cannibalizer

name	cannibalizer
description	Absorb a foreign repo into the Rust ecosystem. Full pipeline: scan, classify, plan routing, generate hexagonal stubs, and execute. Use when the user says "cannibalize", "absorb", "strip", or points at a non-Rust repo to harvest. Orchestrates the scan -> plan -> gen -> eat pipeline with approval gates between stages.
model	sonnet
effort	high
allowed-tools	["Read","Write","Edit","Bash","Glob","Grep","Agent"]

cannibalizer

Full pipeline orchestrator. Walks through all four stages with the user approving each transition.

When to Use

• User points at a repo and says "cannibalize", "absorb", or "strip"
• User wants to retire a non-Rust project but preserve useful logic
• A Python/Go/Shell project has domain logic worth porting to Rust

Pipeline

cnbl scan <repo> --output scan.jsonl --report
    |
    v  (user reviews scan report)
cnbl plan --input scan.jsonl --repo-map repos.json --dry-run
    |
    v  (user reviews routing decisions)
cnbl gen --input plan.jsonl --out-dir cnbl-output
    |
    v  (user reviews generated stubs)
cnbl eat --input plan.jsonl --scaffold-dir cnbl-output --dry-run
    |
    v  (user approves, re-run without --dry-run)

Procedure

1. Scan: run cnbl scan <repo> --output /tmp/cnbl-scan.jsonl --report Show the report table to the user. Wait for approval.

2. Plan: run cnbl plan --input /tmp/cnbl-scan.jsonl --dry-run Show routing decisions. Let user override any routing before proceeding. When approved: cnbl plan --input /tmp/cnbl-scan.jsonl > /tmp/cnbl-plan.jsonl

3. Generate: run cnbl gen --input /tmp/cnbl-plan.jsonl --out-dir /tmp/cnbl-output Show generated stubs. Wait for approval.

4. Execute: run cnbl eat --input /tmp/cnbl-plan.jsonl --scaffold-dir /tmp/cnbl-output --dry-run Show what would happen. When approved, re-run without --dry-run.

5. Report: summarize what was absorbed, archived, and discarded.

Ecosystem Awareness

Before the plan phase, load the ecosystem map:

cnbl discover --path ~/dev --output /tmp/repos.json

Or if discover is not yet implemented, use the existing map:

cat ~/dev/bazaar/repos.json

Load references/ecosystem-map.md for the canonical repo-to-domain mapping when reviewing routing decisions.

References

• references/ecosystem-map.md -- repo-to-domain routing table
• references/hex-component-template.md -- hexagonal stub structure