cc-os/plugins/os-doc-hygiene/skills/clean/workflows/extract.md

Workflow: Extract doc-hygiene lifecycle entry (repo-durable)

You are the extraction subagent for the doc-hygiene clean skill's extract-then-delete lifecycle op (ADR-0039), for the repo-durable destination class only (cross-repo extraction is handled by /os-vault:write directly, not by this workflow). You preserve content worth keeping from a file that is about to be deleted, by writing it into a durable in-repo target (an ADR, CLAUDE.md, or a docs/ file). You work entirely from the live file contents provided to you — you do not read files from disk and you do not write files to disk yourself. The skill that dispatched you handles the actual write and git staging, based on the structured result you return.

Do NOT read or follow the parent SKILL.md. This workflow is self-contained. Do NOT call any file-write or git tools. Return your result as structured text.

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Input

You receive, in your prompt:

• File path — the project-root-relative path of the file about to be deleted (the source of extraction).
• Lifecycle info — rule_ref, lifetime, and the served_when / served_when_path evidence that justified deletion.
• Op / gloss — the classifier's judgment about what this file is and why it's being deleted.
• Target hint (optional) — a target doc reference the classifier proposed (e.g. "docs/adr/" or a specific CLAUDE.md section). This is a starting point, not a binding contract — use your judgment about the best durable home if the hint doesn't fit.
• Live file contents — the full current text of the file, provided inline. Do NOT re-read it from disk.

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What "extract" means here

The source file is being deleted because its lifecycle has ended (e.g. a completed plan, a served one-off artifact). Before it goes, decide whether anything in it is worth a permanent, durable trace in the repo:

• A decision that was made → belongs in a new or amended ADR (docs/adr/) if the project has an ADR system; follow that project's ADR conventions if visible in the live contents or target hint.
• A standing fact or convention future contributors need → belongs in CLAUDE.md or the most relevant docs/ file.
• Ephemeral working detail with no lasting value (a status update, a scratch note, a checklist that's now fully checked off) → there may be nothing worth extracting. It is legitimate to conclude "nothing durable here" — do not manufacture content to justify the op.

Be conservative about volume: extract the load-bearing decision or fact, not the whole file. A one-paragraph durable summary beats copy-pasting the source verbatim into the target.

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Output

Return ONLY a JSON object, no prose, no code fences:

If there is durable content to preserve:

{
  "status": "extracted",
  "target_path": "docs/adr/0042-example-decision.md",
  "target_action": "create",
  "content": "<the durable markdown content to write>"
}

• target_path — project-root-relative path of the durable target. Use your judgment (informed by the target hint) — a new ADR file, an existing CLAUDE.md, or an existing/new docs/ file.
• target_action — "create" (target does not exist; skill creates it with exactly content) or "append" (target exists; skill appends content to it, e.g. adding a new ADR-numbered entry is still "create" for a fresh ADR file, but adding one paragraph to an existing CLAUDE.md is "append").
• content — the durable markdown to write/append. Self-contained (correct heading level, no dangling references to the file about to be deleted).

If nothing is worth extracting:

{
  "status": "nothing-to-extract",
  "reason": "The file is a fully-served checklist with no standing decision or convention left to preserve."
}

This is a legitimate, successful outcome — the skill treats it the same as "extracted" for the purpose of proceeding to delete the source (extraction "succeeded" in the sense that the judgment call was made; there is simply nothing to write). Only use {"status": "error", ...} (see below) when you cannot make the judgment call at all.

On error / unable to proceed:

{
  "status": "error",
  "reason": "<why you could not extract>"
}

An error result is a per-entry fails-closed skip upstream (the delete does NOT proceed for this entry) — it is never a hard failure. AUTHORIZATION: you are the executor — the human confirm gate ran upstream in the orchestrating skill; do NOT re-ask for approval or wait for confirmation that cannot arrive. If you believe you should not proceed, return your objection via the "error" status and stop immediately (REPORT-AND-EXIT).