---
namespace: aiwg
name: aiwg-regenerate
platforms: [all]
kernel: true
description: Select and execute the canonical refresh, existing-project extraction, or legacy AIWG context regeneration branch
script:
  entrypoint: run.sh
  runtime: bash
  cwd: project-root
  argsHint: '[--workspace|--existing-project|--full-inject] [--provider <name>] [--dry-run|--apply] [--force]'
---

# Regenerate Context — Branch Selector

The CLI is the deterministic source of truth for context regeneration. The
selector is intentionally intelligent: an unqualified `aiwg-regenerate`
invocation routes an established, not-yet-extracted repository through preview
and transactional adoption; fresh or already-adopted projects route to the
canonical refresh. Do not make users choose a branch unless they want to
override that decision.

Select and load exactly one linked branch before execution:

- [Canonical workspace graph](../aiwg-regenerate-workspace/SKILL.md) — default
  refresh for new and already-migrated projects.
- [Existing-project extraction](../aiwg-regenerate-existing-project/SKILL.md) —
  transactional adoption of stable project metadata and provider context into
  the canonical graph; preview is the default and `--apply` is explicit.
- [Legacy full injection](../aiwg-regenerate-legacy/SKILL.md) — compatibility
  branch; embeds normalized AIWG context inside the provider startup file.

## Commands

```bash
# Intelligent default (recommended user surface)
aiwg run skill aiwg-regenerate

# Canonical default
aiwg regenerate --workspace [--provider <name>] [--dry-run] [--force]

# Existing-project transactional adoption
aiwg regenerate --existing-project [--provider <name>] [--dry-run|--apply]

# Legacy compatibility
aiwg regenerate --full-inject [--provider <name>] [--dry-run]
```

`--legacy` aliases `--full-inject`. The CLI rejects conflicting branches,
unknown options, and missing provider values with usage status.

`--existing-project` rejects `--force` and all `--no-*-md` partial-write flags.
It refuses possible credentials and ambiguous directive conflicts, previews the
exact extracted block and transaction targets, and prints the rollback command
after apply.

Explicit branch flags always win. Without one, the executable selector checks
for stable project signals (`package.json`, common language manifests, or a
README) and the project-extraction marker. A first-time established project is
previewed and then applied; an already-extracted or fresh project uses
`--workspace`. Passing only `--dry-run` keeps inferred adoption read-only.

Supported shared controls are `--dry-run`, `--provider <name>`, `--force`,
`--no-aiwg-md`, `--no-agents-md`, and `--no-workspace-md`. The last option is
implicit in legacy mode.

## Execution Contract

1. For an established project, preview the selected branch first.
2. Preserve operator-authored content outside managed regions.
3. Never copy possible credentials into generated context.
4. Execute with `aiwg run skill aiwg-regenerate -- <flags>` when the provider
   supports executable skills, or run the equivalent `aiwg regenerate` command.
5. Report the selected branch, provider, changed targets, backups, warnings,
   validation result, and rollback path.

Use `aiwg refresh` instead when frameworks, agents, skills, rules, commands, or
provider deployments also need to be updated.