Wiki Lint

When to Use

Invoke with /wiki-lint when:

• Wiki has grown and you want a health check
• You suspect stale or contradictory content
• Running a periodic (weekly) maintenance pass
• Preparing the wiki for a new research phase

Process

Phase 1: Inventory

1. Read WIKI.md for vault conventions
2. Read wiki/index.md for the catalog
3. Glob all files in wiki/ recursively
4. Compare: files on disk vs. entries in index.md

Phase 2: Structural Checks

1. Orphan pages — wiki pages with zero inbound [[wikilinks]] from other pages
2. Missing pages — [[wikilinks]] that point to files that don't exist
3. Broken links — wikilinks to pages that were renamed or removed
4. Index drift — pages that exist on disk but aren't listed in index.md (or vice versa)
5. Empty pages — pages with frontmatter but no meaningful content

Phase 3: Content Checks

1. Contradictions — pages that make conflicting claims about the same topic
   • Compare entity pages against each other and against summaries
   • Flag with exact quotes and source citations
2. Stale claims — check if newer sources in raw-sources/ supersede claims in the wiki
   • Compare file dates: source newer than wiki page that references it
3. Hub gaps — concepts or entities mentioned in 3+ pages but lacking a dedicated page
4. Thin pages — pages with less than 3 sentences of actual content (excluding frontmatter)

Phase 4: Report

Write wiki/lint-report.md:

---
title: Wiki Lint Report
type: analysis
created: YYYY-MM-DD
---

# Wiki Lint Report — YYYY-MM-DD

## Summary
- Pages scanned: N
- Issues found: N
- Critical: N | Warning: N | Info: N

## Critical Issues

### Contradictions
| Page A | Page B | Conflict | Sources |
|--------|--------|----------|---------|
| [[page-a]] | [[page-b]] | Disagree on X | source1.md vs source2.md |

### Missing Pages
- [[missing-page]] — referenced by: page-a.md, page-b.md

## Warnings

### Orphan Pages
- [[orphan-page]] — no inbound links, consider linking or removing

### Stale Content
- [[stale-page]] — last updated YYYY-MM-DD, newer source exists

## Suggestions

### Hub Gaps
- "concept-name" mentioned in N pages but has no dedicated page
  - Referenced in: [[page-a]], [[page-b]], [[page-c]]

### Index Drift
- Files not in index: page-x.md, page-y.md
- Index entries without files: old-page.md

Phase 5: Log

Append to wiki/log.md:

## [YYYY-MM-DD] lint | Health check
- Report: wiki/lint-report.md
- Issues: N critical, N warnings, N suggestions

Output Format

Print a summary to the user:

### Wiki Health Report

**Scanned**: {N} pages across {N} directories
**Issues**: {N} critical, {N} warnings, {N} suggestions

**Critical**:
- 2 contradictions found (see lint-report.md)
- 3 missing pages (wikilinks to non-existent files)

**Top suggestions**:
- Create page for "concept-x" (mentioned in 5 pages)
- Update "entity-y" (newer source available)

Full report: wiki/lint-report.md

Rules

1. Never modify wiki pages during lint — report only
2. Always write the full report to wiki/lint-report.md
3. Always append to wiki/log.md
4. Distinguish severity: critical (contradictions, broken links) \> warning (stale, orphan) \> info (suggestions)
5. Include actionable fixes — don't just list problems
6. If the wiki is small (\< 10 pages), skip structural checks and focus on content