| name | lisa-wiki-query |
| description | Answer a question from the LLM Wiki with citations. Reads the index, drills into relevant pages, and synthesizes a cited answer. Read-only by default; only files new synthesis back into the wiki when the user explicitly asks. Use when someone asks a question the wiki should be able to answer, or wants to explore what the wiki knows. |
lisa-wiki-query
Answer from the wiki, with citations, without changing it (by default).
Workflow
- Resolve the wiki root. Run
node scripts/ensure-wiki.mjs --json and use the returned
wikiRoot as the base for every read below — never assume wiki/. A local wiki resolves
instantly (no-op); a wiki whose .lisa.config.json declares wiki.source.url is mirrored and
refreshed transparently first. The script is offline-tolerant (it proceeds with the existing
mirror and warns rather than blocking), so freshness is guaranteed here and the caller never has
to think about it.
- Read
<wikiRoot>/index.md to locate candidate pages; consult <wikiRoot>/start-here.md for orientation.
- Drill into the relevant synthesis pages and their cited source notes.
- Synthesize an answer. Every claim cites its wiki page and/or source note. If the wiki does not
support an answer, say so plainly rather than inventing one; suggest an
/ingest that would fill
the gap. Only record the gap in wiki/open-questions/ if the user explicitly asks (that is a
writeback — see step 4); never write it silently.
- Writeback (opt-in only): if — and only if — the user explicitly asks to persist new synthesis
discovered during the query, route it through the ingest pipeline so provenance/index/log/state
stay consistent, and log it as a
QUERY operation. Never write back silently.
Rules
- Read-only by default. No page edits, index/log changes, state advancement, or PRs unless the
user explicitly requests writeback.
- Prefer the wiki's own content over outside knowledge; distinguish wiki-sourced facts from your own
reasoning.
- Surface contradictions or stale claims you encounter as
/lint-style findings rather than
silently picking one.
Related
lisa-wiki-ingest, lisa-wiki-lint, lisa-wiki-usage.
