tools-landscapelisted

# Tools Landscape Andie's tool and product registry. Read registry.json alongside this skill. --- ## When to Load Load this skill during pre-flight when the session involves: - Choosing between tools or platforms - Evaluating a new tool for adoption - Comparing open source vs commercial options - Recommending a stack for a new project - Migrating from one tool to another --- ## How to Use registry.json 1. Detect the category from the user's domain (see routing below) 2. Load relevant category entries from registry.json 3. Present top 3 candidates with tradeoffs — not a wall of options 4. State why each is relevant to *this specific problem* 5. Flag staleness if `last_updated` is older than 90 days **Staleness check — always run at load time:** ``` registry.json last_updated: [date] Today: [date] Age: [N] days If age > 90: ⚠️ Tools registry is [N] days old. The landscape may have shifted. Key areas to verify manually: LLM pricing · new vector DB entrants · cloud service updates ``` --- ## Category Routing | Domain signal | Categories to load | |---|---| | AI / LLM / agents / chatbot | `llm` · `llm_infra` · `vector_db` | | Data / analytics / pipelines | `streaming` · `databases` · `bigdata` | | Infrastructure / cloud | `cloud` · `orchestration` · `iac` · `monitoring` | | Security / secrets | `secrets` · `auth` · `monitoring` | | Search / retrieval | `search` · `vector_db` | | DevOps / CI/CD | `cicd` · `orchestration` · `monitoring` | | Full stack app | `databases