wiki-query

name	wiki-query
description	Answer substantive questions from the supplements wiki and optionally file reusable answers into wiki/queries. Use for practical supplement questions, comparisons, stack decisions, evidence questions, mechanism questions, safety checks, and "what does the wiki say about..." prompts. Does not commit to git.

wiki-query

Use this skill when the user asks a substantive question that should be answered from the accumulated wiki, not from a fresh web search.

Principles

• The wiki is the source of truth for what has already been ingested.
• Preserve claim typing in the answer: sourced claims, analysis, uncertainty, and gaps stay distinct.
• Do not repair pages during query work. Surface repair candidates and route them to /wiki-repair.
• File durable answers when they are likely to be reused.

Steps

1. Read Context

• Read wiki/handoff.md.
• Read purpose.md.
• Read wiki/synthesis.md.
• Read wiki/queries/README.md.
• Read wiki/catalog.md if present; otherwise read wiki/index.md.

2. Plan the Read

Identify the likely page set:

• Supplement entity pages for direct supplement questions.
• Concept pages for pathways, outcomes, conditions, biomarkers, populations, or genetics.
• Hypothesis pages for supplement -> pathway -> outcome claims.
• Source-summary pages for provenance and evidence details.
• wiki/interactions.md, wiki/Quick Reference Dosing.md, or wiki/comparisons/ for practical decisions.

Read only the relevant pages first, then follow wikilinks as needed.

3. Answer With Provenance

In the answer:

• Cite wiki pages by wikilink or path.
• Distinguish direct source-backed claims from analysis.
• Preserve evidence streams: mechanistic, animal, human, genetics.
• Preserve source-role limits: report-derived synthesis is useful, but decision-critical claims need non-synthesis anchors.
• Surface gaps and contradictions rather than smoothing them over.

4. Decide Whether To File

File a durable query page when the answer is:

• A recurring practical question.
• A supplement comparison or stack decision.
• A decision-relevant synthesis across multiple pages.
• A useful map of evidence, gaps, or contradictions.

Do not file one-off lookups or answers that only restate one page.

When in doubt, ask once: "File this as a query page?"

5. If Filing, Write The Page

Create a page under wiki/queries/ with type: query unless the answer is better represented as a comparison, hypothesis, stack, decision, or dosing page under the corresponding directory.

For a type: query page:

• Include full frontmatter, source-summary links in sources:, and > [!tldr].
• Cite the wiki pages and source summaries used. If the answer only cites wiki pages, follow those pages back to their source summaries and include the source-summary links in sources:.
• Preserve claim typing in the body.
• Link out to the key entity, concept, hypothesis, comparison, dosing, or source-summary pages used. Query pages are reached through wiki/queries/README.md, DataView, and wiki/catalog.md, but they should not be dead ends.

After filing:

• Rebuild wiki/catalog.md:

python3 wiki/scripts/lint.py --rebuild-catalog

• Append wiki/log.md: ### [YYYY-MM-DD] query | <one-line question framing>
• Update wiki/handoff.md if the query creates follow-up work.
• Revise wiki/synthesis.md only if the answer changes the top-level practical story.

Do not edit wiki/index.md; it is DataView-driven.

6. Present To User

Return:

• The answer, with page citations.
• Any stale/gap/provenance issues noticed.
• If filed: page path, TLDR, catalog rebuild status, and log entry.

Do not commit to git.