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Domain-specific authoritative source databases, search strategies by topic category, and source freshness rules
Passed 21 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 12 of 22 without it.
and 14 more in the full report
9 fixed12 passed either way1 still failing0 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 9 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
In addition to querying external web domains for architecture topics, where should local repository searches be conducted within a workspace to find internal research and skill definitions?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Recommends searching local docs in docs/research/ and nWave/skills/ | Missed | Passed |
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Supplements general reputation tiers in source-verification with domain-specific authorities.
| Source | Authority | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| martinfowler.com | Primary | Patterns, refactoring, enterprise architecture |
| c2.com/wiki | Historical | Original wiki; pattern language origins |
| microservices.io | Domain-specific | Chris Richardson's microservices patterns |
| architecturenotes.co | Curated | ADRs and trade-off analysis |
| infoq.com | Industry reporting | Conference talks, practitioner reports |
| thoughtworks.com/radar | Trend tracking | Technology Radar adoption lifecycle |
| Source | Authority | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| docs.aws.amazon.com | Official | AWS, well-architected framework |
| cloud.google.com/docs | Official | GCP services and practices |
| learn.microsoft.com | Official | Azure, .NET, Microsoft ecosystem |
| kubernetes.io/docs | Official | Container orchestration |
| docs.docker.com | Official | Container runtime |
| Source | Authority | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| owasp.org | Standards body | Web app security, top-10 |
| nist.gov | Government | NIST CSF, SP 800 series |
| cve.mitre.org | Vuln database | CVE identifiers |
| nvd.nist.gov | Vuln database | NVD with scoring |
| csrc.nist.gov | Crypto standards | FIPS, module validation |
| cisa.gov | Government advisory | Security advisories |
| Source | Authority | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ietf.org / datatracker.ietf.org | Protocol standards | RFCs: networking, HTTP, TLS, DNS |
| w3.org | Web standards | HTML, CSS, WCAG, web APIs |
test cases passed, vs 12 / 22 without
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