wicked-garden-ground

wicked-garden:ground — Steer Yourself

You are uncertain. Pull what's known into focus.

When to use

• Getting mixed signals from the codebase — two things contradict each other
• About to commit to a non-obvious decision — want to know if it's been tried before
• Prior decisions might exist for this exact problem — avoid re-deriving what was deliberated
• Want to verify an assumption before taking action — gut feel needs grounding
• Picking back up on a topic after context has shifted — "let me get my bearings"
• Asking "wait, did we already decide this?" — stored memory is the answer

When NOT to use

• Routine "what does this code do" questions — use Read or Grep, they're faster
• Broad codebase exploration without a specific question — use Agent(Explore)
• Fetching a specific symbol you already know exists — use the estate MCP SearchEntity tool directly
• During flow when you already have enough context — don't interrupt to re-ground

Mechanism

1. Take the question argument (free text from the user / Claude's internal state)
2. Parallel query — run both simultaneously:
   • wicked-garden-mem recall — memories + knowledge (decisions, patterns, gotchas; estate fuses both stores, results carry source attribution)
   • wicked-bus:query — recent bus events matching the question (last 50, filter by relevance to question terms)
3. Synthesize — rank by relevance, dedupe overlap, cap at top 5–10 signals total. Priority order: memories > knowledge chunks > bus events.
4. Output — dense, structured. For each hit:
   • Source type: memory, knowledge, or bus/event
   • One-line relevance statement (why this signal matters to the question)
   • Source attribution / scope / event-id for follow-up
   • Suggested follow-up (e.g., Read the cited source file)
5. Closing pointer: "If you need more depth, open {most relevant cited source} with Read, or run wicked-garden-mem answer for a cited synthesis."
6. DO NOT dump full file content — this is a focusing tool, not a firehose. The output should be skimmable in under 30 seconds.