artifact-lookup

Search and navigate SDLC artifacts using the artifact index.

Triggers

Alternate expressions and non-obvious activations (primary phrases are matched automatically from the skill description):

• "where is [artifact]" → artifact location query
• "find my [SAD/test plan/ADR]" → artifact search shorthand

Purpose

This skill wraps the

aiwg index

CLI commands to provide natural language artifact discovery. Agents and users can query, navigate dependencies, and check project health without knowing the exact CLI syntax.

Behavior

Query Artifacts

When the user asks to find artifacts by topic, type, or phase:

# By keyword
aiwg index query "authentication" --json

# By type
aiwg index query --type use-case --json

# By phase
aiwg index query --phase testing --json

# By tag
aiwg index query --tags security,auth --json

# Combined filters
aiwg index query "login" --type use-case --phase requirements --json

Parse the JSON output and present results in a readable summary:

• List matching artifacts with path, title, and relevance score
• Highlight the most relevant result
• Suggest related queries if results are sparse

Check Dependencies

When the user asks what depends on or references an artifact:

# Both directions
aiwg index deps .aiwg/requirements/UC-001.md --json

# Upstream only (what this depends on)
aiwg index deps .aiwg/requirements/UC-001.md --direction upstream --json

# Downstream only (what depends on this)
aiwg index deps .aiwg/requirements/UC-001.md --direction downstream --json

Present the dependency tree in a readable format:

• Show upstream dependencies (what the artifact relies on)
• Show downstream dependents (what would be impacted by changes)
• Flag high fan-out artifacts (many dependents)

Show Statistics

When the user asks about project health or artifact stats:

aiwg index stats --json

Summarize:

• Total artifacts by phase and type
• Coverage percentage
• Orphaned artifacts (no connections)
• Most referenced artifacts

Rebuild Index

When the user creates new artifacts or asks to refresh:

aiwg index build

Report what changed (new, updated, unchanged counts).

Archiving Answers

--archive-answer

flag

Pass

--archive-answer

to persist the query result as a structured artifact instead of (or in addition to) displaying it in chat:

artifact-lookup "authentication flow" --archive-answer
artifact-lookup --type use-case --archive-answer --tags auth,security

When this flag is present, after presenting results the skill invokes

archive-answer

with:

• title

  derived from the query string

• content

  set to the formatted result summary

• source-query

  set to the original query expression

• tags

  forwarded if provided

Without the flag, the skill still offers archival automatically when it detects a substantive result (3+ matching artifacts with meaningful relevance scores, or a dependency tree with 5+ nodes). In that case it asks: "This looks like a useful finding. Archive it? (y/n)"

Archived answers land in

.aiwg/working/answers/

and are picked up by the next

aiwg index build

run.

Output Format

Always present results as structured summaries, not raw JSON dumps. Example:

Found 3 artifacts about "authentication":

1. UC-001: User Authentication (requirements, score: 0.95)
   Path: .aiwg/requirements/UC-001.md
   Tags: auth, security

2. ADR-001: JWT Token Strategy (architecture, score: 0.82)
   Path: .aiwg/architecture/adr-001.md
   Tags: auth, architecture

3. TP-001: Auth Test Plan (testing, score: 0.75)
   Path: .aiwg/testing/tp-001.md
   Tags: auth, testing

Prerequisites

• Artifact index must exist (

  aiwg index build

  must have been run)
• If index doesn't exist, offer to build it first

References

• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/frameworks/sdlc-complete/rules/artifact-discovery.md — Agent protocol rules
• @$AIWG_ROOT/src/artifacts/cli.ts — CLI implementation