| name | ironclaw-reborn-orientation |
| description | Use when starting work in the IronClaw repo, deciding where a feature/fix/prompt/doc belongs, tracing how a request flows, looking up which crate owns a subsystem, or when repo docs, the knowledge graph, or component names seem stale, missing, or contradictory. |
IronClaw Reborn Orientation
The corrected map, verified against HEAD on 2026-07-02 by a full architecture audit. The repo's own docs drift; when this skill and a doc disagree, re-verify with the greps given here.
Where things go
- All new features: Reborn, in
crates/ — which is now the whole tree, grouped into ten family directories (app, contracts, domains, events, extensions, kernel, lanes, loop, product, substrates). The v1 src/ monolith and its crates (ironclaw_engine, ironclaw_tui, ironclaw_gateway, ironclaw_oauth) have been deleted; if a doc still routes you to them, that doc is drift. Binary and package: ironclaw, built from crates/app/ironclaw_cli (pre-rename docs may say "reborn_cli"). For any endpoint/facade/capability work, use the reborn-feature skill.
- The canonical request flow: Vite browser code (
crates/product/ironclaw_webui/frontend) → route descriptor and handler (ironclaw_webui) → ProductSurface / BoundProductSurface (ironclaw_product_contracts) → product views and capability descriptors (ironclaw_assistant) → composition-backed services. Turn execution: SessionThreadService (threads) → TurnCoordinator (turns) → TurnRunScheduler (turn_runner) claims → RebornTurnRunExecutor (turn_runner) → PlannedDriver → CanonicalAgentLoopExecutor (agent_loop) → host ports (loop_host) → CapabilityHost (capabilities) → dispatcher → runtime lanes. Boot: commands/serve.rs → build_reborn_runtime → webui_v2_app_with_lifecycle.
- Current runner/lease names: turn claims and execution use
TurnRunScheduler + RebornTurnRunExecutor; expired lease is terminal Failed{lease_expired} (RecoveryRequired is a legacy status).
- Host-side product code (serve/delivery/setup for a channel): the model is
ironclaw_webui for WebChat. Do not default it into ironclaw_composition — that crate is for assembly.
- New prompt templates: a
.md file inside the owning Reborn crate, loaded via include_str! (the crates that own prompt files today: ls -d crates/*/*/prompts crates/extensions/packages/*/prompts → host_api, loop_contracts, skills, agent_loop, loop_host, assistant, plus per-extension packages).
- New internal engineering docs (design notes, research, plans, QA maps):
docs/internal/ — the only growing internal home under docs/. The rest of docs/ is the public Mintlify site; a page missing from docs.json navigation is still published (hidden pages stay URL-reachable), and the docs/.mintignore fence is frozen — never add entries. Verify placement: python3 scripts/ci/docs_publication_boundary.py.
There is no legacy enclave any more
Older guidance (including earlier versions of this skill) told you to avoid a "v1-only enclave" of ironclaw_engine / ironclaw_tui / ironclaw_gateway / ironclaw_oauth. Those crates no longer exist, and neither does the root src/ monolith or its ironclaw_legacy package. Every crate under crates/ is Reborn. If you hit a doc, comment, or skill that still names one of them, treat it as drift and re-verify rather than routing around a crate that isn't there. To check any crate's real consumers: grep -rl --include=Cargo.toml "<crate_name>" crates/ Cargo.toml (the family layout means crates/*/Cargo.toml no longer matches any crate manifest).
Discovery procedure (graph may be absent — don't stall)
bash scripts/codebase-graph.sh status — once. If FRESH and the codebase-memory-mcp MCP tools are available, use graph recipes (CLAUDE.md).- If MISSING/stale or the MCP isn't connected (common): fall back immediately — the flow map above +
crates/AGENTS.md routing table + targeted grep. Note the fallback in your report; do not retry the graph.
- Per-crate guidance: read the crate's
AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md first; when absent, fall back to CONTRACT.md/README.md, Cargo.toml, and the primary src/ entrypoint. Treat the crates/AGENTS.md map as a routing aid, not proof that an omitted crate is irrelevant.
openwiki/ is generated narrative — read for what/why, never edit (regenerated by CI).
Two skill systems (do not conflate)
.claude/skills/ = developer workflow (this skill). Top-level skills/ = product runtime skills compiled into the shipping binaries. Editing skills/ changes the product. See ironclaw-reborn-skill-maintainer before touching either.
Sibling skills
reborn-feature (build a feature) · ironclaw-reborn-architecture-review (boundaries/abstractions) · ironclaw-reborn-testing (tiers/harness) · ironclaw-reborn-skill-maintainer (guidance hygiene).
