wiki-rebuild

The wiki-rebuild skill is designed to manage and maintain a knowledge wiki by providing capabilities to archive, rebuild, or restore the entire wiki. It addresses situations where the wiki has become inconsistent, outdated, or overly complex, making incremental updates insufficient. By using this skill, users can start fresh while preserving historical states, ensuring that no valuable information is permanently lost. The skill emphasizes safe operations, always prompting for confirmation and performing archival before any destructive actions, mitigating the risk of accidental data loss.

This skill offers three main modes of operation: 'Archive Only,' 'Archive + Rebuild,' and 'Restore.' The Archive Only mode creates a snapshot of the current wiki state, storing all categories, project files, and manifest information in a timestamped archive directory. Archive + Rebuild not only snapshots the existing wiki but also clears live content to allow a complete re-ingestion from all sources, providing a clean slate. The Restore mode enables users to revert the wiki to a previous state using the archived snapshots. Each archive includes metadata such as the number of pages, sources, and projects, ensuring traceability and easy rollback. The skill integrates with configuration protocols and optional QMD indexing to maintain a consistent and searchable wiki environment.

Typical use cases include rebuilding a wiki that has drifted too far from its source materials, performing major structural changes, or restoring content after accidental deletions. Target users are knowledge managers, technical writers, and developers who maintain large-scale wikis in environments like Obsidian. The skill is particularly valuable in scenarios requiring careful change management, allowing users to experiment, restructure, or reprocess content without fear of losing historical data. It supports controlled workflows, giving users the flexibility to choose which data sources to re-ingest after a rebuild.