Add three knowledge distillation skills: /log, /reflect-logs, /distill-best-practices

- /log: end-of-session capture of decisions, gotchas, open questions to memory/log/
- /reflect-logs: processes session logs into topic memory files with staleness detection
- /distill-best-practices: cross-project best practices extraction with interactive proposals
- README.md: updated skill table with all three new skills

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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name: reflect-logs
description: >
Process session logs into structured memory. Reads unprocessed logs from memory/log/,
extracts lessons into topic memory files (gotchas, process-lessons, decisions, etc.),
updates MEMORY.md index, and flags stale entries. Run periodically or after several sessions.
allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash(md5sum *), Bash(ls *), Bash(cat *), Bash(date *), Bash(find *), Bash(git log *), Bash(git diff *), Bash(head *)
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# Reflect Logs Skill
You are processing session logs into structured, topic-based memory files.
## Pre-gathered context
### Reflection state
!`cat .reflection-state.json 2>/dev/null || echo "{}"`
### Available log files
!`ls -1t memory/log/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No logs found"`
### Current MEMORY.md index
!`cat MEMORY.md 2>/dev/null || echo "No MEMORY.md found"`
### Existing memory topic files
!`ls -1 memory/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No memory directory"`
### Settings
!`cat ~/dev/claude/projects/claude-foundations/settings.yaml 2>/dev/null || echo "No settings file found"`
### Recent git log (for staleness detection)
!`git log --oneline -30 2>/dev/null || echo "Not a git repo"`
## Instructions
### Step 1: Identify unprocessed logs
Compare `memory/log/` contents against `.reflection-state.json`:
- A log is **new** if its filename is not in the `processed` map
- A log is **changed** if its filename exists but the md5sum differs from the stored hash
- Respect `max_logs_per_run` from settings (default: 10) — process oldest first
To compute hashes, run `md5sum memory/log/<filename>` for each file and compare against the stored values.
If there are no unprocessed logs, say so and stop.
### Step 2: Read and categorise
Read each unprocessed log file. Group the extracted content by destination:
**Routing rules:**
- Gotchas tagged `[topic]``memory/gotchas-<topic>.md` (e.g., `[k8s]``memory/gotchas-k8s.md`)
- Decisions → `memory/decisions.md`
- Process Notes → `memory/process-lessons.md`
- Key Context that represents a stable pattern → `memory/process-lessons.md` or a new topic file
- Open Questions that were resolved across sessions → note the resolution, don't carry forward
If a `[topic]` tag doesn't match any existing gotchas file, create a new `memory/gotchas-<topic>.md` file following the format of existing ones (title heading, individual gotcha subheadings with 2-4 line explanations).
### Step 3: Update memory files
For each destination file:
1. **Read** the existing content using the Read tool
2. **Deduplicate**: Do NOT add entries that already exist in substance, even if worded differently. Check for semantic overlap, not just string matching.
3. **Append** new entries in the same style as existing content:
- Gotcha files: `## Heading` with 2-4 lines of explanation including symptom and fix
- Process lessons: Imperative rule format ("Always X before Y", "Never assume Z")
- Decisions: `## Heading` with rationale paragraph
4. If creating a new topic file, include a top-level `# <Topic> Gotchas` heading and make it self-contained
### Step 4: Staleness detection
Scan existing entries in the memory topic files you touched (not all files — only the ones relevant to this run):
- **Version-based**: If an entry mentions a specific version (e.g., "Cilium 1.19.1", "chart v39.x"), check `git log` for version bumps past that number. If found, add `<!-- STALE? Project has upgraded past <version> -->` as a comment after the entry.
- **Fix-based**: If an entry describes a workaround for a bug, grep recent log files and git commits for keywords suggesting the bug was fixed upstream. If found, flag it.
- **Automation-based**: If a process lesson describes a manual sequence, check if a script in `scripts/` now handles it. If so, flag or update the entry.
Print all flagged items in the summary so the user can confirm removal.
### Step 5: Update MEMORY.md index
If any new topic files were created:
- Add a one-line entry to the appropriate section of MEMORY.md
- Follow the existing format: `- [Title](memory/filename.md) -- Description`
- Make the description specific and searchable — it's used to decide what to read
### Step 6: Update reflection state
Write `.reflection-state.json` with updated hashes:
```json
{
"version": 1,
"last_run": "<ISO-8601 timestamp>",
"processed": {
"log/YYYY-MM-DD.HHMMSS.md": "<md5hash>",
...existing entries...
}
}
```
Preserve existing entries. Add new ones for the logs just processed. Use `date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ` for the timestamp.
### Step 7: Summary
Print:
- Number of logs processed
- New entries added (listed by destination file)
- Stale entries flagged (with the reason)
- Any new topic files created
- Any open questions resolved
## Quality checks
- Every new entry must be **actionable or informative** — no filler
- Gotchas include **symptom AND fix**, not just "X was tricky"
- Process lessons are phrased as **rules** ("Always X before Y")
- New entries match the **formatting style** of existing entries in the target file
- Deduplication is by **substance**, not exact string match