Knowledge Workflow Admin

Knowledge Workflow Admin

Use this maintainer skill to install or administer the knowledge workflow in a target repository when a maintainer explicitly selects it.

This maintainer skill should run from an external installed copy. It supports fresh init, checks, manifest work, generic post-upgrade migration guidance, and approved configuration management.

If the user is not explicitly acting as a workflow maintainer, do not use this Skill. Route ordinary team usage, content placement, onboarding, recovery, capture, planning, delivery, or review questions to knowledge-assistant or the owning ordinary workflow Skill.

References

Read only the reference needed for the active mode:

• references/help.md: maintainer help for this Skill.
• references/install.md: skeleton copy rules, install inventory, init, and workflow checks.
• references/manifest.md: manifest fields and managed-file tracking.
• references/config.md: configuration design and approved update workflow.
• references/upgrade.md: generic post-upgrade migration guidance when an existing installation differs from the current workflow baseline.

Modes

• help: explain this maintainer skill's modes, boundaries, and safe next setup step.
• init: create a new workflow installation.
• check: run read-only workflow checks, including required Skill availability.
• config: design, update, or save approved configuration in the manifest or platform hint block.

Infer the mode from the user's request. If ambiguous, state the assumed mode before acting. If the user asks ordinary workflow help, routing, onboarding, or recovery questions, recommend knowledge-assistant instead of using this maintainer skill.

Help Workflow

Use help only for questions about this maintainer skill itself, such as when to initialize, how to run checks, how the manifest is managed, or how maintainer configuration updates should be handled.

1. Read references/help.md.
2. If the question concerns an already initialized repository, resolve ` using runtime bootstrap rules, then read /.workflow/runtime.md and /.workflow/manifest.yml` before answering.
3. Give the safest maintainer next step and name whether the operation is read-only, dry-run-only, or write-capable after approval.
4. Route ordinary team workflow usage, content placement, recovery, and skill routing questions to knowledge-assistant.

Ordinary Help Boundary

Use knowledge-assistant for ordinary team-facing help, onboarding, skill routing, content placement, read-only project rules explanation, and recovery diagnosis.

This skill may answer setup/admin questions needed to run init, check, or approved config work. It must not become the ordinary distributed help surface for team members.

Config Workflow

Use config only when the user explicitly asks to define, update, or save configuration. Read references/config.md, summarize current configuration first, produce a dry run, and require approval before writing the manifest or platform hint block.

Init Workflow

Use init only for a maintainer-approved workflow installation. Read references/install.md, resolve required parameters, build a dry run, require approval, then write files and validate the completed installation. Do not silently default canonical language.

Check Workflow

Use check when the user asks to verify workflow setup, manifest consistency, managed/protected/local-only entries, platform hint workflow context, required Skill availability, or post-upgrade migration needs. Read references/install.md; read references/upgrade.md when an existing installation appears older than the current baseline or has layout mismatches. Report missing Skills with installation advice. Do not copy Skills into the target repository.

Guardrails

• Do not copy business drafts, member-specific notes, editor settings, package scripts, or project-specific build commands into the workflow skeleton.
• Do not record unrelated repository files, dirty worktree artifacts, or untracked project files in the manifest.
• Do not add protected or skipped patterns just because matching project documents currently exist. Add them only when they are part of the project rules or the user explicitly configures them.
• Keep / local-only. It holds reusable worktrees and should contain a .gitignore that ignores worktree contents.
• Require the installed manifest to record an explicit canonical_language; do not infer it from current skeleton language or local user locale.
• Keep the installed workflow Markdown-first, Foam-compatible, and Obsidian-readable without plugin-only syntax.
• For full installation guardrails, read references/install.md.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: choral-io
• Source: choral-io/choral-skills
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/choral-io/choral-skills

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.