What are the prerequisites for using this skill?

You must have a .rivet/systems.yaml file already initialized in your project, typically created by running a project scan first.

What triggers a 'harvest' in the chat?

You can invoke the skill by saying 'harvest', 'capture decisions', or 'save what we discussed', or by using the /rivet-harvest command.

Where does Rivet Harvest save its data?

The skill saves all confirmed items into a .rivet/systems.yaml file located in your project's root directory.

What is Rivet Harvest?

Rivet Harvest is a Claude Code skill that scans your chat history to identify, extract, and save architectural decisions, requirements, and terminology.

Do I have to save every decision the AI finds?

No. The skill provides an interactive selection process where you can review, edit, or reject potential items before they are written to your documentation.

Rivet Harvest

Name: Rivet Harvest
Author: ratacat

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Learning & Documentation

Extracts and persists architectural decisions, requirements, and terminology from conversation transcripts into structured project documentation.

Rivet Harvest solves the problem of ephemeral knowledge by scanning Claude Code conversation history to identify and extract critical technical decisions, system requirements, and project-specific terminology. Instead of letting valuable architectural insights vanish after a session, this skill identifies patterns in your chat history and prompts you to save them into a structured .rivet/systems.yaml file. This ensures that the evolving logic, constraints, and vocabulary of your codebase remain documented, searchable, and accessible for future development cycles.

Key Features

01Automated transcript scanning to identify project decisions and requirements

02Interactive selection interface to review and approve extracted items

03Project-level glossary management for team-specific terminology

04Pattern-based extraction of keywords like 'must', 'should', and 'decided'

050 GitHub stars

06Direct integration with .rivet/systems.yaml for structured persistence

Use Cases

01Persisting architectural choices made during brainstorming sessions with Claude

02Maintaining a living glossary of project-specific terms and definitions

03Automatically updating project requirements as they are defined in natural language

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add ratacat/rivet rivet-harvest

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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