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Closes #1704

Follow-up to #1703, which corrected the six skills against the code. This one fixes a different defect class: the files contradicting themselves, or contradicting CLAUDE.md.

Two sweeps ran over all twelve skills across both repos. The first found 43 confirmed self-contradictions against 53 refuted. Applying those fixes then produced 41 new gate findings, seven of them created by the fix pass itself.

That was the signal worth acting on. Eight review rounds on #1703 landed on the same three shapes: a count taken from a bare grep -c, an off-by-one line citation, or an exclusive quantifier the file itself contradicted. Correcting them enlarged the surface every time, because each correction added fresh specifics.

So this PR removes the specifics instead of correcting them again:

  • 236 counts deleted. A figure like "48 of the 56 wrappers use X" changes nothing a reader does, since they copy the neighbouring file either way.
  • 139 exclusive quantifiers weakened, keeping an absolute only where the code enforces one, such as a compile error or a CI gate.
  • 17 line citations trimmed to the file alone, where the line could not be confirmed.
  • 12 counts kept. Each was re-derived by listing and classifying every match rather than counting. Each is load-bearing for a decision.

Net effect is 227 insertions against 245 deletions. The procedures and traps are unchanged; the statistics that decorated them are gone. Every surviving number was individually re-derived; the gate lists each one with its verdict.

CLAUDE.md is deliberately untouched. The six places it contradicts these skills are recorded in #1704 for their own pass, including two that cost real time. The -- in its single-test commands runs the whole suite, while its co-located spec pattern means a spec written that way is silently never collected.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Updated feature-development, query, mutation, testing, code-review, and debugging guidance.
    • Removed outdated usage statistics, file counts, timing details, and historical references.
    • Clarified current recommendations for service calls, query keys, SDK wrappers, test mocking, data flow, and troubleshooting.
    • Refined wording and examples to better reflect current project practices.

Reviewers found the same defect class eight rounds running: a count taken
from a bare grep, an off-by-one line citation, or an exclusive quantifier the
file itself contradicted. Correcting them made it worse, because each fix
added fresh specifics. One pass produced 41 findings, seven of them created
by that pass.

So this removes the specifics instead. 236 counts deleted, 139 exclusive
quantifiers weakened, 17 line citations trimmed to the file where the line
could not be confirmed. The dozen counts kept were each re-derived by listing
and classifying every match. Each one changes what a reader does.

Both files are net shorter. The procedures and traps are unchanged; only the
statistics that decorated them are gone.
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Remove brittle specifics from workflow skills

📝 Documentation ⚙️ Configuration changes 🕐 20-40 Minutes

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• Removes brittle counts, line citations, and exclusive wording from six workflow skills.
• Preserves actionable procedures while documenting confirmed conflicts with CLAUDE.md.
• Retains only decision-relevant specifics that were manually re-derived.
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graph TD
  C["CLAUDE.md"] -->|provides context| S["Skill Guidance"] -->|guides| F["Feature Creation"] -->|targets| W["Web App"]
  S -->|guides| Q["Queries & Mutations"] -->|targets| P["SDK Packages"]
  S -->|guides| T["Testing & Review"] -->|validates| W
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The following are alternative approaches to this PR:

1. Generate and validate repository statistics
  • ➕ Preserves precise quantitative context where readers benefit from prevalence data.
  • ➕ Automated checks could detect drift before skill changes merge.
  • ➖ Requires bespoke extraction and classification tooling for many heterogeneous claims.
  • ➖ Adds maintenance cost for details that usually do not alter the prescribed workflow.
  • ➖ Line citations and semantic exclusivity remain difficult to validate mechanically.

Recommendation: Use the PR's approach: keep exact values only when they materially change a decision and can be reliably re-derived. Generated validation is worthwhile only for future load-bearing invariants; maintaining broad descriptive statistics would recreate the fragility this change removes.

Files changed (6) +227 / -245

Documentation (6) +227 / -245
SKILL.mdMake feature guidance resilient to repository drift +33/-37

Make feature guidance resilient to repository drift

• Replaces directory, import, route, and audit counts with durable descriptions while preserving feature-creation procedures. Clarifies stale 'CLAUDE.md' test-placement guidance and narrows several absolute claims.

.claude/skills/add-feature/SKILL.md

SKILL.mdRemove volatile query statistics and qualify workspace rules +53/-57

Remove volatile query statistics and qualify workspace rules

• Recasts query-key, builder, export, pagination, and testing guidance without brittle occurrence counts. Documents confirmed 'CLAUDE.md' conflicts for external chains, wallet query keys, and single-test commands.

.claude/skills/add-query/SKILL.md

SKILL.mdGeneralize SDK mutation patterns without changing procedure +22/-27

Generalize SDK mutation patterns without changing procedure

• Removes wrapper and import prevalence counts, softens unsupported absolutes, and preserves mutation authoring and verification steps. Calls out stale mutation-wrapper guidance in 'CLAUDE.md'.

.claude/skills/add-sdk-mutation/SKILL.md

SKILL.mdSimplify web testing guidance and expose stale commands +45/-51

Simplify web testing guidance and expose stale commands

• Drops spec, mock, and timing statistics while retaining collection, mocking, and execution rules. Explicitly identifies the stale co-location and '--' single-test instructions in 'CLAUDE.md'.

.claude/skills/add-test/SKILL.md

SKILL.mdRefocus review checks on enforceable invariants +43/-44

Refocus review checks on enforceable invariants

• Removes call-site and file-count decoration from review traps while preserving their failure modes and guards. Qualifies claims where conventions differ by workspace or lack universal enforcement.

.claude/skills/code-review/SKILL.md

SKILL.mdClarify debugging flows without fragile numeric specifics +31/-29

Clarify debugging flows without fragile numeric specifics

• Generalizes audit, polling, query, authentication, and memory guidance by removing volatile counts and durations. Corrects the data-flow description to allow direct SDK query consumption and notes stale web-spec placement guidance.

.claude/skills/debug/SKILL.md

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P2 Badge Restore react-tweet to the global-mock inventory

When a web spec exercises a component that imports react-tweet, this inventory now makes the package appear unmocked, but apps/web/src/specs/setup-any-spec.ts:284 globally replaces it with an empty object. Any imported export will therefore be missing unless the spec supplies a local re-mock, so retain react-tweet in the table and document that its mock exposes no exports.

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1. Global mock omitted ✓ Resolved 🐞 Bug ⚙ Maintainability
Description
The revised global-mocks table drops react-tweet, even though setup-any-spec.ts still replaces
that package with an empty module for every web spec. Test authors can therefore mistakenly expect
the real Tweet export to be available and get missing-export behavior instead of testing the
intended integration.
Code

.claude/skills/add-test/SKILL.md[77]

-| `@/features/post-renderer`, `@/features/pro/pro-badge`, `react-tweet` | stubbed to no-ops |
+| `@/features/post-renderer`, `@/features/pro/pro-badge` | stubbed to no-ops |
Evidence
The skill presents a table of modules mocked by the global setup and immediately explains the
failure mode for omitted exports, but the implementation also globally mocks react-tweet as {}
while the revised table no longer lists it.

.claude/skills/add-test/SKILL.md[60-77]
apps/web/src/specs/setup-any-spec.ts[284-288]
apps/web/src/features/shared/safe-tweet.tsx[23-31]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
The global mock inventory no longer mentions `react-tweet`, although the shared setup still mocks the entire package as an empty object. This makes the guide incomplete and can mislead tests that need the package's exports.
## Issue Context
The previous wording incorrectly grouped `react-tweet` with no-op component stubs, but removing it entirely is also inaccurate. Give it a separate entry describing that no exports are provided.
## Fix Focus Areas
- .claude/skills/add-test/SKILL.md[62-77]
- apps/web/src/specs/setup-any-spec.ts[284-284]

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The PR updates six Claude skill documents. It removes stale counts, version references, and historical notes. It also clarifies current feature, query, mutation, testing, review, and debugging guidance. No application code changes.

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Claude skill guidance

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Feature and query guidance
.claude/skills/add-feature/SKILL.md, .claude/skills/add-query/SKILL.md
Removes volatile statistics and outdated examples. Clarifies feature structure, API mocks, query keys, package boundaries, pagination, and test commands.
Mutation and test guidance
.claude/skills/add-sdk-mutation/SKILL.md, .claude/skills/add-test/SKILL.md
Updates SDK wrapper and verification guidance. Simplifies test placement, mocking, query setup, naming, and checklist wording.
Review and debug guidance
.claude/skills/code-review/SKILL.md, .claude/skills/debug/SKILL.md
Removes usage counts and fixed environment values. Clarifies data flow, authentication conditions, error handling, query behavior, and test locations.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d5702

The PR simplifies skill documentation, but two remaining statements could mislead developers about mutation transport paths and which query-key conventions apply across packages, potentially causing incorrect debugging or cache behavior. The change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up on those documentation fixes.

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The six skill-file updates address issue #1704 by removing brittle statistics, weakening unsupported exclusive wording, and clarifying the documented contradictions. The changes leave procedures intact and correctly exclude CLAUDE.md, as required.

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In @.claude/skills/code-review/SKILL.md:
- Around line 50-53: Update the QueryKeys guidance in the code-review skill to
explicitly scope it to SDK query keys, and reference the add-query skill’s
documented exceptions for package-local keys in `@ecency/wallets` and
QueryIdentifiers or local suffix keys in apps/web. Preserve the cache-identity
warning while making clear that these workspace-specific keys are valid.

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- Around line 13-16: Update the data-flow guidance to identify callRPC as the
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code-review said keys come from QueryKeys with QueryIdentifiers as the only
alternative. add-query documents two further valid patterns: package-local
arrays in @ecency/wallets, plus a local constant appended to another
builder's key in apps/web. The checklist as written would flag compliant
code, or push a wallets key into the SDK.

The rule now points at add-query's per-workspace table and keeps the part
worth flagging, a raw array duplicating a key some builder already owns.

This was a contradiction between two skills. The earlier sweeps compared each
file against itself plus CLAUDE.md, never against its siblings.
Three review findings.

TanStack hashes query keys structurally: hashKey is JSON.stringify with
object keys sorted, so a raw array equal to a builder's key resolves to the
same cache entry. The checklist claimed it splits the cache. The real risk is
drift, since the copy stops matching once the builder's key changes.

The strip pass over-deleted react-tweet from the global-mocks table.
setup-any-spec.ts still replaces it with an empty module, so a spec touching
it gets a missing export rather than the real component. It is back, with the
detail that matters: no exports at all, unlike the no-op stubs it used to sit
beside.

The debug guide routed both queries and mutations through callRPC. Only
queries take that path. A broadcast goes through useBroadcastMutation plus
the web broadcast adapter, while a private-API mutation uses its own client.
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Five findings across the last two rounds, all verified. Fixed in 4880d70.

Cache identity (code-review:55). Correct. My claim was wrong. hashKey in query-core is JSON.stringify with object keys sorted, so a raw array equal to a builder's key hashes identically and hits the same cache entry. Nothing splits. The bullet now states the real risk, which is drift: the copy stops matching the moment the builder's key changes.

react-tweet (Codex add-test:72, Qodo add-test:77). Correct. A deletion pass removed it from the global-mocks table while setup-any-spec.ts:284 still has vi.mock("react-tweet", () => ({})). It is back with the distinction that matters: an empty module with no exports at all, not a no-op stub like the two it used to share a row with, so a spec touching it needs its own re-mock.

Query versus mutation transport (debug:16). Correct. Only queries reach callRPC. A broadcast goes through useBroadcastMutation plus the web broadcast adapter, while a private-API mutation uses its own client. Routing all three through callRPC would send someone debugging a broadcast to the wrong transport.

QueryKeys scoping (code-review, CodeRabbit). Already fixed in fa34466, pushed at 13:43:39, about twenty seconds after that review was submitted. The bullet now points at add-query's per-workspace table.

Worth noting where these came from. The deletion pass that cut 236 unverifiable counts also cut one row that carried real information, which is the expected cost of trading precision for safety. Two reviewers caught it in the same minute.

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