The /samples/ top-level tree is replaced with sibling files in each
knowledge-layer folder. An article and its demonstrations now live
side-by-side:
microsoft/knowledge/<domain>/<slug>.md
microsoft/knowledge/<domain>/<slug>.good.al
microsoft/knowledge/<domain>/<slug>.bad.al
Rationale:
- Proximity. An article and its paired samples are one unit; the
filesystem now reflects that.
- Layer ownership. Samples inherit layer precedence for free -- a
/custom/ fork can override an article and its samples atomically,
which the shared /samples/ tree previously made awkward.
- Trivial migration path. Action-skill source globs
(*/knowledge/<domain>/**/*.md) are unchanged; sample discovery is a
sibling-filename lookup.
Changes:
- git mv of all 65 sample files from samples/<domain>/<slug>/{bad,good}.al
to microsoft/knowledge/<domain>/<slug>.{bad,good}.al (history preserved).
- Update See-sample references in all 37 articles that ship samples.
- skills/read.md: replace the no-code-blocks bullet with a pointer to a
new Sample files section that fully specifies the sibling convention,
the kinds (good/bad + forward-compatible), multi-technology rules,
demonstration-only status, and layer-precedence behaviour.
- skills/write.md: update the samples pointer to match.
- README.md: annotate the knowledge tree with the sample sibling shape.
- samples/README.md deleted; content lifted into skills/read.md.
- Both generators (C:\temp\gen_performance_knowledge.py,
C:\temp\gen_security_knowledge.py) updated to emit at the new paths
and to stop writing samples/README.md. Re-running them is idempotent
against the committed layout.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- skills/read.md (READ, Schema + Use) — knowledge-file contract:
frontmatter schema, required/optional sections (normative vs
non-normative), layer precedence with applicability-based conflict
detection, explicit frontmatter matching semantics (including
partial-context handling).
- skills/do.md (DO, Action Skill) — action-skill template:
frontmatter schema, required sections, four-step pattern
(Source -> Relevance -> Worklist -> Action), and the output contract
as a JSON schema with outcome, findings, structured references,
confidence, and mandatory suppression recording. Includes a worked
example.
- skills/write.md (WRITE, New Knowledge) — authoring guide:
atomicity, size, section guidance, field-by-field choices, file
naming, layer choice, pre-PR checklist. Defers to READ for the
format spec.
- README.md — link the three files from the meta-skills section and
update the output-contract paragraph to include outcome and
suppressed.
- agent-consumption.md — update step 5 (Agent emits structured output)
to match the richer DO contract.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
