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# /search-first — Research Before You Code Systematizes the "search for existing solutions before implementing" workflow. ## Trigger Use this skill when: - Starting a new feature that likely has existing solutions - Adding a dependency or integration - The user asks "add X functionality" and you're about to write code - Before creating a new utility, helper, or abstraction ## Workflow ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 1. NEED ANALYSIS │ │ Define what functionality is needed │ │ Identify language/framework constraints │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 2. PARALLEL SEARCH (researcher agent) │ │ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ │ │ │ npm / │ │ MCP / │ │ GitHub / │ │ │ │ PyPI │ │ Skills │ │ Web │ │ │ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 3. EVALUATE │ │ Score candidates (functionality, maint, │ │ community, docs, license, deps) │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 4. DECIDE │ │ ┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌─────────┐ │ │ │ Adopt │ │ Extend │ │ Build │ │ │ │ as-is │ │ /Wrap │ │ Custom │ │ │ └─────────┘ └──────────┘ └─────────┘ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 5. IMPLEMENT │ │ Install package / Configure MCP /