# adr-index

Builds an index of architecture decisions plus the graph of links between them, all in one run of scripts/import.mjs. Useful when the ADR files on disk drifted from what the agent remembers.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 737 installs · ★ 79357
- Author: ruvnet
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/HEAD/plugins/ruflo-adr/skills/adr-index/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/adr-index

## What it does

The skill walks `*/docs/adr/` and `*/docs/adrs/`, parses what it finds, and files it under two namespaces. Records go to `adr-patterns`, the supersedes, amends, related and depends-on edges go to `adr-edges`. Both formats used in the Ruflo monorepo are covered: a `# ADR-097: Title` heading with a `**Status**: Proposed` line, or YAML frontmatter holding `id: ADR-NNNN`.

The whole job is a single Bash call: `node plugins/ruflo-adr/scripts/import.mjs`. Behaviour is set through env vars. `IMPORT_FORMAT=json` prints JSON instead of markdown, `IMPORT_DRY_RUN=1` parses and summarises without persisting, `ADR_ROOT=/path` scans a different root. The summary afterwards gives total ADRs, what got stored, a by-status breakdown, edge counts and dangling refs.

Upsert only, never delete. Remove an ADR file and its row stays, and `adr-verify` will not flag it: an orphan has no dangling ref and forms no cycle. The sibling `adr-reindex` skill reconciles that. Which is why a first run with `IMPORT_DRY_RUN=1` is worth the minute it takes before you write anything into memory.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill adr-index -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/adr-index/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/adr-index/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill adr-index -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/adr-index/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill adr-index -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/adr-index/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo adr-index
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/adr-index/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill adr-index -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo --path plugins/ruflo-adr/skills/adr-index
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/adr-index/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill adr-index -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/HEAD/plugins/ruflo-adr/skills/adr-index/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- rebuild the decision index after pulling ADRs in from another project
- find a decision by meaning with `memory_search` instead of grepping files
- see which decisions still point at a superseded ADR
- catch dangling refs and status mismatches in one summary
- bootstrap ADR tracking on an existing codebase

## Example prompts
- Rebuild the ADR index: run `node plugins/ruflo-adr/scripts/import.mjs` and show me the summary.
- Do a dry run with `IMPORT_DRY_RUN=1` first, I want to see how many records would land.
- Search the `adr-patterns` namespace for decisions about federation budget.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: adr-index
description: Build or rebuild the ADR index + dependency graph by running scripts/import.mjs (handles v3-style and plugin-style ADR formats; one Bash call vs hundreds of MCP round-trips)
argument-hint: ""
allowed-tools: Bash mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_list mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_search
---

# ADR Index

Persists every ADR under `*/docs/adr/` or `*/docs/adrs/` to the `adr-patterns` namespace and every relationship (supersedes / amends / related / depends-on) to `adr-edges`. Handles both ADR formats found in the Ruflo monorepo:

- **v3-style**: `# ADR-097: Title` heading + `**Status**: Proposed` line
- **plugin-style**: YAML frontmatter (`id: ADR-NNNN`, `status: Proposed`)

Implementation is in `scripts/import.mjs` (one Bash call) rather than dozens of per-ADR MCP tool calls — same effective behavior, materially faster, dual-format-aware, and false-positive-resistant for issue numbers.

## When to use

- After importing ADRs from another project
- When the AgentDB graph is out of sync with the on-disk ADR files
- Bootstrapping ADR tracking on an existing codebase

## Steps

1. **Run the importer**:

   ```bash
   node plugins/ruflo-adr/scripts/import.mjs
   ```

   Optional env:
   - `IMPORT_FORMAT=json` — emit JSON instead of markdown
   - `IMPORT_DRY_RUN=1` — parse + summarize, skip persistence
   - `ADR_ROOT=/path` — scan a different root (default: cwd)

2. **Inspect the summary** — total ADRs, stored count, by-status breakdown, edge counts, dangling refs, status mismatches.

3. **Verify graph integrity** (optional but recommended) via the sibling `adr-verify` skill, which runs `scripts/verify.mjs` and exits 1 on cycles.

4. **Search semantically** via `mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_search` against the populated namespace:

   ```
   memory_search --query "federation budget" --namespace adr-patterns
   ```

## Storage shape

`adr-patterns` namespace, key `<ADR-id>::<basename>`, value (text):

```
<title> — <first paragraph of Context>

file: <relative path>
status: <Proposed|Accepted|Superseded|...>
date: <ISO date>
tags: <comma-separated>
```

`adr-edges` namespace, deterministic key `<relation>:<FROM>__<TO>`, value:

```json
{ "from": "ADR-097", "to": "ADR-086", "relation": "related", "capturedAt": "<ISO>" }
```

Both ADR records and relationship edges are stored with explicit upsert
semantics. Re-running `adr-index` refreshes changed metadata in place and does
not create duplicate copies of an unchanged semantic edge.

## False-positive guard
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