Reference Creator

Shared project skill-context

Before mode routing or work, read existing files relative to the current project root in this order (reuse them if already loaded):

1. .ai-factory/skill-context/global-skill-context.md, all bundled skills.
2. .ai-factory/skill-context/aif-reference/SKILL.md, this skill.

Missing files are skipped; an existing unreadable file stops dependent work with its path. Precedence: individual > build (when applicable) > global > skill defaults; retain non-conflicting instructions and check all outputs against the effective rules. These layers customize workflow; they do not replace the project's rules/architecture hierarchy or relax explicit requirements, ownership, scope, safety/privacy, validation, or approval boundaries. Report conflicts with those boundaries instead of overriding them. global is a project-local layer, not home-directory configuration. Custom/extension skills do not automatically use it.

Create structured knowledge references from external sources and store them in the configured references directory so other AI Factory skills can reuse them later.

Step 0: Load Config

FIRST: Read .ai-factory/config.yaml if it exists to resolve:

• Paths: paths.references and paths.rules_file
• Language: language.ui for prompts and summaries, language.artifacts for generated reference artifacts, and language.technical_terms for human-readable technical terminology in references

If config.yaml doesn't exist, use defaults:

• references/: .ai-factory/references/
• RULES.md: .ai-factory/RULES.md
• ui_language: en
• artifact_language: en
• technical_terms_policy: keep

Resolved language values:

• ui_language = language.ui || "en"
• artifact_language = language.artifacts || language.ui || "en"
• technical_terms_policy = language.technical_terms || "keep"