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Agent skill
knowledge-extractor
Extract tribal knowledge from code, documentation, and commit history to preserve institutional memory
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/main/library/specializations/code-migration-modernization/skills/knowledge-extractor
SKILL.md
Knowledge Extractor Skill
Extracts tribal knowledge from code comments, commit messages, documentation, and other sources to preserve institutional memory during migration.
Purpose
Enable knowledge preservation for:
- Comment analysis and extraction
- Commit message mining
- Documentation parsing
- Pattern recognition
- Business rule discovery
Capabilities
1. Comment Analysis
- Extract TODO/FIXME comments
- Parse documentation comments
- Identify explanatory notes
- Find warning comments
2. Commit Message Mining
- Extract rationale from commits
- Identify bug fix context
- Find feature explanations
- Track decision history
3. Documentation Parsing
- Parse markdown documentation
- Extract from wikis
- Process README files
- Catalog API docs
4. Pattern Recognition
- Identify coding patterns
- Recognize idioms
- Detect conventions
- Map architectural patterns
5. Business Rule Extraction
- Find business logic comments
- Extract validation rules
- Identify calculation explanations
- Document edge cases
6. Glossary Generation
- Build domain vocabulary
- Define abbreviations
- Map term usage
- Create terminology guide
Tool Integrations
| Tool | Purpose | Integration Method |
|---|---|---|
| Sourcegraph | Code search | API |
| GitHub API | Commit history | API |
| grep/ripgrep | Pattern search | CLI |
| Custom NLP | Text analysis | Library |
| Confluence API | Wiki extraction | API |
Output Schema
{
"extractionId": "string",
"timestamp": "ISO8601",
"knowledge": {
"comments": [
{
"type": "todo|fixme|note|warning|explanation",
"file": "string",
"line": "number",
"content": "string",
"context": "string"
}
],
"commits": [
{
"hash": "string",
"message": "string",
"author": "string",
"context": "string",
"relatedFiles": []
}
],
"documentation": [],
"businessRules": [],
"glossary": {}
}
}
Integration with Migration Processes
- legacy-codebase-assessment: Knowledge discovery
- documentation-migration: Source material
Related Skills
legacy-code-interpreter: Code understandingdocumentation-generator: Doc creation
Related Agents
legacy-system-archaeologist: Uses for excavationdocumentation-migration-agent: Uses for doc creation
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