Skills
.Work. You
Rest

Web Standards Archeologist (Paper Trail)

Community

Trace web spec clauses to historical roots.

Software Engineering#git history#web standards#whatwg#spec archaeology#deep blame#browser bugs#issue tracing
Authornoamr
Version1.0.0
Installs0

System Documentation

What problem does it solve?

Standards engineers and AI agents often lack immediate historical context for explaining why a clause, fragment, or browser behavior exists in a specification, forcing manual digging through massive repositories, mailing lists, and issue trackers.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Fragment discovery: Heuristics for ReSpec, Bikeshed, and CSS property IDs surface the canonical definition for a term or fragment across modern specifications.
  • Historical evidence: Deep blame workflows relying on git log -L, full repository history, and curated mappings back a line or algorithm to the commits and discussions that created it.
  • Discussion and call graph tracing: WebDex, Xref, issue trackers, and archived IRC/Matrix logs construct annotated call graphs and cite the rationale behind landing PRs, explainers, or normative edits.

Quick Start

Ask this skill to trace the historical origin of the HTML fragment or issue you are investigating.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

💻 Claude Code Installation

Recommended: Let Claude install automatically. Simply copy and paste the text below to Claude Code.

Please help me install this Skill:
Name: Web Standards Archeologist (Paper Trail)
Download link: https://github.com/noamr/web-archeologist/archive/main.zip#web-standards-archeologist-paper-trail

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
View Source Repository

Agent Skills Search Helper

Install a tiny helper to your Agent, search and equip skill from 471,000+ vetted skills library on demand.