# wiki

Turn project notes into a searchable knowledge base with linked folder indexes. Use the CLI to create pages, inspect the wiki tree, and keep navigation in sync with files.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 106
- Author: plasma-ai
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/plasma-ai/wiki/tree/HEAD/wiki/skills/wiki/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/plasma-ai-wiki

## What it does

wiki stores project knowledge in a folder hierarchy built around `_index.md` files. Each index points to child pages and folders, while a separate section holds notes written by the user. The `wiki init` command creates the initial structure, `wiki new` adds indexed content, and `wiki map` prints a tree view. Search options include SQLite FTS5 full-text ranking and regular-expression matching.

The skill guides agents through maintaining the wiki as files change. `wiki update` refreshes index links and managed metadata, while `wiki lint` checks the structure and `wiki read` opens a selected entry. Prose mentions are not converted into cross-links automatically, so links such as `[[...]]` must be authored by hand. For larger collections, the instructions favor splitting independent page work among sub-agents and updating the indexes afterward.

Install the CLI with `pipx install plasma-wiki`; `pip install` and `uv tool install` are alternatives. The `wiki` executable must be available on `PATH`. Authorize the wiki with `wiki trust` before allowing it to run the `.wiki/wiki.py` hook. Configuration in `.wiki/settings.json` controls exclusions, naming rules, and timestamps, which helps keep generated indexes aligned with the project's file layout.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plasma-ai/wiki --skill wiki -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plasma-ai/wiki --skill wiki -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plasma-ai/wiki --skill wiki -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install plasma-ai/wiki wiki
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plasma-ai/wiki --skill wiki -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/plasma-ai/wiki --path wiki/skills/wiki
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plasma-ai/wiki --skill wiki -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/plasma-ai/wiki/tree/HEAD/wiki/skills/wiki/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Build a project wiki with an index for each section
- Find relevant pages using full-text search or regex
- Refresh index links after files are added or removed
- Validate wiki structure and catch formatting issues
- Delegate separate pages to sub-agents for parallel editing

## Example prompts
- Initialize a wiki for this project with `wiki init`, then configure its integrations with `wiki config`.
- Search the project wiki for configuration notes with `wiki search` and inspect its folder tree using `wiki map`.
- Run `wiki lint` to check the wiki, then use `wiki update` to synchronize its indexes.

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---
name: wiki
description: Indexed knowledge bases with command-line tools for agents.
disable-model-invocation: true
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# Wiki

A wiki is a structured, indexed knowledge base organized as a folder tree with
`_index.md` files. Each folder has an index that links to its children
(subfolders and pages), and a content section below a `***` delimiter for
user-authored notes.

Initialize a wiki in the current project and configure integrations:

- `wiki init` — scaffold a new wiki with a root index
- `wiki config` — install Obsidian plugins and the git merge driver
- `wiki trust` — authorize a wiki to run its `.wiki/wiki.py` hook

Maintain indexes as files are added and removed:

- `wiki lint` — validate structure and flag issues
- `wiki update` — sync index links with the filesystem
- `wiki new` — create an indexed folder with an authored desc and content

Browse structure, search across content, and read entries:

- `wiki map` — print an indented tree overview
- `wiki search` — rank relevant pages with SQLite FTS5
- `wiki match` — match content with regex
- `wiki read` — read a named entry

## Usage

Install the CLI from PyPI if it is not already on your `PATH`:

```bash
pipx install plasma-wiki
```

(`pip install` or `uv tool install` work too.)

Then run commands directly:

```bash
wiki <command> ...
```

Run `wiki --help` for a list of commands, and `wiki <command> --help` for full
option descriptions.

## Working at scale

A wiki is many small, independent pages, so wiki work parallelizes well and is
often too large for one context. Default to sub-agents and dynamic workflows
rather than authoring or auditing page by page yourself:

- **Fan out sub-agents.** When seeding or expanding a wiki, give each
  independent page — or each source to research and digest — to its own
  sub-agent, then run `wiki update` once to stitch the new pages into the
  indexes. Update adds and repairs index link rows and frontmatter only — it
  never linkifies mentions in page prose, so author `[[...]]` cross-links by
  hand, root-relative inside the wiki.
- **Drive sweeps with a dynamic workflow.** When auditing, relinking, or
  restructuring an existing wiki, pipeline its pages through a workflow so each
  is read, revised, and verified on its own — slow pages never block fast ones.

## Conventions

- **`.wiki/` is the tool's namespace.** Every root carries a `.wiki/` directory
  holding `settings.json` — the file that declares the wiki root; `wiki init`
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