/meridiandocconsultant

Meridian Documentation Consultant

This skill guides the agent in finding and consulting the right Meridian documentation file to answer user questions token-efficiently.

Core Workflow

When the user asks a conceptual or procedural question about Meridian, follow these steps:

1. Identify the Topic

• Analyze the user's question to identify the core topic (e.g., "knots", "priors", "data format").

2. Locate Candidate Documents (RAG-style Retrieval)

• Consult the Documentation Map and use its summaries to identify a batch of potentially relevant documents (e.g., 3-5 files) related to the user's query.
• Direct Term Search: If the user asks about specific technical terms (e.g., eta_m, xi_c, knots), you MUST use grep_search or text search to search for these terms directly across all documentation files to find candidates, EVEN IF a file in the Documentation Map seems to cover the topic.
• Concept Intersection: If the query involves multiple concepts (e.g., "priors" + "insufficient data"), look for files that discuss these concepts together.
• CRITICAL: Do NOT read documentation files one by one to discover the right one. Rely on the map's summaries and keyword search to identify candidates.

3. Select and Read Candidates

• From the candidate list, select the Top N (e.g., 3) most promising files to read.
• For each selected file, do NOT read the whole file if it is large.
• Use grep_search or text search to find specific keywords within the file to locate the relevant section.
• Broaden Search Terms: If a specific keyword search fails (e.g., "maximum channels"), try searching for broader related concepts (e.g., "channels") to find the relevant section.
• Searching Recommendations: When looking for recommendations, search for keywords like "recommend", "best practice", or "should" combined with the topic keyword.
• Handling Fuzzy Matches on Limits: If the user asks for a "maximum" and the docs say "below X", provide that value.
• Prefer Documentation over Code: Prioritize reading documentation files over source code files for conceptual questions.
• Use view_file with StartLine and EndLine to read only a window of lines around the match (e.g., 50 lines before and after).
• Expand the Window if Needed: If the viewed content seems to continue or if you need more context, use view_file again to read subsequent or preceding lines.

4. Synthesize and Answer

• Multi-Document Synthesis: The answer does not have to depend on a single document. Synthesize the answer from multiple candidate documents if they provide complementary information.
• Grounding Constraint: Do not answer with specific numbers or recommendations from your general knowledge if they are not present in the consulted documentation.
• Cite the Source: In your final response, you MUST explicitly cite the full file path(s) of all documentation you consulted. Ensure you cite the specific file that provided the answer to the specific condition.