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/search-first — Research Before You Code · hashgraph-online | DecimalAI

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/search-first — Research Before You Code

hashgraph-online/search-first

Source hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins ↗License Apache-2.0

Research-before-coding workflow. Search for existing tools, libraries, and patterns before writing custom code. Invokes the researcher agent.

NewMaintained

Automatic

Coding pack

Last verified 8/15/2026

What it changes

Passed 15 of 20 test cases with the skill, and 15 of 20 without it.

Without skill77%

With skill73%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Specifies general-purpose as the subagent type
Identifies textlint-rule-no-dead-link as a target package
Identifies got as an appropriate Node.js HTTP client package

3 fixed13 passed either way2 still failing4 broke

Pass-rate lift: -5 pp
Tokens: +50%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -29%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/15/2026v116 of 22 cases passed with skill · 20 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/hashgraph-online-search-first/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/hashgraph-online-search-first/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add hashgraph-online-search-first, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/hashgraph-online-search-first/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add hashgraph-online-search-first

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/hashgraph-online-search-first/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/hashgraph-online-search-first/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/hashgraph-online-search-first/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/hashgraph-online-search-first.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 3 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 3

Prompt

We need to launch a dedicated subagent task to find existing full-text search tools for a TypeScript project. What subagent type and target sources should be specified in the prompt?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Specifies general-purpose as the subagent type	Missed	Passed
Includes npm and GitHub among the target search sources	Passed	Passed

case-18 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/15/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md155 linessingle file

/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 /       │
│     Write minimal custom code               │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Track record

Benchmark

15 / 20

test cases passed, vs 15 / 20 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

hashgraph-online / awesome-codex-plugins

plugins/Colin4k1024/tsp/skills/search-first/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License Apache-2.0Imported 8/3/2026Version v1

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