proposals_path>/260404-transcript-name-disambiguation.md
   Target: skills/transcript/SKILL.md (Step 1)
   Based on: 7 edge_case entries across 4 contacts

2. <proposals_path>/260410-ops-short-call-threshold.md
   Target: skills/transcript/SKILL.md (Step 4)
   Based on: 5 skill_pattern entries

Review proposals and run /insights propose apply to accept.

Output (auto_apply: true):

Auto-applied 2 proposals:

1. skills/transcript/SKILL.md -- added name disambiguation pre-check (Step 1)
   [AUTO-EVOLUTION] Based on 7 edge_case entries

2. skills/transcript/SKILL.md -- added short-call skip for task import (Step 4)
   [AUTO-EVOLUTION] Based on 5 skill_pattern entries

Changes logged in CHANGELOG.md. Review with: git diff HEAD~1

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propose apply -- Apply a proposal

Trigger: /insights propose apply [proposal-file] or /insights propose apply all

Steps:

1. If specific file: Read the proposal, apply the change to the target SKILL.md
2. If all: Apply all proposals in the configured proposals_path that haven't been applied yet
3. For each applied proposal: a. Edit the target SKILL.md with the proposed change b. Add a CHANGELOG entry with [EVOLUTION] tag c. Move the proposal file to <proposals_path>/.applied/ with a date prefix d. Mark the source skill_pattern entry as status: archived in _insights.yaml

Output:

Applied: <proposals_path>/260404-transcript-name-disambiguation.md
  -> skills/transcript/SKILL.md updated (Step 1: added pre-check)
  -> CHANGELOG.md updated
  -> Proposal archived to <proposals_path>/.applied/

1 proposal applied. Review changes with: git diff

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help -- Usage guide

Trigger: /insights help

Output:

/insights -- Knowledge Extraction & Skill Evolution
=====================================================

Backfill _insights.yaml, compile execution feedback, and evolve skills.

Usage:
  /insights reprocess =bob-smith          Extract from one folder
  /insights reprocess all                Extract from all folders with CHANGELOG.md
  /insights reprocess since 260201       Extract from files dated after 260201
  /insights scan-claude-md               Extract from CLAUDE.md files
  /insights compile                      Compile execution feedback into patterns
  /insights compile since 260301         Compile only recent feedback
  /insights normalize [path] [--apply]   Migrate drifted files to current schema (dry-run default)
  /insights synthesize [topic|all]       Render insight clusters into wiki articles + INDEX (CR-027)
  /insights propose                      Generate SKILL.md improvement proposals
  /insights propose apply [file|all]     Apply a proposal to SKILL.md
  /insights status                       Show insights + evolution statistics
  /insights help                         This guide

Knowledge extraction (content):
  /transcript Step 3.5    Extracts insights from NEW transcripts (forward)
  /ops Step 5.5           Extracts insights from NEW meeting docs (forward)
  /insights reprocess     Extracts insights from EXISTING transcripts (backfill)
  /insights scan-claude-md  Extracts from CLAUDE.md files

Skill evolution (execution feedback):
  /ops Step 9             Captures edge cases and corrections (silent)
  /transcript Step 4.5    Captures edge cases and corrections (silent)
  /insights compile       Finds patterns in execution feedback
  /insights propose       Generates SKILL.md improvements from patterns

Data flow:
  /transcript or /ops ─┐
                       ├── _insights.yaml ──> visualisation app
  /insights ───────────┘       │
                               ├── execution feedback (edge_case, correction)
                               │        │
                               │   /insights compile -> skill_pattern entries
                               │        │
                               │   /insights propose -> SKILL.md improvements
                               │        │
                               └── skills get smarter over time

Config: workflows.knowledge_extraction.evolution in base.yaml
  auto_apply: false (default) -- proposals require manual review
  auto_apply: true -- proposals applied automatically

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Extraction Reference (Quick Copy)

This is a convenience copy. The authoritative definition is in /transcript Step 3.5 (~/.claude/skills/transcript/SKILL.md).

Type	Captures	Written by
decision	Choice + rationale	/transcript, /ops, /insights reprocess
preference	Working style	/transcript, /ops, /insights reprocess
learning	What worked/didn't	/transcript, /ops, /insights reprocess
opportunity	Ideas not yet actioned	/transcript, /ops, /insights reprocess
pattern	Recurring themes	/transcript, /ops, /insights reprocess
quote	Memorable verbatim quote (exempt from promotion -- never becomes a rule)	/transcript, /ops, /insights reprocess
edge_case	Skill hit ambiguous input	/transcript Step 4.5, /ops Step 9
correction	User corrected skill output	/transcript Step 4.5, /ops Step 9
skill_pattern	Compiled execution pattern	/insights compile

Threshold: Only non-obvious, durable, specific insights. If fewer than min_insights (default: 1) qualify, skip the file silently.

Format: See /transcript Step 3.5 for the complete _insights.yaml schema.

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Reusability and language rules for _insights.yaml

Reusability (CR-020 -- replaces the former privacy rule)

Names are allowed in insight entries. The old rule ("never include personal or company names in summary, rationale, or tags") was retired in the 2026-04-07 audit and formally removed by CR-020 -- the vault is private, and quote entries need attribution by construction. What remains is a reusability preference: when an insight generalizes beyond the person who sparked it, prefer name-free phrasing in summary and tags so the entry reads well in cross-folder views -- context and source.file already carry the who/what. Names in rationale are always fine. See /transcript Step 3.5 for examples.

Contact Classification (CR-009)

Insights are extracted from all contacts regardless of their classification (family, personal, professional, confidential) — knowledge is valuable in all contexts. The core-skills-visualisation app is responsible for respecting classification when rendering.

Vocabulary guard (CR-020)

Before writing any entry, apply the write-time vocabulary guard defined in /transcript Step 3.5: canonical type values only, confidence limited to hypothesis | rule, YYMMDD dates, integer ids with next_id maintained, max 5 tags. This applies to every subcommand in this skill that writes entries.

Swedish Character Enforcement (CR-007: pre-write validator)

When processing Swedish-language content, ALL Swedish words MUST use correct å, ä, ö characters. Never substitute with a or o. This applies equally to _insights.yaml YAML fields as to markdown files -- YAML content is just as prone to missing characters.

Pre-write validator (CR-007, mandatory):

Before writing any entry to _insights.yaml where the summary, rationale, or context field is in Swedish (detected by presence of any å/ä/ö character anywhere in the file, OR by folder language per language_inheritance in base.yaml):

1. Load ~/.claude/skills/ops-config/swedish_substitutions.yaml
2. Scan each Swedish text field token-by-token using word-boundary matching
3. For each match against the substitution map (excluding category: skip):
   • Non-ambiguous matches: refuse to write, report the violation, ask the user to confirm or fix
   • Ambiguous matches: warn but proceed (log to execution feedback as edge_case)
4. If no violations, proceed with the write

This is the structural validation that the MEMORY.md reminder cannot provide -- the model may write a tempting "...byggs fran Meta..." line, but the validator catches it before the file lands on disk.

To remediate existing files written before this validator was added, run /ops normalize <path>.

Common mistakes to avoid (full list in swedish_substitutions.yaml):

• "pagaende" -> "pågående", "foretag" -> "företag", "fran" -> "från"
• "fore" -> "före", "nasta" -> "nästa", "behovs" -> "behövs", "kravs" -> "krävs"
• "anvandning" -> "användning", "mote" -> "möte", "losning" -> "lösning"
• "manader" -> "månader", "forberedelse" -> "förberedelse", "karnteam" -> "kärnteam"
• "prissattning" -> "prissättning", "overgang" -> "övergång", "forandring" -> "förändring"