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Mini Context Graph

github/mini-context-graph

| A persistent, compounding knowledge base combining Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern with a structured knowledge graph. Ingest documents once — the LLM writes wiki pages, extracts entities/relations into the graph, and stores raw content for evidence retrieval. Knowledge accumulates and cross-references; it is never re-derived from scratch.

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill mini-context-graph

What comes with it

67 450 bytes besides the instruction
references/ingestion.md
references/lint.md
references/ontology.md
references/retrieval.md
scripts/config.py
scripts/contextgraph.py
scripts/template_agent_workflow.py
scripts/tools/__init__.py
scripts/tools/documents_store.py
scripts/tools/graph_store.py
scripts/tools/index_store.py
scripts/tools/ontology_store.py
scripts/tools/retrieval_engine.py
scripts/tools/wiki_store.py

The instruction itself

12 sections, as written by the author

Mini Context Graph Skill

The Core Idea

Standard RAG re-discovers knowledge from scratch on every query. This skill is different:

  • Wiki layer — The LLM writes and maintains persistent markdown pages (summaries, entity pages, topic syntheses). Cross-references are already there. The wiki gets richer with every ingest.
  • Graph layer — Entities and relations are extracted once and stored as a navigable knowledge graph. BFS traversal answers structural queries without re-reading sources.
  • Raw source layer — Original documents are stored immutably with chunks. Provenance links tie every graph node and edge back to the exact text that supports it.

> The LLM writes; the Python tools handle all bookkeeping.


Three Layers

| Layer | Where | What the LLM does | What Python does |

|-------|-------|-------------------|-----------------|

| Raw Sources | data/documents.json | Reads (never modifies) | Stores chunks + metadata |

| Wiki | wiki/ (markdown) | Writes/updates pages | Manages index.md + log.md |

| Graph | data/graph.json | Extracts entities + relations | Persists, deduplicates, traverses |


⚡ Quick Start for Agents

from scripts.contextgraph import ContextGraphSkill
from scripts.tools import wiki_store

skill = ContextGraphSkill()

# ===== INGEST WITH FULL RAG + WIKI =====
# 1. Read references/ingestion.md and references/ontology.md first
# 2. Extract entities and relations (LLM reasoning step)
entities = [
    {"name": "memory leak",   "type": "issue",  "supporting_text": "memory leaks cause crashes"},
    {"name": "system crash",  "type": "issue",  "supporting_text": "system crashes due to memory leaks"},
]
relations = [
    {"source": "memory leak", "target": "system crash", "type": "causes",
     "confidence": 1.0, "supporting_text": "System crashes due to memory leaks."},
]

result = skill.ingest_with_content(
    doc_id="doc_001",
    title="System Crash Analysis",
    source="/docs/incident_report.pdf",
    raw_content="System crashes due to memory leaks. Memory leaks occur when objects are not released.",
    entities=entities,
    relations=relations,
)
# result = {"doc_id": "doc_001", "chunk_count": 1, "nodes_added": 2, "edges_added": 1}

# 3. Write a wiki summary page for this document
wiki_store.write_page(
    category="summary",
    title="System Crash Analysis Summary",
    content="""---
title: System Crash Analysis
source_document: doc_001
tags: [summary, incident]
---

# System Crash Analysis

**Source:** incident_report.pdf

## Key Claims

- [[memory-leak]] causes [[system-crash]] (confidence: 1.0)

## Entities

- [[memory-leak]] (issue)
- [[system-crash]] (issue)
""",
    summary="Incident report: memory leaks cause system crashes.",
)

# ===== QUERY WITH EVIDENCE =====
result = skill.query_with_evidence("Why does the system crash?")
# Returns: {"query": ..., "subgraph": ..., "supporting_documents": [...], "evidence_chain": ...}

# ===== WIKI SEARCH (read wiki before answering) =====
pages = wiki_store.search_wiki("memory leak")
# Returns: [{slug, category, path, snippet}, ...]

Operations

Ingest

When a user provides a new document:

  • Read references/ingestion.md — entity/relation extraction rules.
  • Read references/ontology.md — type normalization rules.
  • Extract entities and relations using your LLM reasoning.
  • Call skill.ingest_with_content(...) — stores raw content + chunks + graph nodes + provenance.
  • Write a wiki summary page using wiki_store.write_page(category="summary", ...).
  • Update entity pages — for each new/updated entity, write or update wiki_store.write_page(category="entity", ...).
  • Update topic pages if the document touches an existing synthesis topic.
  • A single document ingest will typically touch 3–10 wiki pages.

Query

When a user asks a question:

  • Check the wiki firstwiki_store.search_wiki(query) to find relevant pages. Read them.
  • If the wiki has a good answer, synthesize from wiki pages (fast path).
  • If deeper graph traversal is needed, call skill.query_with_evidence(query).
  • Return the answer with evidence citations from supporting_documents.
  • If the answer is valuable, file it back as a new wiki topic page.

Lint

Periodically health-check the wiki:

from scripts.tools import wiki_store
issues = wiki_store.lint_wiki()
# Returns: {orphan_pages, missing_pages, broken_wikilinks, isolated_pages}

Ask the LLM to review and fix: broken links, orphan pages, stale claims, missing cross-references. See references/lint.md for full lint workflow.


Ingestion Constraints

  • ❌ Do NOT hallucinate entities not present in the text
  • ❌ Do NOT add relations without explicit textual evidence
  • ❌ Do NOT add edges with confidence < 0.6
  • ✅ Provide supporting_text for every entity and relation — this enables provenance
  • ✅ Write a wiki summary page for every ingested document
  • ✅ Update existing entity pages when new information arrives
  • ✅ Flag contradictions in wiki pages when new data conflicts with old claims

Retrieval Constraints

  • 🔒 Traversal depth MUST NOT exceed 2 (config: MAX_GRAPH_DEPTH)
  • 🔒 Only edges with confidence ≥ 0.6 (config: MIN_CONFIDENCE)
  • 🔒 Maximum 50 nodes returned (config: MAX_NODES)
  • ❌ Do NOT fabricate nodes or edges not in the graph

Full Python API Reference

| Method | Purpose | When to Use |

|--------|---------|-------------|

| skill.ingest_with_content(doc_id, title, source, raw_content, entities, relations) | Full RAG ingest: raw docs + graph + provenance | Every new document |

| skill.add_node(name, node_type) | Add single entity (no provenance) | Quick additions without a source doc |

| skill.add_edge(source_name, target_name, relation, confidence) | Add single relation | Quick additions without a source doc |

| skill.query(query) | Graph-only retrieval → subgraph | Structural queries |

| skill.query_with_evidence(query) | Graph + provenance → subgraph + source chunks | Queries requiring citations |

| wiki_store.write_page(category, title, content, summary) | Write/update a wiki page | After every ingest; after answering queries |

| wiki_store.read_page(category, title) | Read a wiki page | Before answering; for cross-referencing |

| wiki_store.search_wiki(query) | Keyword search across wiki | Fast path before graph traversal |

| wiki_store.list_pages(category) | List all wiki pages | Getting an overview |

| wiki_store.get_log(last_n) | Read recent operations | Understanding wiki history |

| wiki_store.lint_wiki() | Health check | Periodic maintenance |

| documents_store.list_documents() | List all ingested raw sources | Audit / provenance checking |

| documents_store.search_chunks(query) | Chunk-level search | Finding specific evidence |


Design Philosophy

> "The wiki is a persistent, compounding artifact. The cross-references are already there. The synthesis already reflects everything you've read." — Karpathy

| Layer | What Happens | Who Owns It |

|-------|-----------|-------------|

| LLM Reasoning | Extraction, synthesis, writing wiki pages | Agent (.md guidance files) |

| Wiki Persistence | Index, log, file I/O | wiki_store.py |

| Graph Persistence | Dedup, index, BFS traverse | graph_store.py, retrieval_engine.py |

| Raw Source Storage | Immutable docs + chunks + provenance | documents_store.py |

The human curates sources and asks questions. The LLM writes the wiki, extracts the graph, and answers with citations. Python handles all bookkeeping.

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take github/mini-context-graph from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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