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Handy Prompts

Once your AI agent is wired up (see Agents), you don't need to remember wikidown CLI verbs or flags — just describe what you want in plain language. These are example prompts for the everyday wiki work that comes up after initial setup.

Adding a page

• "Add a new page called Troubleshooting under Getting Started, with a section on common install errors."
• "Create a page at /CLI/Advanced-Usage documenting the --root flag and the WIKIDOWN_ROOT environment variable."
• "I want a new top-level page called FAQ. Seed it with three placeholder questions I can fill in later."

Changing the content of a page

• "Update the Format page to add a note about how image paths resolve after a move."
• "Rewrite the intro paragraph on Home to mention the new export-pdf command."
• "Find every page that mentions Jekyll and add a short note that export-html doesn't need Ruby."
• "Read the CLI page back to me — I want to check the check-links section is still accurate before I edit it."

Reordering pages

• "Move Updating so it's the second page under Getting Started, right after Format."
• "Reorder the top-level nav so Agents comes before Editor."
• "List the pages under /Getting-Started in their current order."

Moving or renaming a page

• "Rename /Testing/Browser-Test-Plan to /Testing/Manual-Test-Plan and fix any links that point at it."
• "Move /Meta/Release-Quirks under /Getting-Started since it's really a setup gotcha."

Committing and pushing changes

• "Commit the wiki changes with a message summarizing what changed, then push."
• "Show me a diff of what you changed in /docs before committing."
• "Commit just the Handy Prompts page for now — I'm not ready to push the rest."

Other useful prompts

• "Search the wiki for every mention of 'breadcrumb' and summarize what's documented."
• "Run check-links and fix anything it flags."
• "Walk the whole wiki and tell me if any page looks out of date."