claude-solution-gist

Claude-Authored Solution Gist

Use this when Claude figured something out and the user wants to share the result. The gist is clearly attributed to Claude with a model + date header so it's transparent that the content is AI-authored, not the user's own writeup.

For collaborative debugging, use debug-writeup-gist instead.

Inputs

• Title — short headline.
• Problem / question — what was being solved.
• Solution — the working answer, fenced and copy-pasteable.
• Why it works — short rationale (not a wall of theory).
• Caveats — versions it's tied to, things to watch for.
• Visibility — public or private. Resolve in this order:
  1. Explicit argument from the user this turn.
  2. default_visibility in $CLAUDE_USER_DATA/gist-writer/config.json.
  3. Fall back to private if no config exists. Never publish public without an explicit opt-in path — if visibility resolves to public from config (not from this turn), confirm once before posting.

Workflow

1. Render the template at templates/claude-solution.md with the fields above. Fill {{model}} from $CLAUDE_MODEL (or the configured model_attribution) and {{date}} from date -u +%Y-%m-%d. Pull {{user}} from config.
2. Environment block — keep brief. Only include what's actually load-bearing for the solution (e.g. "Ubuntu 25.10, Python 3.12"). If the solution is environment-agnostic, write Environment-agnostic. and move on.
3. If visibility=public, invoke scrub-pii on the rendered content. Do not proceed past a 🔴 BLOCKING finding without explicit user override. Apply 🟡 redactions the user accepts.
4. Show the rendered gist to the user (file path or inline) and confirm. Last chance to edit before publish.
5. Publish. Prefer the bundled MCP (github-gist server, tools create_public_gist / create_private_gist). If the MCP is unavailable, fall back to:

   gh gist create -d "<short description>" /tmp/<slug>.md         # private
   gh gist create -d "<short description>" --public /tmp/<slug>.md # public
   

6. Report the gist URL to the user and offer to copy it to the clipboard (wl-copy on Wayland, xclip on X11).

Template fields → render mapping

Placeholder	Source
{{title}}	user-provided headline
{{problem}}	user-described question / failure mode
{{solution}}	the working answer
{{rationale}}	"Why this works"
{{environment}}	minimal env note, or Environment-agnostic.
{{caveats}}	known constraints
{{model}}	$CLAUDE_MODEL or model_attribution
{{date}}	UTC date YYYY-MM-DD
{{user}}	configured github_user

Don't

• Don't dress this up as the user's own writeup — the AI-attribution banner is non-negotiable.
• Don't auto-publish public gists without confirmation.
• Don't include the user's full path / hostname / private repo references in the body. The scrub-pii pre-flight is there for this; don't bypass it on public publishes.
• Don't append a verification suffix to the body — the bundled MCP already handles its own; double-stamping looks spammy.