# Query the Wiki

Answers questions from wiki pages and raw sources, with citations and named gaps.

- Repository: https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip (109885 stars)
- Category: Documents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill wiki-query -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill wiki-query -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill wiki-query -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill wiki-query -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Use when an LLM Wiki operation issue asks a question. Answer from wiki pages and raw sources with citations, name gaps plainly, and offer to file durable synthesis when the answer should compound.

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

# Wiki Query

Answer a question from what the wiki actually contains, with citations.

## Inputs

- An operation issue with `operationType: "query"` and the question in the body.
- The operation issue's target `wikiId`, `spaceSlug`, and space root.

## Workflow

1. **Open the target space's `wiki/index.md` first**, it is the navigation aid. Identify candidate pages.
2. **Read the candidate pages** end to end with `wiki_read_page`, always passing the operation issue's `wikiId` and `spaceSlug`. Follow `[[wiki-links]]` to neighbouring pages when the question spans entities or concepts.
3. **Inspect raw sources** when a wiki page's claim feels thin. The wiki points to `raw/` precisely so you can verify before answering. Use `wiki_read_source`.
4. **Answer the question** in the operation issue thread. Structure:
   - Direct answer first, in 1, 4 sentences.
   - Then the supporting facts as bullet points, each with an inline citation: `(see [[wiki/concepts/managed-resources]])` or `(see raw/<filename>)`.
   - If you needed to read a raw source the wiki did not summarise, name that as a gap.
5. **Decide whether the answer is durable.** If the question forced you to do real synthesis (a comparison, a tradeoff, a definition of something that isn't already a page), offer to file it under `wiki/synthesis/<slug>.md`. Do not write the synthesis page silently, it is opt-in. If the user accepts, write the page, link it from `wiki/index.md`, and append a `query | filed synthesis` log entry.
6. **When the wiki cannot answer**, say so plainly. Suggest a source the user should ingest, a Paperclip project that would help if distilled, or a web lookup. Never bluff.

## Voice

- Lead with the answer.
- Cite as you go, not in a footnote block at the end.
- Use the wiki's terse, factual voice. The query response is itself a candidate for filing into `wiki/synthesis/`.

## Verification

Before closing the operation issue:

The rest: https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/blob/HEAD/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/wiki-query/SKILL.md