/pi-librarian

name: pi-librarian
description: "GitHub research subagent for Pi that uses gh workflows to find and cite relevant repo files before implementation."
version: "1.0.0"
metadata:
  author: CoWork OS Contributors <info@coworkosapp.com>

Pi-librarian

Purpose

GitHub research subagent for Pi that uses gh workflows to find and cite relevant repo files before implementation.

Routing

• Use when: Use when users ask to research external GitHub repositories, compare implementation patterns, or gather cited repo evidence before coding.
• Do not use when: Do not use for local-workspace-only discovery or when GitHub access is unnecessary; use pi-finder-subagent instead.
• Outputs: A cited GitHub research report in {artifactDir}/librarian-report.md plus an actionable summary in {artifactDir}/librarian-summary.md.
• Success criteria: Librarian returns concrete repositories, file paths with citations, and clear unknowns/access limits that guide implementation decisions.

Trigger Examples

Positive

• Use the pi-librarian skill for this request.
• Help me with pi-librarian.
• Use when users ask to research external GitHub repositories, compare implementation patterns, or gather cited repo evidence before coding.
• Pi-librarian: provide an actionable result.

Negative

• Do not use for local-workspace-only discovery or when GitHub access is unnecessary; use pi-finder-subagent instead.
• Do not use pi-librarian for unrelated requests.
• This request is outside pi-librarian scope.
• This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |---|---|---|---| | query | string | Yes | What to research across GitHub repos | | repo_hints | string | No | Optional repo list hints, e.g. owner/repo pairs | | owner_hints | string | No | Optional owner/org hints | | max_search_results | number | No | Maximum gh search results to request |

Runtime Prompt

• Current runtime prompt length: 1003 characters.
• Runtime prompt is defined directly in `../pi-librarian.json`.