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Skill: Practice Research

Capability

Discover industry best practices and anti-patterns for a domain.

Fulfills Activity

identify-best-practices

Tool Workflow

┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 1. broad_chunks_search(practice)    │◄──────────────────┐
│    Find practice discussions        │                   │
│    → preserve: recommendations      │                   │
└────────────┬────────────────────────┘                   │
             │                                            │
             ▼                                            │
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐                   │
│ 2. catalog_search(domain)           │                   │
│    Find authoritative sources       │                   │
│    → preserve: document paths       │                   │
└────────────┬────────────────────────┘                   │
             │                                            │
             ▼                                            │
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐                   │
│ 3. chunks_search(source, practice)  │◄──┐               │
│    Extract specific guidance        │   │ LOOP: for     │
│    → preserve: do's, don'ts         │   │ each source   │
└────────────┬────────────────────────┘   │               │
             │                            │               │
             ├── more sources? ───────────┘               │
             │                                            │
             ├── found related practices? ────────────────┘
             │   (refine search)
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 4. SYNTHESIZE                       │
│    Practices and anti-patterns      │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘

Tool Details

Tool: broad_chunks_search
Input: "best practices [domain]" or "[domain] guidelines"
Output: Chunks discussing practices

Step 2: Find Sources

Tool: catalog_search
Input: domain keywords
Output: Authoritative documents

Step 3: Extract Guidance

Tool: chunks_search
Input: source path, practice query
Output: Specific recommendations

Context to Preserve

Item Purpose
Recommendations Core practices found
Anti-patterns What to avoid
Sources For citations

Stop Conditions

  • Found key practices with sources
  • Identified anti-patterns
  • Maximum 5-6 tool calls