ideas-funnel:query

Used by: human (on demand).

ideas-funnel:query

Answer a question using tiered retrieval over the vault.

Input

A natural-language question. Example: /ideas-funnel:query what do we know about Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern?

Step 1 — Identify candidate pages

Read ~/Vaults/Neurons/index.md. Match the question against page titles, summaries, tags. Build a ranked shortlist of candidate pages (up to 15).

If the shortlist is thin (< 3 candidates), do a full-text search:

cd ~/Vaults/Neurons
grep -rliF "<key-term>" Concepts Entities Sources Domains --include="*.md"

Step 2 — Read page bodies

Open the shortlist. Pay attention to summary: frontmatter — that's the one-line gist. Skim bodies for the specific claims that answer the question.

Step 3 — Synthesize

Write a response:

• Lead with the direct answer.
• Cite every claim with [[Path/Page]].
• If sources disagree, surface the tension (note tension_score if present in frontmatter).
• Keep it proportional to the question.

Step 4 — File back if novel

If the answer represents a synthesis that doesn't exist as its own Concept page, offer to create one:

This answer is a synthesis across [[A]], [[B]], [[C]]. File as a new Concept page?

If user accepts, write Concepts/<Name>.md with provenance.origin: ai-generated and state: fresh.

Step 5 — Log

Append to log.md:

## [YYYY-MM-DD] query | "<question>" | pages_read: N | filed_new: <yes|no>

Guidelines

• Answers grounded in sources, not inferred confidently.
• If the vault is silent on the question, say so — don't invent.
• Prefer Concepts/ and Bridges/ for synthesis; Sources/ for primary evidence.