Search First

This systematizes the "check if it already exists before you build it" workflow that good developers do manually but often skip under pressure. Before writing new code, it runs through package registries, MCP servers, existing skills, and GitHub to find maintained solutions. The researcher agent handles parallel search across channels, then you get a structured comparison with adoption recommendations. Works inline for quick checks or as a full agent for non-trivial functionality. The decision matrix is useful: exact match means adopt as-is, partial match means extend with a thin wrapper, nothing suitable means build custom but informed by what you found. Integrates with planner and architect agents so the whole system avoids reinventing wheels.

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add affaan-m/ecc --skill search-first --agent claude-code