topics

name	topics
description	List the registered research topics from the harness manifest, each with its MIF namespace and a finding/verdict rollup from the index. Use this skill when the user asks 'what topics do I have', 'list topics', 'show the registry', 'what am I researching', 'topic status', or wants an overview of the corpus by topic. Reads harness.config.json topics[] over the MIF substrate.
version	0.4.2
argument-hint	[-t <query>] [--status <status>]
allowed-tools	Read, Bash, Grep, Glob

topics — the research registry

List the topics declared in the harness manifest and roll up what the corpus holds for each. The registry is harness.config.json topics[]; each topic declares an id, title, MIF namespace, and status. The per-topic finding/verdict counts come from the projected index — the same MIF substrate the other services read.

Arguments

• No arguments — list every topic with its rollup
• -t <query> — resolve a single topic by id, title substring, or namespace and print its entry; if nothing matches, reply exactly Topic "<query>" not found and show the full table
• --status <status> — filter to topics with the given status (e.g. active)

Listing

Read the manifest registry:

jq '.topics[] | { id, title, namespace, status }' harness.config.json

Roll up each topic's findings from the index, joined on namespace:

jq -n \
  --slurpfile cfg harness.config.json \
  --slurpfile idx reports/example-okf-mif-knowledge-spine/research-index.json '
  ($idx[0].findings | group_by(.namespace)
     | map({ key: .[0].namespace,
             value: { findings: length,
                      verdicts: (group_by(.verdict)
                        | map({ (.[0].verdict // "none"): length }) | add) } })
     | from_entries) as $roll
  | $cfg[0].topics
  | map(. + { rollup: ($roll[.namespace] // { findings: 0, verdicts: {} }) }) '

A topic with zero findings is a declared-but-unstarted topic — surface it as such and suggest /start <topic>.

Output format

Present a table:

| Topic | Namespace | Status | Findings | Verdicts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Example: OKF+MIF as a foundational research knowledge spine | harness/example-okf-mif-knowledge-spine | archived | 36 | survived: 31, weakened: 5 |

End with a one-line summary: "N topics, M with findings."

Prerequisites

• harness.config.json with a topics[] registry.
• research-index.json for the rollup. If missing: bash scripts/build-index.sh <findings-dir>. A missing index is not fatal — list topics from the manifest and report findings as unknown.

Examples

/topics
/topics -t example
/topics --status active