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Research before implementation. Reading before writing.
attac-t/the-foundry · ★ 1 · AI & Automation · score 55
Install: claude install-skill attac-t/the-foundry
# Skill: Discovery > "The elegant solution exists. It is waiting to be discovered." ## When Before writing any code. Before proposing any solution. Always. ## The Protocol 1. **Official Docs**: "What does the documentation say?" -> Read the official source first. 2. **Framework**: "How does the framework solve this?" -> Read the framework source. 3. **Project**: "How did we solve this elsewhere?" -> `grep` the domain. 4. **Package**: "How does the package expect to be used?" -> Read source, not assumptions. 5. **MCP**: If available, use `model-info`, `search-docs`. ## One sample is not a state A thing read once is a moment, never a condition. **Read it twice before you name it.** Stuck and slow look identical in one look. So do finished and dead. Naming the wrong one sends the next hour after a cause that was never there. If it moved, it is working. If it did not, say what you expected to move and by when. ## The Verification Rule > **Never assume. Always verify.** Before claiming something works a certain way: - Fetch the official documentation - Read the actual implementation - Test the behavior if uncertain A confident wrong answer is worse than admitting uncertainty. ## The Anti-Patterns - **Assuming**: Believing you know how something works without checking. - **Guessing**: Assuming a capability exists without verification. - **Hallucinating**: Inventing configuration options or behaviors. - **Copy-Pasting**: Using generic examples instead of project patte