Add derek skill — KB article quality reviewer #760
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Replace the rule-engine linter (18 YAML rule files) with a single SKILL.md that reads kb_style_guide.md directly and reviews 5 areas: frontmatter validity, article type and structure, title format, product name usage, and keyword/description quality. Vale and Dale handle mechanical violations (contractions, heading case, passive voice, etc.) — derek explicitly skips those and focuses on what they cannot catch.
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Adds the
derekskill — a KB article quality reviewer invoked with/derek <kb-file>. Derek reviews KB articles againstkb_style_guide.mdand flags issues that Vale and Dale do not catch:tagsincludeskb,knowledge_article_idstarts withkA,productsuses underscores not hyphens,keywordshas 8–12 items)Changes
.claude/skills/derek/SKILL.md— new skill file; readskb_style_guide.mddirectly as its rule reference.claude/skills/derek/rules/— 18 YAML rule files deleted (superseded by SKILL.md).claude/skills/derek/references/rule-schema.yml— deletedTesting
Tested across 8 KB articles covering all 4 article types (Resolution Error, Resolution Symptom, How-To Instructions, How-To Q&A):
kb_style_guide.mdknowledge_article_id— correctly caughtkA0Qk000000XXXXKAAas not a real IDKnown Limitations
keywords-quality) may appear or disappear. Re-run if a finding seems unexpected./derekmultiple times in the same Claude Code session may cause context reuse. Open a new session for each review.