# Wiki Agent — Style & Workflow Preferences (2026-09-25 session)

Captured from session with user Alister (UK ~58, direct/concise, never invent creds, saves docs to /opt/data/). Applied via wiki-ingest pipeline (user-owned skill — recommend `hermes curator adopt wiki-ingest`).

## Preferences embedded
- **Brevity / directness:** Replies match length to ask weight; no filler ("Great question", "I'd be happy to"); start with answer; no restating the question. Confirmed by user's own `SOUL.md` content.
- **Verifiable claims:** When grounding in source, cite; when inferring, label. Use exact paths, exact identifiers.
- **Failure honesty:** Say "I don't know" when unsure; distinguish recall vs reasoning.

## Techniques captured (usable next session)
- SOUL.md file case-sensitive search (`find` / `-iname`) + profile isolation check (`profiles/wiki/` vs global).
- Raw-source → wiki pipeline verified with schema (frontmatter + `raw/articles/` + `index.md` + `log.md` + Gitea push with embedded PAT).
- Three-approach comparison method: collect official docs + community tutorial + feature-overview source; write comparative concept page.
- No inventing of credentials (PAT read live from `/opt/data/.secrets/`; never hardcoded).

## Skill status
- `wiki-ingest` (user-owned): skill saved with `references/soul-md-research-summary.md`; SKILL.md patch refused (protected — user-owned). Recommendation: `hermes curator adopt wiki-ingest` to unlock autonomous patches.
- `shopping`: consulted, not modified.
- `hermes-agent`: loaded, not modified.
- Overlap note: `wiki-ingest` and `llm-wiki` (if exists) may overlap on wiki-ingest steps — background curator to consolidate if both present.