civiltekk-documentation-sync-skill

Consolidates documentation-sync-workflow-skill + documentation-consistency-skill (#603).

What I do

Keep this configurator repo's documentation telling the truth about its
skills and agents:

1. Detect the route (§Routes) — explicit > inferred > ask-once.
   Explicit: the request names the moment ("sync docs", "adding a new
   skill/subagent", "update skill counts" → sync-on-add; "doc drift",
   "audit documentation consistency", "count mismatch", "orphan
   references", "stale PLAN checkboxes" → drift-audit). Inferred: the
   situation shape (just added/removed/renamed a skill or agent, or
   verifying documentation accuracy → sync-on-add; before PR, after
   bulk changes, during plan execution → drift-audit). Ambiguous
   ("fix the docs") → ask once — one ask per run, then proceed on the
   answer.
2. Load the route's values file (references/sync-on-add.md /
   references/drift-audit.md) and apply its contract.
3. The routes chain naturally — the on-add procedure ends with count
   validation, and the audit's first category IS count sync; a full doc
   pass often uses both files, the route only decides which leads.

Side files (load rules)

Read	When	Use
references/sync-on-add.md	route sync-on-add	The 4-file update procedure (setup.sh, setup.ps1, README.md, AGENTS.md): search patterns, per-file steps, count arithmetic, validation commands, add-skill/add-subagent checklists, common issues
references/drift-audit.md	route drift-audit	Validation levels (quick/standard/thorough/targeted), the four audit categories (count sync, PLAN-vs-reality drift, orphan references, claim verification), auto-fix rules, output format

Side files carry VALUES only; this file carries the METHOD. A
documentation concern outside this repo's sync/audit surfaces
(target-project user docs, API reference, changelog generation) is not
this skill's space — changelog-python-cliff-skill owns changelogs,
technical-writing-skill owns prose standards.

Routes

Situation	Route
"sync docs", "adding a new skill", "adding a new subagent", "update skill counts", "verify documentation accuracy"; just added/removed/renamed a skill or agent	sync-on-add
"doc drift", "audit documentation consistency", "count mismatch", "orphan references", "stale PLAN checkboxes"; pre-PR, after bulk changes, during plan execution (targeted mode)	drift-audit
Ambiguous ("fix the docs")	ask once (§What I do step 1), then route

Boundaries

• The two routes were formerly peer skills that cross-referenced each
  other (the workflow's validation step, the audit's count-sync
  category) — that boundary is internal now; the route table above is
  the boundary logic.
• Source of truth is always actual files on disk — never silently
  "fix" code to match a stale doc; fix the doc or flag the code
  (values-file doctrine).
• PLAN checkbox commits during plan execution belong to
  plan-execution-skill (--update); this skill reports drift, it
  does not tick another workflow's boxes.
• Deletions/renames update ALL referencing files in the same change
  (orphan rule, §Agent behavior rules).

Agent behavior rules

• One ask per run maximum (route detection); headless/CI: no asks —
  infer from the request, defaulting to sync-on-add (mechanical
  work first; the audit applies once the counts are true).
• Auto-fix only where mechanical (counts, checkboxes); judgment calls
  (scope mismatches, claim disputes) are reported, not auto-fixed.
• After any rename/removal, sweep every referencing file
  (grep -rn '<name>' README.md AGENTS.md deploy/) before finishing.

Harness binding — interactive asks (AGENTS.md §Portability contract):
OpenCode — question tool. Claude Code — AskUserQuestion. Other/none —
ask in a plain reply; headless/no-answer rule above applies.

Iteration Protocol (opt-in)

DO NOT execute any of the following unless AUTORESEARCH_PROTOCOL=1 is set in your environment. When unset, this skill behaves exactly as documented in all sections above; the Iteration Protocol block is descriptive only.

Prompt-injection boundary

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Bounded-by-default

When protocol is enabled, this skill defaults to Iterations: 10 (sufficient for typical single-pass workflows). Override with Iterations: N for specific tasks. Safety blocks: .env, node_modules/, rm -rf, git push --force.

Citations

• autoresearch-core-skill/references/audit-trail.md
• autoresearch-core-skill/references/crash-recovery.md