/help — aria-knowledge Commands

/help — aria-knowledge Commands

Print the command reference table. No config or file access needed.

Runtime Gate (per ADR-094)

Canonical resolution: This is the Claude Code variant. When both plugin-claude-code and plugin-claude-cowork are loaded in the same session (most common in Claude Desktop), bare /help resolves to this skill — aria-knowledge (Code) is the canonical owner of all 24 dual-port skills per ADR-094 §Part 1. The Cowork variant is namespaced-only: /aria-cowork:help.

Before Step 0: Check that the Bash tool is available in this session. If Bash is NOT available (you are running in Claude Cowork or another non-Code runtime), surface the following notification and wait for explicit user confirmation:

⚠️ Runtime mismatch — you invoked aria-knowledge's /help from a non-Code runtime.

This prints aria-knowledge's command reference (Code-side commands). For aria-cowork's reference, use /aria-cowork:help.

Use /aria-cowork:help instead? (y / n)

Wait for an explicit reply:

• y / yes — Use the Skill tool to invoke aria-cowork:help with the same arguments the user provided to this invocation. Do not proceed with this skill's steps; the cowork variant takes over and runs to completion. This is the default-yes path — auto-redirect is the helpful action.
• n / no — Proceed with this (aria-knowledge) variant anyway despite the runtime mismatch. The user has explicitly opted in.
• No response / any other reply — Treat as "do not proceed" and exit cleanly without running either variant.

This gate applies even when mode = auto per ADR-094 §Part 3. Auto mode's "implicit-yes on all gates" rule is suspended for the runtime-mismatch check — auto trusts that the user invoked the correct variant, and this gate enforces that precondition. All other auto-mode gates remain bypassed. The friction cost is now low: on y, the auto-redirect runs the correct variant with the original args.

If Bash is available, proceed to Step 0.

Output

## aria-knowledge Commands

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| /setup | Configure knowledge folder, audit cadences, and plugin settings |
| /extract | Capture insights, decisions, and feedback from the current conversation |
| /audit-knowledge (alias: /knowledge-audit) | Review backlogs, promote to knowledge files, rebuild index |
| /audit-config (alias: /config-audit) | Check project configs and docs for drift and broken references |
| /retrospect [--range/--pr/--session/--commit] | Structured retrospective on a shipped commit range — per-fix validation, simpler-alternative discipline, re-diagnosis, action verdicts, failure-mode pattern check |
| /context [tags] | Load relevant knowledge files by topic (supports AND/OR, project expansion) |
| /index | Rebuild the tag-based knowledge index with cross-references |
| /rules [number] | Look up a working rule by number or keyword |
| /backlog [type] | View and manage pending intake items |
| /stats | Knowledge base health dashboard — file counts, backlogs, audit status |
| /ask [question] | Research a question, check existing knowledge, save answer as a knowledge doc |
| /clip [url or text] | Quick-save a URL or text snippet to intake for later review |
| /intake [path or url] | Bulk import knowledge from files, directories, or URLs |
| /intake doc [url or title] | Capture a single doc with 5-section structured body (claims/keeping/contested/action/reaction) → intake/docs/ |
| /codemap [mode] | Feature-organized CODEMAP.md for any codebase (create/inventory/update/section) |
| /distill [text or path] | Tiered task spec from raw text; optional --group for CODEMAP-loaded context |
| /stitch <mode> <group> | Cross-repo binding (auth/endpoints/entities/drift) for a product group |
| /wrapup | End-of-session handoff — update PROGRESS/CLAUDE.md, prompt for commit, verify continuity |
| /handoff [auto\|brief] | Express handoff — same coverage as /wrapup, one combined-go review (or `auto` for silent), always emits a paste-ready next-session opener. `brief` mode produces a copy/paste coworker brief (Hey [coworker]-style prose, 80-150 words) instead of next-session opener — no PROGRESS/CLAUDE/memory/commit/extract side effects |
| /snapshot | Save the current session transcript to intake/pre-compact-captures/ on demand |
| /help | This command reference |

Run /setup to configure. See QUICKSTART.md for a walkthrough of your first 3 sessions.

## Model Recommendations

These are recommendations only — ARIA does not force a model. Switch per session via `/model` based on the skill you're about to run.

| Skill | Recommended Model | Why |
|-------|-------------------|-----|
| /extract | Opus 4.6 (1M context), medium-to-high effort | Judgment-heavy: distinguishing reusable signal from ephemeral noise, writing non-obvious Why/How-to-apply lines. |
| /audit-knowledge | Opus 4.6 (1M context), medium-to-high effort | Cross-references backlogs against the promoted index, decides promotion vs. discard, detects emerging themes. |
| /audit-config | Opus 4.6 (1M context), medium-to-high effort | Reads across CLAUDE.md files and configs to detect drift and broken references. |
| /retrospect | Opus 4.6 (1M context), medium-to-high effort | Multi-stage judgment per fix: validation status assignment, simpler-alternative identification, hypothesis generation, failure-mode pattern matching, action verdict synthesis. Highest leverage from stronger models. |
| /ask | Opus 4.6 (1M context), medium-to-high effort (ambiguous topics) or Sonnet 4.6 (scoped lookups) | Research + draft + categorize. Drop to Sonnet when the question is narrow. |
| /codemap create | Opus 4.6 (1M context) minimum | Full-repo traversal needs the large context window so sections aren't truncated mid-generation. |
| /codemap update, /codemap section, /wrapup, /handoff, /intake, /distill, /stitch | Sonnet 4.6, medium effort | Structured work with clear prescribed output. |
| /index, /stats, /backlog, /rules, /context, /clip, /snapshot, /help, /setup | Sonnet 4.6, low effort | Mechanical or retrieval-only — higher models add no measurable lift. |

Haiku is not recommended for any ARIA skill — the judgment/cross-reference demands exceed its strengths.

The honest test: will a stronger model change what ends up in the knowledge base? For `/extract` and `/audit-knowledge`, yes, measurably. For `/index` and `/stats`, no.