ontologian-consult

Ontologian — Consult

Overview

Launch the ontology-consultant agent for a guided, end-to-end ontology design and construction session. The agent covers business discovery, Palantir-pattern semantic layer design, construction, and governance documentation.

Use this skill as the explicit entry point. The ontology-consultant agent also triggers proactively when the user discusses business requirements, domain modeling, or system design — so users don't need to know this command exists to benefit from it.

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Consulting Workflow Overview

The consulting session runs in 6 sequential phases. Each phase has a defined scope, outputs specific files, and asks targeted questions before proceeding.

Phase	Name	What the agent asks	Files produced	Session context
Phase 0	Scope	Domain scope confirmation; start from existing requirements or blank slate?	None	Sets initial_context and scope for all downstream phases
Phase 1	Discovery	5-axis structured interview: entities, relationships, processes, boundaries, governance	None (stored in memory)	Raw domain facts collected
Phase 2	Modeling	Autonomous — derives Object, Link, Action type candidates using /ontologian-analyze rules	None (internal draft)	Candidate types derived from Discovery output
Phase 3	Design	Reviews candidates against Palantir enrichment patterns: object enrichment, state machine audit, semantic naming, governance metadata	None (internal refinement)	Palantir-grade patterns applied
Phase 4	Construction	Writes all domain files in dependency order; runs /ontologian-validate automatically	objects/<Name>.yaml per Object Type, links/<name>.yaml per Link Type, actions/<name>.yaml per Action Type, .ontology/domains/_index.yaml	Files written; validation errors resolved before proceeding
Phase 5	Delivery	Renders ASCII relationship diagrams; generates final report	.ontology/CONSULT_REPORT.md	Session complete

Full agent specification: agents/ontology-consultant.md

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Steps

Step 1: Capture initial context

If the user provided arguments or requirements text along with the command, store them as initial_context to pass to the agent.

Step 2: Launch the consulting agent

Activate the ontology-consultant agent in explicit mode. Pass initial_context if available so the agent can skip redundant prompts.

The agent will handle the complete consulting workflow: Phase 0 (Scope) → Phase 1 (Discovery) → Phase 2 (Modeling) → Phase 3 (Design) → Phase 4 (Construction) → Phase 5 (Delivery)