ad-domain

name	ad-domain
description	Lazily create or update `CONTEXT.md` (Layer 2 — ubiquitous language per Evans 2003) at the repo root, or `CONTEXT-MAP.md` plus per-context `CONTEXT.md` for multi-context repos. Captures canonical project-specific nouns, the aliases to avoid, the relationships between them, and resolved ambiguities. Triggers on "domain term", "ubiquitous language", "glossary", "what should we call", "naming drift", "canonical noun", "_Avoid_", "/ad-domain", or whenever a grilling/spec/architecture session resolves a vocabulary question. Lazy by design — file only exists when there is something to write.
summary	Lazy lifecycle owner of `CONTEXT.md` (Layer 2 — ubiquitous language per Evans 2003). Captures canonical project-specific nouns with aliases-to-avoid, relationships, and flagged ambiguities. Single-context or `CONTEXT-MAP.md` multi-context.

<background_information> Implements ADR-0019 — Layer 2 of the artifact stack. Lazy lifecycle owner of CONTEXT.md. Process scaffold for capturing the project's ubiquitous language.

The skill owns capture of vocabulary. The trigger for most updates lives in adjacent skills:

• ad-grill-me resolves a term during interview → routes here.
• ad-spec introduces a new noun while drafting a spec → routes here.
• ad-architecture names a domain-bound concept → routes here.
• ad-drift detects code/glossary drift → routes here.
• Direct /ad-domain invocation when the user wants to add a term explicitly.

Codex auto-trigger on description keywords is less mature than Claude Code's. If auto-invocation does not fire when the user mentions a domain term, ubiquitous language, glossary, or naming drift, invoke this skill manually. </background_information>

Step 0 — detect existing structure. Before writing, locate the existing artifacts.

1. Read CONTEXT.md at the repo root. If present → single-context repo; updates land here.
2. Read CONTEXT-MAP.md at the repo root. If present → multi-context repo; updates land in the per-context CONTEXT.md named by the map.
3. Neither present → no CONTEXT.md exists yet. Decide:
   • Single-context (default): plan to create CONTEXT.md at the repo root.
   • Multi-context: only declare this when the user has explicitly named ≥2 bounded contexts. Plan to create CONTEXT-MAP.md plus the relevant per-context file.

Lazy-creation rule: do not create the file just because the skill was invoked. Create it only when there is at least one resolved term to write.

Step 1 — resolve the term. A glossary entry has four parts — see the glossary-entry shape in references/context-templates.md.

Resolution discipline:

• Be opinionated. One canonical name. Others become _Avoid_ aliases with a one-line reason.
• One-sentence definitions. If it takes a paragraph, the term is not yet sharp.
• Project-specific only. "Customer", "Triage role", "Materialization cascade" qualify. "Service", "Handler", "Controller" do not (those belong to architectural vocabulary per ADR-0020, not domain).
• Flag conflicts. If two terms could mean the same thing, add the conflict to the Flagged ambiguities section instead of forcing a premature resolution.

Step 2 — locate the insertion point. CONTEXT.md has three canonical sections — see the CONTEXT.md layout in references/context-templates.md.

Insert the new term alphabetically under ## Language. If a relationship clause is implied, append to ## Relationships. If the resolution surfaces an ambiguity rather than closing one, append to ## Flagged ambiguities and mark the term entry "(resolution pending)".

Step 3 — write or update. First creation uses Write; subsequent updates use Edit. Preserve existing entries — never reorder or rewrite past terms while adding new ones.

For first creation, the file shape is the first-creation shape in references/context-templates.md.

For multi-context repos, CONTEXT-MAP.md is the index — see the CONTEXT-MAP shape in references/context-templates.md.

Step 4 — cross-reference adjacent layers. Per ADR-0019 §6 reciprocity rules:

• Code → Domain. When the new term has obvious code references, list them in the entry's **Related code:** line. Use Glob / Grep for the canonical noun and the aliases; the latter often surfaces drift.
• Spec → Domain. If a spec under doc/specs/ introduced this term without resolving it, the spec is now the term's first reference; consider updating spec prose to use the canonical noun.
• ADR → Domain. If an ADR named the term, cite the ADR by number in the entry's prose.

Cross-references are suggestions, not file edits — the skill does not modify specs or ADRs to chase drift. That work belongs to ad-drift.

Step 5 — AGENTS.md pointer (one-time). When CONTEXT.md is created for the first time, the artifact stack reference in AGENTS.md should mention it. Per ADR-0019 §8, the ad-bootstrap skill inserts the pointer on its next run. This skill does not edit AGENTS.md directly; it announces the side-effect:

"Created CONTEXT.md. Next ad-bootstrap run will insert the Layer 2 pointer in AGENTS.md."

<output_contract> Side-effects only. The skill writes one of:

• New CONTEXT.md at the repo root (first creation, single-context).
• New CONTEXT-MAP.md + per-context CONTEXT.md files (first creation, multi-context).
• Edit to existing CONTEXT.md adding a new entry / relationship / flagged ambiguity.

Then reports the change as a one-liner: file, term, section. No slash-command spam in output. </output_contract>

Next

• After capture: route back to the calling skill (ad-grill-me, ad-spec, ad-architecture) to resume the original turn.
• If the resolution surfaced a binding decision (hard to reverse, surprising without context, real trade-off): /ad-adr to record it.
• If the term is one of several pending resolutions: stay in /ad-grill-me to walk the next branch of the decision tree.
• For periodic drift sweeps: /ad-drift checks CONTEXT.md against current code.