parent-project-skills

Parent Project Skill Discovery

This project (workerd) may be embedded as a submodule within a larger project. When your task requires context beyond workerd itself — such as investigating production issues, writing integration tests, or understanding deployment architecture — you should check for additional skills and context in the parent project.

Discovery procedure

1. Determine if a parent project exists by checking for a git root above the workerd directory:

   • Look for ../../.git or ../../AGENTS.md relative to the workerd root
   • If found, the parent project root is ../../ (two levels up from workerd)

2. Check for parent project skills:

   • Look for ../../.opencode/skills/*/SKILL.md
   • Read any ../../AGENTS.md or ../../AGENTS.md for project-wide context

3. Load relevant skills by reading the SKILL.md files. These are not registered in the skill tool — read them directly with the Read tool.

4. Check for submodule-specific context:

   • Look for ../../.opencode/skills/*/SKILL.md files that may reference workerd specifically

Information boundary — CRITICAL

workerd is an open-source project. The parent project is typically proprietary/internal.

You MUST enforce a strict one-way information boundary:

• ALLOWED: Internal context informs your reasoning, helps you understand code paths, guides your investigation
• NEVER: Write internal details into workerd files — this includes:
  • Code comments referencing internal systems, services, or architecture
  • Commit messages mentioning internal projects, Sentry issues, Jira tickets, or internal URLs
  • PR descriptions or GitHub issue comments containing internal context
  • AGENTS.md, AGENTS.md, or documentation updates with internal knowledge
  • Variable names, error messages, or log strings that reveal internal details
  • Test files that encode internal architecture assumptions

When working across the boundary, frame all workerd-side artifacts in terms of workerd's own public concepts (Workers, Durable Objects, isolates, IoContext, etc.) without referencing how the parent project orchestrates them.

When to use this skill

• Investigating production Sentry issues that involve workerd code
• Writing integration tests (e.g., ew-test) that live in the parent project
• Understanding how workerd APIs behave in the production deployment context
• Debugging issues that cross the workerd / parent-project boundary
• Reviewing code changes that affect both projects
• Planning new feature development that requires coordination between workerd and the parent project