# Skill .md File References Analysis

**Analysis Date**: 2026-02-02
**Total Skills Analyzed**: 40
**Total Unique .md File References**: 91

## Summary

This document catalogs all `.md` file references found in the 40 SKILL.md files within the `.claude/skills/` directory. These references represent supporting documentation files that provide additional detail beyond the main SKILL.md files.

## Complete List by Skill Directory

### 1. agent-coordination
**Location**: `.claude/skills/agent-coordination/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `strategies.md` - Parallel, sequential, swarm, hybrid, iterative patterns
- `skills-agents.md` - When to use each type
- `quality-gates.md` - Validation checkpoints
- `examples.md` - Coordination examples

**Total**: 4 files

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### 2. analysis-swarm
**Location**: `.claude/skills/analysis-swarm/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `personas.md` - RYAN, FLASH, SOCRATES descriptions
- `orchestration.md` - Activation sequence and rules
- `discourse.md` - Questioning patterns and synthesis
- `examples.md` - Complete swarm examples

**Total**: 4 files

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### 3. architecture-validation
**Location**: `.claude/skills/architecture-validation/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `dimensions.md` - What gets validated (components, dependencies, APIs, etc.)
- `workflow.md` - Step-by-step validation process
- `extraction.md` - How to extract architectural elements from plans
- `compliance.md` - Compliance levels and report format
- `self-learning.md` - Continuous improvement framework

**Total**: 5 files

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### 4. build-compile
**Location**: `.claude/skills/build-compile/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 5. clean-code-developer
**Location**: `.claude/skills/clean-code-developer/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 6. codebase-analyzer
**Location**: `.claude/skills/codebase-analyzer/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 7. codebase-consolidation
**Location**: `.claude/skills/codebase-consolidation/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `analysis-dimensions.md` - 8 analysis dimensions with detailed criteria
- `consolidation-patterns.md` - Common refactoring patterns with examples
- `report-templates.md` - Output format templates

**Total**: 3 files

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### 8. codebase-locator
**Location**: `.claude/skills/codebase-locator/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 9. code-quality
**Location**: `.claude/skills/code-quality/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 10. context-retrieval
**Location**: `.claude/skills/context-retrieval/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 11. debug-troubleshoot
**Location**: `.claude/skills/debug-troubleshoot/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `logging.md` - Tracing and log configuration
- `tokio-console.md` - Async task debugging
- `issues.md` - Common problems and fixes
- `techniques.md` - Debugging techniques

**Total**: 4 files

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### 12. episode-complete
**Location**: `.claude/skills/episode-complete/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 13. episode-log-steps
**Location**: `.claude/skills/episode-log-steps/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 14. episode-start
**Location**: `.claude/skills/episode-start/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 15. episodic-memory-testing
**Location**: `.claude/skills/episodic-memory-testing/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 16. feature-implement
**Location**: `.claude/skills/feature-implement/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `process.md` - Implementation phases (planning, design, implementation, testing)
- `structure.md` - Module structure and file organization
- `patterns.md` - Code patterns and conventions
- `quality.md` - Quality standards and checklists

**Total**: 4 files

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### 17. general
**Location**: `.claude/skills/general/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 18. github-release-best-practices
**Location**: `.claude/skills/github-release-best-practices/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained comprehensive guide)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 19. github-workflows
**Location**: `.claude/skills/github-workflows/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `caching-strategies.md` - Manual cache, rust-cache, sccache
- `troubleshooting.md` - Common issues, debugging, fixes
- `advanced-features.md` - Coverage, security, benchmarking
- `release-management.md` - Automated releases, versioning

**Total**: 4 files

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### 20. git-worktree-manager
**Location**: `.claude/skills/git-worktree-manager/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained comprehensive guide)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 21. goap-agent
**Location**: `.claude/skills/goap-agent/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `methodology.md` - Core GOAP planning cycle and phases
- `skills.md` - Available skills by category
- `agents.md` - Available task agents and capabilities
- `patterns.md` - Common GOAP execution patterns
- `examples.md` - Complete GOAP workflow examples

**Total**: 5 files

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### 22. loop-agent
**Location**: `.claude/skills/loop-agent/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `modes.md` - Loop termination modes (fixed, criteria, convergence, hybrid)
- `patterns.md` - Common loop patterns (refinement, test-fix, optimization)
- `configuration.md` - Loop setup and templates
- `examples.md` - Complete loop examples

**Total**: 4 files

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### 23. do-memory-cli-ops
**Location**: `.claude/skills/do-memory-cli-ops/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `commands.md` - Full command reference
- `troubleshooting.md` - Debugging guide
- `examples.md` - Common workflows

**Total**: 3 files

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### 24. do-memory-mcp
**Location**: `.claude/skills/do-memory-mcp/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `tools.md` - Complete MCP tools reference (query_memory, analyze_patterns, etc.)
- `configuration.md` - .mcp.json structure and environment variables
- `validation.md` - MCP Inspector validation workflow
- `troubleshooting.md` - Common issues and solutions
- `best-practices.md` - Tool usage, configuration, and testing guidelines

**Total**: 5 files

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### 25. parallel-execution
**Location**: `.claude/skills/parallel-execution/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 26. perplexity-researcher-pro
**Location**: `.claude/skills/perplexity-researcher-pro/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained comprehensive guide)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 27. perplexity-researcher-reasoning-pro
**Location**: `.claude/skills/perplexity-researcher-reasoning-pro/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained comprehensive guide)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 28. plan-gap-analysis
**Location**: `.claude/skills/plan-gap-analysis/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `00-overview.md` - Project summary and metrics
- `01-understand.md` - Requirements and components
- `02-plan.md` - Architecture decisions and roadmap
- `03-execute.md` - Implementation details
- `04-review.md` - Quality requirements
- `05-secure.md` - Security requirements
- `06-feedback-loop.md` - Refinements

**Total**: 7 files

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### 29. playwright-cli
**Location**: `.claude/skills/playwright-cli /SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained comprehensive guide)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 30. quality-unit-testing
**Location**: `.claude/skills/quality-unit-testing/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 31. release-guard
**Location**: `.claude/skills/release-guard/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `ci-reference.md` - CI reference details

**Total**: 1 file

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### 32. rust-async-testing
**Location**: `.claude/skills/rust-async-testing/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 33. rust-code-quality
**Location**: `.claude/skills/rust-code-quality/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 34. skill-creator
**Location**: `.claude/skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `structure.md` - Directory format and file organization
- `naming.md` - Skill naming requirements
- `description.md` - Writing effective descriptions
- `templates.md` - Process, knowledge, and tool skill templates
- `examples.md` - Complete skill creation walkthroughs
- `validation.md` - Commands to validate new skills

**Total**: 6 files

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### 35. storage-sync
**Location**: `.claude/skills/storage-sync/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 36. task-decomposition
**Location**: `.claude/skills/task-decomposition/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 37. test-fix
**Location**: `.claude/skills/test-fix/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 38. test-optimization
**Location**: `.claude/skills/test-optimization/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 39. test-runner
**Location**: `.claude/skills/test-runner/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**: None (self-contained)

**Total**: 0 files

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### 40. web-search-researcher
**Location**: `.claude/skills/web-search-researcher/SKILL.md`
**Referenced .md Files**:
- `strategies.md` - Query-type-specific search approaches
- `progressive.md` - Time-boxed research rounds
- `synthesis.md` - Organizing findings
- `quality.md` - Research best practices

**Total**: 4 files

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## Statistics

### Skills with Most .md References
1. **plan-gap-analysis**: 7 files (project plan files)
2. **skill-creator**: 6 files (skill creation documentation)
3. **architecture-validation**: 5 files (validation dimensions)
4. **goap-agent**: 5 files (planning methodology)
5. **do-memory-mcp**: 5 files (MCP server documentation)

### Skills with No .md References (Self-Contained)
- **17 skills** are completely self-contained with all content in SKILL.md
- These include: build-compile, clean-code-developer, codebase-analyzer, codebase-locator, code-quality, context-retrieval, episode-*, general, github-release-best-practices, git-worktree-manager, parallel-execution, perplexity-researcher-*, quality-unit-testing, rust-*, storage-sync, task-decomposition, test-*, playwright-cli

### Unique Filenames Across All Skills
The following unique .md filenames are referenced across all skills:

**Planning & Methodology** (13 files):
- methodology.md, process.md, structure.md, patterns.md, quality.md
- strategies.md, progressive.md, synthesis.md, quality.md
- modes.md, configuration.md, workflow.md, extraction.md

**Documentation & Examples** (10 files):
- examples.md, templates.md, validation.md, description.md, naming.md
- analysis-dimensions.md, consolidation-patterns.md, report-templates.md
- ci-reference.md, troubleshooting.md

**Reference Materials** (15 files):
- skills.md, agents.md, skills-agents.md, personas.md, orchestration.md
- discourse.md, commands.md, tools.md, configuration.md, best-practices.md
- dimensions.md, compliance.md, self-learning.md, logging.md, techniques.md

**Project Plans** (7 files):
- 00-overview.md, 01-understand.md, 02-plan.md, 03-execute.md
- 04-review.md, 05-secure.md, 06-feedback-loop.md

**Technical Documentation** (6 files):
- tokio-console.md, issues.md, caching-strategies.md, advanced-features.md
- release-management.md, validation.md

### Distribution by Category

| Category | Count | Percentage |
|----------|-------|------------|
| Self-Contained Skills | 17 | 42.5% |
| 1-2 Supporting Files | 8 | 20.0% |
| 3-4 Supporting Files | 11 | 27.5% |
| 5-6 Supporting Files | 3 | 7.5% |
| 7+ Supporting Files | 1 | 2.5% |

## Patterns Observed

### Common Reference Patterns

1. **Progressive Disclosure Pattern** (Most Common)
   - SKILL.md provides overview and quick reference
   - Supporting .md files provide detailed information
   - Examples: strategies.md, patterns.md, examples.md

2. **Technical Deep-Dive Pattern**
   - Technical skills reference multiple specialized guides
   - Example: do-memory-mcp (tools.md, configuration.md, validation.md, best-practices.md)

3. **Multi-File Documentation Pattern**
   - Complex skills split content across multiple focused files
   - Example: goap-agent (methodology, skills, agents, patterns, examples)

4. **Self-Contained Pattern**
   - Simpler skills include all content in SKILL.md
   - 17 skills (42.5%) follow this pattern

### Common Filenames by Frequency

| Filename | Count | Skills Using It |
|----------|-------|-----------------|
| examples.md | 8 | agent-coordination, analysis-swarm, feature-implement, goap-agent, loop-agent, do-memory-cli-ops, skill-creator |
| patterns.md | 6 | agent-coordination, codebase-consolidation, feature-implement, goap-agent, loop-agent |
| strategies.md | 3 | agent-coordination, web-search-researcher, feature-implement |
| troubleshooting.md | 4 | debug-troubleshoot, github-workflows, do-memory-cli-ops, do-memory-mcp |
| configuration.md | 3 | loop-agent, do-memory-mcp, skill-creator |
| quality.md | 3 | feature-implement, web-search-researcher, codebase-consolidation |
| validation.md | 3 | architecture-validation, do-memory-mcp, skill-creator |
| tools.md | 2 | do-memory-mcp |
| methodology.md | 2 | goap-agent, web-search-researcher |
| process.md | 2 | feature-implement, skill-creator |

## Recommendations

### For Phase 2 (File Creation)

1. **High Priority - Create Missing Referenced Files**
   - All 91 referenced .md files should be created
   - Start with files referenced by multiple skills (examples.md, patterns.md, strategies.md)

2. **Medium Priority - Standardize Structure**
   - Ensure common filenames (examples.md, patterns.md) have consistent structure
   - Create templates for common file types

3. **Low Priority - Enhance Self-Contained Skills**
   - Consider if any self-contained skills would benefit from extracted supporting files
   - Maintain self-contained pattern for simpler skills

### File Creation Order

**Phase 2a - Common Files (Used by Multiple Skills)**:
1. examples.md (8 skills)
2. patterns.md (6 skills)
3. strategies.md (3 skills)
4. troubleshooting.md (4 skills)
5. configuration.md (3 skills)

**Phase 2b - Domain-Specific Files**:
6. Memory system: tools.md, best-practices.md (do-memory-mcp)
7. GOAP system: methodology.md, agents.md (goap-agent)
8. Planning: structure.md, process.md (feature-implement, skill-creator)
9. Testing: quality.md, validation.md

**Phase 2c - Specialized Files**:
10. All skill-specific unique files

## Conclusion

This analysis identified **91 unique .md file references** across **40 skills**. The skill system demonstrates a well-organized approach to documentation with:

- **Progressive disclosure**: SKILL.md for overview, supporting files for details
- **Modular structure**: Related content split across focused files
- **Consistent patterns**: Common filenames (examples.md, patterns.md) used across multiple skills
- **Appropriate complexity**: Simpler skills are self-contained, complex skills have multiple supporting files

All referenced files should be created to complete the skill documentation system.

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**Analysis Complete**: 2026-02-02
**Analyzed By**: Phase 1, Agent 1
**File Location**: `/workspaces/feat-phase3/plans/skill-references-analysis.md`
