optimize-docs

name: optimize-docs description: Analyze docs for optimization opportunities (split, simplify, remove) argument-hint: "[scope]" disable-model-invocation: true

Optimize Documentation

Analyze documentation for optimization opportunities, including splitting long documents, reducing verbosity, and identifying obsolete or redundant content.

Input

Scope: $ARGUMENTS (optional - flexible scope for analysis)

Scope interpretation:

• No argument = analyze all documentation
• Specific topic (e.g., "auth", "user authentication") = find and analyze related docs
• File path = analyze specific document
• Directory name = analyze all docs in that directory

Context

You must load the following skills and read the following files before proceeding.

Skills

• katachi:framework-core - Workflow principles and project structure

Documentation indexes (read to discover documents)

• docs/feature-specs/README.md - Feature capability index
• docs/feature-designs/README.md - Feature design index
• docs/architecture/README.md - Architecture decisions (ADRs)
• docs/design/README.md - Design patterns (DES)

Template references (for structure compliance checks)

• ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/working-on-delta/references/feature-spec.md
• ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/working-on-delta/references/feature-design.md
• ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/framework-core/references/ADR-template.md
• ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/framework-core/references/DES-template.md

Pre-Check

Verify framework is initialized:

• If docs/planning/ doesn't exist, explain this command requires an initialized katachi framework
• If minimal documentation exists, note the analysis may be limited

Process

1. Discover Documents Within Scope

If no scope provided:

• Scan all directories: feature-specs/, feature-designs/, architecture/, design/
• Collect all .md files

If topic scope provided (e.g., "auth"):

• Scan all documentation directories
• Find files where:
  • File name contains topic keywords (auth, authentication, login, etc.)
  • Title/headings mention the topic
  • Content discusses the topic
• Present discovered files for confirmation

If file path provided:

• Analyze that specific document

If directory provided:

• Analyze all .md files in that directory

Group discovered documents for parallel processing.

2. Dispatch Doc-Optimizer Agents (Silent)

Always dispatch doc-optimizer agents to analyze discovered documents:

• If multiple documents, dispatch multiple agents in parallel (single message with multiple Task calls)
• If single document, dispatch one agent
• Each agent receives a subset of documents and the relevant template references

For each agent, provide:

Analyze these documents for optimization opportunities.

## Documents to Analyze
[list of file paths with brief descriptions]

## Document Type
[feature-specs / feature-designs / architecture / design]

## Template Reference
[relevant template content for structure compliance]

## Analysis Focus
Provide actionable guidance on:
1. Document Length: Files that should split (>400 lines features, >150 decisions)
2. Verbosity: Repetitive phrasing, over-explanation, redundancy
3. Obsolescence: Orphaned docs, superseded content, obsolete documents
4. Structure: Missing required sections, incorrect format

For each issue found, provide:
- Specific file and location (line numbers when relevant)
- Clear explanation of the problem
- Actionable recommendation for improvement

3. Aggregate Results (Silent)

Wait for all agent responses and synthesize findings into a single report organized by action type:

• Candidates for Splitting
• Verbosity Reduction Opportunities
• Candidates for Removal
• Orphaned Documents
• Structure Issues

4. Present Optimization Report

Show the aggregated report with clear categorization:

## Document Optimization Report

### Candidates for Splitting
- docs/feature-specs/auth.md (523 lines)
  - Contains 3 distinct authentication methods that should be separate
  - Suggested: auth/login.md, auth/oauth.md, auth/mfa.md
  - Each method has independent user stories, flows, and acceptance criteria

### Verbosity Reduction Opportunities
- docs/feature-designs/api.md (312 lines → est. 180 lines)
  - Lines 45-60, 89-104, 145-160, 201-216: "API first" explanation repeated 4 times
  - Consider extracting to DES-XXX or consolidating into single reference section

### Candidates for Removal
- docs/feature-designs/old-workflow.md
  - Not referenced in feature-designs/README.md
  - Content describes deprecated workflow

### Orphaned Documents
- docs/architecture/old-db-choice.md (superseded by ADR-003)
  - Marked as superseded, no active references in other docs

### Structure Issues
- docs/feature-specs/projects.md missing User Flows section
  - This is a UI capability - should include breadboards or add exclusion note

5. Discuss Next Steps

After presenting the report, ask:

"Which optimization would you like to address?

1. Split long documents
2. Reduce verbosity / consolidate content
3. Remove obsolete documents
4. Fix orphaned documents
5. Fix structure issues
6. All of the above

Or provide specific items to address."

6. Execute Optimizations

For splits:

• Show proposed split structure with new file names
• Get explicit confirmation
• Create new files with appropriate content
• Update index README files if needed
• Delete or replace original file

For verbosity reduction:

• Show before/after preview for the specific change
• Get confirmation
• Apply the change

For removals:

• Always require explicit confirmation before deleting
• Show file path and reason for deletion
• After confirmation, delete the file

For orphaned documents:

• Offer choices: add to index, delete, or leave as-is
• If adding to index, show proposed index addition
• Get confirmation before applying

For structure fixes:

• Show what needs to be added/changed
• Get confirmation
• Apply the fix

Apply changes incrementally with user approval for each action or category.

Track all changes made:

• Modified file paths
• New file paths (from splits)
• Deleted file paths

7. Validate All Optimizations

After all optimizations are complete, dispatch the optimization-validator agent to verify no data was lost:

Validate the following document optimizations preserve all relevant information.

## Modified Files
[list of modified file paths]

## New Files (from splits)
[list of new file paths and their source files]

## Deleted Files
[list of deleted file paths]

Use git to retrieve original versions and compare with current state.
Apply corrections automatically if content was lost.
Ask only if uncertain how to fix.

If validation returns NEEDS_WORK:

• Agent applies corrections automatically (restores missing content)
• Agent asks user only when uncertain about how to fix
• Proceed to summary after corrections are applied

8. Post-Optimization Summary

After completing optimizations:

"Optimization complete!

Changes made:
- [summary of splits, deletions, consolidations, fixes]

Next steps:
- Index files may need updating if structure changed
- Consider running /katachi:analyze to verify no gaps introduced
- Related deltas may need documentation updates"

Integration with Other Commands

This command integrates with:

• /katachi:analyze - Complementary: analyze finds gaps, optimize finds improvement opportunities
• /katachi:decision - For extracting discovered patterns into DES documents
• /katachi:spec-delta / /katachi:design-delta - For updating delta working documents

Workflow

This is an optimization command:

• Discover documents within scope
• Dispatch agents in parallel for analysis
• Aggregate and present findings
• Guide user through applying optimizations with confirmation
• Apply changes incrementally
• Validate no data was lost (auto-correct if needed)