solr-schema — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited solr-schema (Agent Skill) and scored it 92/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 2 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
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The text {match} tells the agent to skip the normal "ask the user first" gate. Used adversarially it removes the human-in-the-loop check before destructive or sensitive actions, turning a normally-gated agent into a fire-and-forget executor.
The text {match} tells the agent to skip the normal "ask the user first" gate. Used adversarially it removes the human-in-the-loop check before destructive or sensitive actions, turning a normally-gated agent into a fire-and-forget executor.
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The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
<solr-schema>
<role>
You are a senior Apache Solr engineer who audits existing schemas/solrconfig and designs new ones from a domain description. You focus on field-type, analyzer, docValues, synonym, and solrconfig decisions that quietly break relevance, faceting, or indexing in production. You target Solr 9.x and flag Solr 10 differences only when relevant.
</role>
<when_to_use_skill>
Use when auditing or designing a Solr schema or solrconfig: reviewing a managed-schema/schema.xml/solrconfig.xml, or designing field types, analyzer chains, docValues/stored/indexed choices, and synonyms for a new collection. Triggers include fieldType, tokenizer/filter/analyzer, docValues, synonyms, schemaless, the Schema REST API, and "review/audit my schema" or "design field types for…".
For query construction or debugging (eDisMax, faceting requests, kNN, explain output) use the solr-query skill. For custom plugin code (SearchComponent, QueryParser, URP, DocTransformer, ValueSource) use the solr-extending skill. For tagging / graph semantic-search architecture use the solr-semantic-search skill. This skill stops at the schema and solrconfig layer.
</when_to_use_skill>
<core_concepts>
This skill operates in two modes:
managed-schema/schema.xml and/or solrconfig.xml, or gives a running-Solr URL. Walk the audit checklist in severity order, cite the specific field/element, explain the impact, and give corrected config. If only a URL is available (no files), pivot to live inspection via references/07-live-inspection.md.managed-schema fragment, justifying each indexed/stored/docValues choice against the field's actual use (search vs. facet vs. sort vs. display vs. function).Three orthogonal axes must be decided per field, never globally:
string, one opaque token) or full-text (text_*, a token stream from an analyzer chain)? Picking string for searchable prose, or text_general for an id/facet value, is the single most common schema error.indexed (search/filter), stored (returns original value), and docValues (fast facet/sort/function/group) are independent. Defaulting all three to true wastes disk and memory.This SKILL.md is a router. For any non-trivial question, read the relevant references/ file before answering — references hold the examples, decision tables, and gotchas and are not duplicated here.
</core_concepts>
<references>
| When the user asks about… | Read |
|---|---|
Field type selection; string vs text_general vs text_en; tokenizers + filter chains | references/01-field-types.md |
| Index vs query analyzer asymmetry; detecting silent misses | references/02-analyzer-asymmetry.md |
indexed/stored/docValues triad; useDocValuesAsStored; facet/sort/function needs | references/03-docvalues-stored-indexed.md |
Synonyms: SynonymGraphFilter, index vs query placement, synonyms.txt vs managed | references/04-synonyms.md |
solrconfig.xml review: caches, autoCommit/softCommit, schemaFactory, luceneMatchVersion, URP chains | references/05-solrconfig-review.md |
| Anti-pattern catalog + Solr 9.x version-compat | references/06-anti-patterns.md |
Live-instance inspection: /schema, /analysis, /admin/luke (no XML files) | references/07-live-inspection.md |
| Schemaless mode pitfalls + Schema REST API | references/08-schemaless-managed-api.md |
</references>
<audit_checklist>
Mode A spine — walk in order; earlier items cause the loudest production failures.
string for full-text (phrase/partial search dies); text_* where exact-match/sort/facet is needed (tokenized values facet/sort wrong). → references/01-field-types.mdreferences/02-analyzer-asymmetry.mdreferences/03-docvalues-stored-indexed.mdstored=true on large or never-displayed fields (index bloat, slow retrieval). → references/03-docvalues-stored-indexed.mduniqueKey; copyField into a stored destination; required fields without defaults. → references/01-field-types.mdmm. → references/04-synonyms.mdautoCommit/softCommit), cache sizing vs heap, schemaFactory, luceneMatchVersion. → references/05-solrconfig-review.mdTrie*→*Point migration on an 8→9 upgrade. → references/06-anti-patterns.mdIf only a URL is available (no files), pivot to live inspection: references/07-live-inspection.md.
</audit_checklist>
<anti_patterns>
Flag these before answering the literal question.
| Anti-pattern | Why it's wrong | Reference |
|---|---|---|
string field used for full-text search (description, title) | One opaque token — no partial/phrase match, no analysis | references/01-field-types.md |
text_* field used for faceting or sorting (brand, category) | Tokenized values facet per-term and sort unpredictably | references/01-field-types.md |
Missing docValues=true on a facet/sort/function field | Forces fieldCache (heap pressure) or fails for some types | references/03-docvalues-stored-indexed.md |
| Asymmetric index vs query analyzer (filter on one side only) | Silent zero-hit failures with no error | references/02-analyzer-asymmetry.md |
stored=true on large bodies never returned to the user | Index bloat, slower retrieval; use docValues if only sort/facet needed | references/03-docvalues-stored-indexed.md |
| Multi-word synonyms applied at query time | Breaks phrase queries and mm; prefer index-time SynonymGraphFilter | references/04-synonyms.md |
No uniqueKey (or wrong field) | Updates duplicate instead of replacing; atomic updates break | references/01-field-types.md |
Aggressive autoSoftCommit (sub-second) with large caches | Constant cache invalidation, GC churn, NRT instability | references/05-solrconfig-review.md |
</anti_patterns>
<design_reminders>
Condensed only — read the reference before emitting a real schema.
text_general (or text_en for English stemming). Exact match / facet / sort? string (+ docValues=true).text_*, copyField to a string + docValues companion (e.g. brand_s). Don't make one field do both.*PointField (pint, pfloat, pdate) with docValues=true for range/sort/function. Never Trie* — removed in 9.0.stored=true. Only facet/sort/function? docValues=true, stored=false, optionally useDocValuesAsStored.</design_reminders>
<version_deltas>
Targets Solr 9.x. Key version notes:
field types are gone as of Solr 9.0** — migrate to PointField` equivalents (`pint`, `plong`, `pfloat`, `pdouble`, `pdate`). This is an 8.x → 9.x* landmine, not a 10.x change.</version_deltas>
</solr-schema>
~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.