hmbown/speak-with-plants
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Speak with Plants listens to slow, structural systems: codebases, dependency graphs, file trees, schema histories, and repositories with seasons baked into them. These systems do not bark in alarms; they reveal themselves through branching patterns, accreted layers, and places where nothing has moved in years. The spell helps you hear what the structure has been quietly telling maintainers all along.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- speak-with-plants
- description:
- Speak with Plants listens to slow, structural systems: codebases, dependency graphs, file trees, schema histories, and repositories with seasons baked into them. These systems do not bark in alarms; they reveal themselves through branching patterns, accreted layers, and places where nothing has moved in years. The spell helps you hear what the structure has been quietly telling maintainers all along.
- version:
- 1.0.0
- author:
- Wizards of the Ghosts
- license:
- CC0-1.0
- compatibility:
- Hermes Agent skills system
Speak with Plants
Read the slow truth hidden in roots, branches, and growth rings.
What This Skill Does
Speak with Plants listens to slow, structural systems: codebases, dependency graphs, file trees, schema histories, and repositories with seasons baked into them. These systems do not bark in alarms; they reveal themselves through branching patterns, accreted layers, and places where nothing has moved in years. The spell helps you hear what the structure has been quietly telling maintainers all along. In this grimoire, Speak with Plants is treated as a metaphorical spell with a shipping-now delivery profile. Canonical reference input: Speak with Plants (spell).
When To Use
- You need to understand a mature codebase, file system, or data model before changing it.
- The important signals are structural, historical, or layered rather than real-time and noisy.
- You suspect the answer lies in growth patterns, not isolated incidents.
Prerequisites
- No extra runtime dependencies beyond Hermes Agent and the normal toolset for this session.
Procedure
- Restate the target, the success condition, and any no-touch boundaries before taking action.
- Inspect the roots and branches: directory layout, dependencies, schema evolution, ownership clues, and naming patterns.
- Interpret what those structures reveal about coupling, neglected areas, and natural extension points.
- Return a reading of the system's slow logic, plus where pruning, grafting, or restraint is warranted.
- Package the result as the deliverables below, with confidence, assumptions, and unresolved risk called out explicitly.
Deliverables
- A structural interpretation of the codebase or data shape.
- A list of natural extension points, dead wood, and fragile junctions.
- A recommendation for where to modify the system with the least long-term stress.
Pitfalls / Guardrails
- Keep the metaphor anchored to a real mechanism instead of drifting into lore.
- Do not mistake age or complexity for authority; some old branches should still be cut.
- Avoid projecting grand narratives from one local structural clue.
Verification
- Check that the result includes every deliverable promised above.
- Check that confirmed facts, assumptions, and inferences are visibly separated.
- Check that the metaphor still maps cleanly to a real operational mechanism.
Example Invocation
/speak-with-plants read this codebase, file tree, or schema like a living structure and tell me what its shape is trying to say
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