Knowledge Extractor Skill
Extracts tribal knowledge from code comments, commit messages, documentation, and other sources to preserve institutional memory during migration.
Purpose
Enable knowledge preservation for:
- •Comment analysis and extraction
- •Commit message mining
- •Documentation parsing
- •Pattern recognition
- •Business rule discovery
Capabilities
1. Comment Analysis
- •Extract TODO/FIXME comments
- •Parse documentation comments
- •Identify explanatory notes
- •Find warning comments
2. Commit Message Mining
- •Extract rationale from commits
- •Identify bug fix context
- •Find feature explanations
- •Track decision history
3. Documentation Parsing
- •Parse markdown documentation
- •Extract from wikis
- •Process README files
- •Catalog API docs
4. Pattern Recognition
- •Identify coding patterns
- •Recognize idioms
- •Detect conventions
- •Map architectural patterns
5. Business Rule Extraction
- •Find business logic comments
- •Extract validation rules
- •Identify calculation explanations
- •Document edge cases
6. Glossary Generation
- •Build domain vocabulary
- •Define abbreviations
- •Map term usage
- •Create terminology guide
Tool Integrations
| Tool | Purpose | Integration Method |
|---|---|---|
| Sourcegraph | Code search | API |
| GitHub API | Commit history | API |
| grep/ripgrep | Pattern search | CLI |
| Custom NLP | Text analysis | Library |
| Confluence API | Wiki extraction | API |
Output Schema
json
{
"extractionId": "string",
"timestamp": "ISO8601",
"knowledge": {
"comments": [
{
"type": "todo|fixme|note|warning|explanation",
"file": "string",
"line": "number",
"content": "string",
"context": "string"
}
],
"commits": [
{
"hash": "string",
"message": "string",
"author": "string",
"context": "string",
"relatedFiles": []
}
],
"documentation": [],
"businessRules": [],
"glossary": {}
}
}
Integration with Migration Processes
- •legacy-codebase-assessment: Knowledge discovery
- •documentation-migration: Source material
Related Skills
- •
legacy-code-interpreter: Code understanding - •
documentation-generator: Doc creation
Related Agents
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legacy-system-archaeologist: Uses for excavation - •
documentation-migration-agent: Uses for doc creation