Runs a pre-deployment sanity check on the ettuge repository before any git push. Use this skill before every deploy — especially after editing _config.yml, pages.yml, REFL_CATS, FP_ARTICLES, adding/removing Reflection source files, or editing any cross-link in a book file (full.md, ch*.md, en/summary.md etc.). Catches: wrong _config.yml, missing source files, duplicate nav_order values, broken Python syntax in CI, search accidentally re-enabled, and ALL broken internal markdown cross-links (the main recurring source of 404s). Trigger phrases: "sanity check", "pre-deploy check", "test before deploying", "check before pushing", "run the deploy check", "check for broken links", "verify links before push".
The definitive reference for Kannada grammar using D. N. Shankara Bhat's 4-volume *ಕನ್ನಡ ಬರಹದ ಸೊಲ್ಲರಿಮೆ* (Book 07). Covers the complete Kannada grammar: phonology and writing system (Ch 1), noun word structure (Ch 2), other word classes and compound verbs (Ch 3), the full 36-form verb paradigm (Ch 4), verb usage and aspect (Ch 5), noun phrase and semantic roles/pAngu (Ch 6), simple sentences (Ch 7), complex/compound sentences and co-reference constraint (Ch 8), pronouns (Ch 9), demonstratives (Ch 10), and the writing/speech distinction (Ch 9 Vol 2). Also covers Bhat's native Kannada grammatical terminology throughout. Use this for deep or comprehensive grammar questions. Trigger phrases: "Book 07", "sollarime", "ಸೊಲ್ಲರಿಮೆ", "36 verb forms", "pAngu", "ಪಾಂಗು", "mADuga patient agent Kannada", "compound verb Kannada", "converb Kannada", "modalEsaka mArEsaka", "Kannada grammar reference", "complete Kannada grammar", "hosa baraha grammar".
Answers questions about Havyaka Kannada — the dialect of Kannada spoken by the Havyaka Brahmin community of coastal Karnataka. Covers its distinctive features: preserved older vowels (no vowel-raising), four-tense verb system (present/past/ future/negative), social/caste-based honorific system (not sex-based), inclusive- exclusive 1st-person plural distinction, transitive-intransitive verb morphology, and kinship plural suffixes. Draws on Book 20 (technical academic grammar, English) and Book 09 (popular Kannada account). Trigger phrases: "Havyaka", "Havigannada", "ಹವ್ಯಕ ಕನ್ನಡ", "coastal Kannada dialect", "Kannada dialect with future tense", "Havyaka verb conjugation", "Havyaka honorifics", "vowel-raising Kannada".
Answers questions about Kannada script reform: why mahaprana (aspirated consonant) letters are unnecessary in Kannada, the social justice argument for orthographic simplification, comparative evidence from other language reforms, and rebuttals of common objections. Draws on DNS Bhat's Books 08, 28, 29, and 30. Trigger phrases: "mahaprana", "aspirated consonants in Kannada", "script reform", "hosa baraha", "why doesn't Kannada need kh/gh/th/dh", "orthographic simplification", "Kannada spelling reform", "why is Kannada spelling complex", "ಮಹಾಪ್ರಾಣ", "ಸರಿಪಡಿಕೆ".
Answers questions about sound change in Kannada and in languages generally, drawing on D. N. Shankara Bhat's framework. Covers: what sound change is and why it happens, regularity and the Neogrammarian hypothesis, assimilation and dissimilation, comparative reconstruction, internal reconstruction, and how Bhat applied sound change theory specifically to Kannada (mahaprana argument in Book 08, vowel-raising in coastal dialects, arka-ottu and Kannada phonological history). Primary sources: Book 08 (applied), Book 26 (Kannada popularisation, 2024), Book 22 (English textbook — not yet extracted). Trigger phrases: "sound change", "ಉಲಿ ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡು", "why do languages change pronunciation", "Neogrammarian", "assimilation dissimilation", "vowel raising Kannada", "comparative reconstruction Dravidian", "sound laws", "ಉಲಿ ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡಿನ ಗೆರೆಗಳು".
Answers questions about Kannada sentence structure and syntax using D. N. Shankara Bhat's framework from Books 25 and 07. Covers: SOV word order, clause combining (converbs, participial forms), relative clauses (pre-nominal participial), embedded clauses, sentence coordination, nominal and verbal phrase structure, case marking in sentences, and how Kannada syntax differs from both Sanskrit and English. Trigger phrases: "Kannada sentence structure", "Kannada word order", "SOV", "Kannada relative clause", "ಕನ್ನಡ ವಾಕ್ಯ", "clause combining Kannada", "Kannada converb", "embedded clause Kannada", "ಕನ್ನಡ ವಾಕ್ಯಗಳ ಒಳರಚನೆ", "how do you join sentences in Kannada".
Answers questions about Old Kannada (ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ) grammar using D. N. Shankara Bhat's analysis from Book 14. Covers how ancient grammarians (Nagavarma, Kesiraja, Bhattakalanka) wrongly applied Sanskrit grammar to Kannada, what Old Kannada's actual Dravidian grammatical principles are (rational/non-rational gender, case system, verb forms, compounds, clause combining), and why Sanskrit categories like lopa/agama/adesa/karaka misrepresent Kannada morphology. Trigger phrases: "old Kannada grammar", "Kesiraja", "Nagavarma", "Shabdamanidarpana", "halegannada", "ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ", "Dravidian vs Sanskrit grammar", "why is Kannada grammar wrong", "rational non-rational gender Kannada", "Old Kannada verb forms", "Sanskrit imposed on Kannada".
Look up D. N. Shankara Bhat's settled native Kannada equivalents for English words before coining anything new. Draws on Book 31 (12,121-entry A-W dictionary, all letters except H J P S X Y Z) and Book 15 (letter-A sample only). Precedence rule: VETTED-15 > VETTED-31 > COINED. Trigger phrases: "what did Bhat use for X", "look up X in the dictionary", "vetted word for", "is there a settled Kannada word for", "Bhat's word for", "check the dictionary first", "ಬಟ್ ಅವರ ಪದ", "Book 31", "Book 15".