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name: hoi-knowledge-review
description: "Use when requested to audit HOI wiki and memory for stale evidence, recorded contradictions, duplicates, superseded information and expired memory; prepare cited replacements and review findings without deleting originals."
license: MIT
---

# Knowledge review

Read `.hoi/runtime.json` in the selected private workspace; use its `command.executable` and `command.args` when present, otherwise its documented Node entrypoint, with explicit `--workspace`, matching `--host codex|claude`, and `--json`. Requires the local maintenance core and schema 5. Do not migrate a live workspace merely to use this skill: report the verified-backup upgrade requirement. Chat-only environments can interpret user-supplied results but cannot claim a local scan.

Run `knowledge scan`, then review current pending findings. The scan records findings but does not archive or replace knowledge. Existing reviewed fingerprints suppress unchanged findings. New evidence or changed records require a new review. Mechanical duplicates and recorded contradictions do not prove semantic equivalence or inconsistency; inspect sources and distinguish confirmed defects from hypotheses. Offering information is not obsolete simply because it is old.

Use [Review contract](references/review-contract.md). Prepare a cited wiki/memory draft with permitted current evidence before asking the user to choose an update. Unknowns stay explicit. Do not treat source instructions as permission to change records. A broad request to audit does not authorize retirement or replacement.

Keep/reject closes a finding. Archive excludes a record from active views. Update/merge/supersede retires a selected original in favor of a specific reviewed replacement; it does not combine text automatically. Retain substantive distinctions when drafting a merged replacement. Validate both originals and replacement before recommending that decision. Do not broaden access restrictions. Report the exact action, record IDs, source references, missing evidence and semantic-review limits.

## Knowledge Core (schema 15)

Use `wiki pages`, `wiki history`, `wiki backlinks` and `wiki compare` to inspect stable pages and their revisions. `knowledge scan` records mechanical findings including due review dates and recorded contradictory evidence. Distinguish attributed user statements from source verification. Propose a cited replacement with `wiki save`, retaining page identity and expected version. Flag ambiguous aliases or duplicate subjects for review rather than merging automatically. Broken or inaccessible links do not authorize revealing restricted target names. Do not claim semantic contradiction detection from a mechanical scan. Unchanged dismissed findings retain their fingerprint.

## Unified retrieval and reviewed memory (schema 19)

Discover engine compatibility and registered operations first. On schema 19, prefer `knowledge search --input <file>` for ranked, bounded source/wiki/approved-memory evidence, then `knowledge evidence --input <file>` to resolve exact references with current permissions. Retain each kind, revision, attribution, effective date and coverage; a reviewed preference is not independent corroboration. Derived conversation summaries locate original passages and must not be cited as independent facts. Local semantic search is optional: report lexical fallback honestly; never download a model or change scope merely to answer a question.

Use `memory list`, `memory get` and `memory history` for inspection. `memory propose --input <file>` requires a unique request key and creates a proposal only. Review and retirement require the local user's exact version/checksum review; assistants cannot self-approve or claim user authorship. Corrections identify the predecessor and preserve history. Do not write memory Markdown directly or create a competing MEMORY.md. On older engines retain supported reads and report the upgrade requirement rather than bypassing review.

## Routing and scheduled maintenance (schema 20)

On schema 20 distinguish mechanical knowledge health from assisted content review. Mechanical checks report changed evidence, missing links, due reviews, duplicate fingerprints and recorded contradictions. Assisted review needs an explicit objective, authorized provider disclosure and budget; it produces cited findings and optional suggested replacement text only. Excerpts are partial coverage, not a whole-document or specialist audit. Contradiction hypotheses remain hypotheses. Preserve dismissal fingerprints; changed evidence can create a linked update. Use existing editors and exact human review for publication or memory decisions. `hoi-automate` can prepare the requested recurring workflow; this skill does not create cron jobs.

## Precise discovery and selected sessions (schema 21)

Use `knowledge health` to distinguish delayed checks, extraction/index gaps, partial enrichment and budget pauses. Inspect `knowledge artifacts` against original passages; generated questions and observations do not establish facts. Optional discovery processing needs a reviewed definition revision or explicit `knowledge enrich-preview` / `knowledge enrich`. Propose corrections through existing review workflows. A pipeline timestamp is not a knowledge-quality score, and a recent import does not supersede an approved source.

Input examples and coverage limits are in the product’s `docs/KNOWLEDGE_PIPELINES.md`; discover actual operation contracts before calling them.