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If you keep fixing the same problem and it keeps coming back in a slightly different form, search is often not enough. This post is about the Claude Code skill I built for that case, the worked example that proved it, and the two attempts that did not work first.

A two-tier retrieval system (semantic plus keyword), curated topic files as the source of truth, and a nightly pass that promotes session insights into the curated tier. What each piece does and what fails without it.