Suggest MOC updates and new MOCs based on semantic clustering. Use when asked to "curate MOCs", "update maps", "find clusters", "what MOCs need updating", or "organize my notes".
Scanned 9/2/2026
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---
name: moc-curator
description: |
Suggest MOC updates and new MOCs based on semantic clustering.
Use when asked to "curate MOCs", "update maps", "find clusters",
"what MOCs need updating", or "organize my notes".
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion
---
# MOC Curator
This skill uses semantic embeddings to suggest MOC (Map of Content) updates and discover new MOC opportunities.
## Capabilities
1. **Find MOC Gaps**: Notes that should be in existing MOCs but aren't linked
2. **Discover Clusters**: Groups of orphan notes that could form new MOCs
3. **Detect Hub Notes**: Notes with many outgoing links that could become MOCs
4. **Per-Note Suggestions**: Which MOCs a specific note should join
Embeddings include title, summary, and first 500 characters of body content for improved semantic accuracy.
## Workflow
### Phase 1: Gather Context
Run the clustering script to analyze the knowledge base:
```bash
python3 .claude/skills/moc-curator/scripts/cluster-notes.py --mode=full
```
Parse the JSON output:
- `moc_updates`: Existing MOCs with missing notes
- `new_clusters`: Orphan note clusters that could be MOCs
### Phase 2: Present MOC Update Suggestions
For each MOC with gaps, show:
```markdown
### [[moc-slug]] - MOC Title
Currently has X members. Suggested additions:
1. **[[note-slug]]** (score: 0.82)
- Type: article | Tags: tag1, tag2
- Shares tags: shared-tag
2. **[[another-note]]** (score: 0.75)
- Type: youtube | Tags: tag3
- High semantic similarity to existing members
```
### Phase 3: Present New MOC Opportunities
For each orphan cluster:
```markdown
### Potential New MOC: "Inferred Theme"
Common tags: tag1, tag2, tag3
Notes in this cluster:
- [[note-a]] - Note A Title
- [[note-b]] - Note B Title
- [[note-c]] - Note C Title
**Suggested MOC name**: `theme-name-guide.md`
```
### Phase 4: User Selection (Blocking Gate)
Use the `AskUserQuestion` tool to ask which suggestions to apply:
```yaml
question: "Which MOC suggestions would you like me to apply?"
header: "MOC Updates"
multiSelect: false
options:
- label: "Apply all MOC updates"
description: "Add suggested notes to existing MOCs"
- label: "Apply all new MOC creations"
description: "Create new MOCs from discovered clusters"
- label: "Select specific suggestions"
description: "Choose individual suggestions to apply"
- label: "Skip all"
description: "Don't make any changes"
```
**Wait for explicit approval before making any changes.**
### Phase 5: Apply Changes
**For MOC Updates:**
1. Read the existing MOC file
2. Append new links to a `## Suggested` section at the end
```markdown
## Suggested
- [[new-note-1]] - Brief description of why it belongs
- [[new-note-2]] - Brief description of why it belongs
```
**For New MOCs:**
1. Read the writing-style skill for prose guidelines:
- Use the Read tool on `.claude/skills/writing-style/SKILL.md`
- Apply its 10 rules when writing MOC descriptions
2. Create a new map note following the pattern:
```yaml
---
title: "Theme Name Guide"
type: map
tags:
- common-tag-1
- common-tag-2
---
Description of what this map covers.
## Section Name
- [[note-a]] - What this note contributes
- [[note-b]] - What this note contributes
```
### Phase 6: Quality Check
Run linter and type check to catch any issues:
```bash
pnpm lint:fix && pnpm typecheck
```
If errors are found, fix them before completing the task.
## Script Usage
```bash
# Full analysis (MOC gaps + new clusters + hub notes)
python3 .claude/skills/moc-curator/scripts/cluster-notes.py --mode=full
# Only MOC gaps
python3 .claude/skills/moc-curator/scripts/cluster-notes.py --mode=moc-gaps
# Only orphan clusters
python3 .claude/skills/moc-curator/scripts/cluster-notes.py --mode=new-clusters
# Only hub notes (potential MOCs)
python3 .claude/skills/moc-curator/scripts/cluster-notes.py --mode=hub-notes
# Suggestions for a specific note (used by adding-notes hook)
python3 .claude/skills/moc-curator/scripts/cluster-notes.py --mode=for-note --note=slug-name
# Adjust threshold (default: 0.7 - strict)
python3 .claude/skills/moc-curator/scripts/cluster-notes.py --threshold=0.6
# Adjust minimum links for hub detection (default: 5)
python3 .claude/skills/moc-curator/scripts/cluster-notes.py --mode=hub-notes --min-links=3
```
## JSON Output Format
```json
{
"moc_updates": [
{
"moc": "slug",
"moc_title": "Title",
"current_members": 5,
"missing_notes": [
{"slug": "note", "title": "Title", "score": 0.82, "shared_tags": ["tag"], "type": "article"}
]
}
],
"new_clusters": [
{
"cluster_id": 0,
"theme": "Inferred Theme",
"common_tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
"notes": [{"slug": "note", "title": "Title", "type": "article"}],
"size": 3
}
],
"orphan_stats": {
"total_orphans": 20,
"clustered": 8,
"unclustered": 12
},
"potential_mocs": [
{
"slug": "note-slug",
"title": "Note Title",
"type": "article",
"outgoing_links": 7,
"links": ["link-a", "link-b", "link-c"]
}
],
"for_note": [
{"moc": "slug", "moc_title": "Title", "score": 0.82, "reason": "shares tags: x; semantic similarity: 82%"}
]
}
```
## Error Recovery
| Issue | Resolution |
|-------|------------|
| No embeddings cache | Script will auto-generate embeddings |
| sklearn not installed | `pip install scikit-learn` |
| Empty results | Try lower threshold: `--threshold=0.6` |
| sentence-transformers missing | `pip install sentence-transformers` |
## Quality Guidelines
- Only suggest notes with similarity >= 0.7 (strict threshold)
- New MOCs require at least 3 notes in a cluster
- Always show the reasoning (shared tags, similarity score)
- Let the user decide what to apply - never auto-modify MOCs
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