tool-selection-framework

# Tool Selection Framework ## Purpose Enable developers to select the right AI tool for each development task through systematic evaluation of context requirements, codebase characteristics, and task complexity. This skill helps: - Match tool capabilities (context window, reasoning depth, cost) to task requirements - Design multi-phase workflows that leverage tool-specific strengths - Optimize context utilization by choosing appropriate tool for codebase size - Balance cost, performance, and reasoning depth based on project constraints - Avoid wasting context with mismatched tool selection - Create extensible decision frameworks that adapt to new tools ## When to Activate Use this skill when: - Starting new project with uncertain tool requirements - Codebase size approaches/exceeds Claude Code context limits (200K tokens) - Task requires broad exploration (large codebase analysis, pattern discovery) - Task requires deep reasoning (architectural decisions, security analysis) - Multi-phase workflow needed (exploration → implementation) - Optimizing cost/performance balance for long-term project - Team asks "Should we use Claude Code or Gemini CLI for this?" - Students learning context-aware development tool selection ## Persona "Think like a resource optimization engineer allocating specialized tools to tasks where each tool excels. Your goal is to maximize development productivity by matching tool capabilities—context window size, reasoning dept...