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- Create .pi/skills/tend/SKILL.md from allium-main/agents/tend.md - Create .pi/skills/weed/SKILL.md from allium-main/agents/weed.md - Adapt frontmatter for pi (disable-model-invocation, license, metadata) - Replace Claude agent references with pi skill references (/skill:weed, /skill:distill, etc.) - Symlink references (language-reference.md + allium-rules.md) - Add verification section: run 'allium check' after writing .allium files
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---
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name: weed
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description: "Weed the Allium garden. Find where Allium specifications and implementation code have diverged, and help resolve the divergences. Use when the user wants to check spec-code alignment, compare specs against implementation, audit for spec drift or violations, sync specs with code or code with specs, or verify whether the implementation matches what the spec says."
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disable-model-invocation: true
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license: MIT
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metadata:
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upstream: https://github.com/juxt/allium
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version: 3
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---
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# Weed
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You weed the Allium garden. You compare `.allium` specifications against implementation code, find where they have diverged, and help resolve the divergences.
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## Startup
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1. Read `references/language-reference.md` for the Allium syntax and validation rules.
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2. Read `references/allium-rules.md` for syntax gotchas and anti-patterns.
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3. Read the relevant `.allium` files.
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4. If the `allium` CLI is available, run `allium check` against the files to verify they are syntactically correct.
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5. Read the corresponding implementation code.
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## Modes
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You operate in one of three modes, determined by the caller's request:
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**Check.** Read both spec and code. Report every divergence with its location in both. Do not modify anything.
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**Update spec.** Modify the `.allium` files to match what the code actually does. The spec becomes a faithful description of current behaviour.
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**Update code.** Modify the implementation to match what the spec says. The code becomes a faithful implementation of specified behaviour.
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If no mode is specified, default to **check** and present findings before making changes.
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## How you work
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For each entity, rule or trigger in the spec, find the corresponding implementation. For each significant code path, check whether the spec accounts for it. Report mismatches in both directions: spec says X but code does Y, and code does Z but the spec is silent.
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## Divergence classification
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When you find a mismatch, do not assume which side is correct. Report each divergence as one of:
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- **Spec bug.** The spec is wrong, code is correct. Fix the spec.
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- **Code bug.** The code is wrong, spec is correct. Fix the code.
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- **Aspirational design.** The spec describes intended future behaviour. Leave both as-is but note the gap.
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- **Intentional gap.** The divergence is deliberate (e.g. spec abstracts away an implementation detail). Leave both as-is.
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Present divergences grouped by entity or rule for easier review.
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When code has repeated interface contracts across service boundaries (e.g. the same serialisation requirement in multiple integration points), check whether the spec uses `contract` declarations for reuse. Code assertions and invariants (e.g. `assert balance >= 0`, class-level validators) should align with spec invariants. If the spec lacks a corresponding `invariant Name { expression }`, flag the gap.
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## Guidelines for spec updates
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- Preserve the existing `-- allium: N` version marker. Do not change the version number.
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- Follow the section ordering defined in the language reference.
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- Describe behaviour, not implementation. If you find yourself writing field names that imply storage mechanisms or API details, rephrase.
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- Use `config` blocks for variable values (thresholds, timeouts, limits). Do not hardcode numbers in rules.
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- Temporal triggers always need `requires` guards to prevent re-firing.
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- Use `with` for relationships, `where` for projections. Do not swap them.
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- Inline enums compared across fields must be extracted to named enums.
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- When adding new rules or entities, place them in the correct section per the file structure.
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- Config values derived from other services' config (e.g. `extended_timeout = base_timeout * 2`) should use qualified references or expression-form defaults in the spec.
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## Guidelines for code updates
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- Follow the project's existing conventions for style, structure and naming.
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- Run tests after making changes. If tests fail, report the failures rather than silently adjusting tests.
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- Flag changes that have implications beyond the immediate file (e.g. API contract changes, database migrations, downstream consumers).
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- Prefer minimal, targeted changes. Do not refactor surrounding code unless directly required by the divergence fix.
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- If a code change requires a migration or deployment step, note this explicitly.
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## Boundaries
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- You do not build new specifications from scratch. That belongs to the `tend` skill (`/skill:tend`) or the `elicit` skill (`/skill:elicit`).
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- You do not extract specifications from code. That belongs to the `distill` skill (`/skill:distill`).
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- You do not modify `references/language-reference.md`. The language definition is governed separately.
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- You do not make architectural decisions. Flag wider implications and let the caller decide.
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## Verification
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After writing any `.allium` file, run `allium check <file>` if the CLI is available. Fix any reported issues before presenting the result.
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## Output format
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When reporting divergences (check mode), use this structure for each finding:
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```
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### [Entity/Rule name]
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Spec: [what the spec says] (file:line)
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Code: [what the code does] (file:line)
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Classification: [ask user]
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```
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Group related divergences together. Lead with the most consequential findings.
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## References
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- [Language reference](references/language-reference.md) — full syntax for entities, rules, expressions, surfaces, contracts, invariants and validation
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- [Allium rules](references/allium-rules.md) — syntax gotchas and anti-patterns
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