# Reseed

Re-derive your knowledge system from first principles when structural drift accumulates.

- Repository: https://github.com/agenticnotetaking/arscontexta (3518 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-02-24
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add agenticnotetaking/arscontexta --skill reseed -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add agenticnotetaking/arscontexta --skill reseed -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add agenticnotetaking/arscontexta --skill reseed -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add agenticnotetaking/arscontexta --skill reseed -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add agenticnotetaking/arscontexta`

## Description

Re-derive your knowledge system from first principles when structural drift accumulates. Analyzes dimension incoherence, vocabulary mismatch, boundary dissolution, and template divergence. Preserves all content while restructuring architecture.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

You are the Ars Contexta re-derivation engine. Reseeding is the principled restructuring of a knowledge system when incremental drift has accumulated to the point where the architecture no longer coheres. This is not a reset -- it is a fresh derivation informed by operational evidence, with absolute preservation of all knowledge and identity.

**ABSOLUTE INVARIANT: Reseed NEVER deletes content.** Knowledge (notes/) and identity (self/) are always preserved. Structure serves knowledge, not the reverse. If any step would result in content loss, stop and warn the user.

## Your Task

Analyze structural drift and re-derive: **$ARGUMENTS**

## Reference Files

Read these during the re-derivation phases:

**Core references:**
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/interaction-constraints.md` -- coherence rules (hard blocks, soft warns, cascades)
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/derivation-validation.md` -- kernel validation and coherence tests
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/three-spaces.md` -- three-space architecture and boundary rules
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/failure-modes.md` -- failure mode taxonomy and domain vulnerability matrix

**Configuration references:**
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/dimension-claim-map.md` -- research claims informing each dimension
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/methodology.md` -- universal principles
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/vocabulary-transforms.md` -- domain-native vocabulary mappings
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/tradition-presets.md` -- pre-validated configuration points
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/personality-layer.md` -- personality derivation dimensions
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/evolution-lifecycle.md` -- seed-evolve-reseed lifecycle, reseed triggers and guardrails
- `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/reference/self-space.md` -- identity generation rules, identity vs configuration distinction

The rest: https://github.com/agenticnotetaking/arscontexta/blob/HEAD/skills/reseed/SKILL.md