search-first
Read what exists before writing anything new — extend, don't duplicate.
Skill by Atul-Chahar
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Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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~/.claude/skills/search-first
What's inside
- Skill name
search-first- Description
- Read what exists before writing anything new — extend, don't duplicate.
- License
- MIT
- Instructions
- 14 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Files (1)
- SKILL.md
SKILL.md (first lines)
Before writing code, search: 1. Read every file in the spec's context list. The helper you are about to write often already exists two imports away. 2. Search the module for the nouns in the task title. An existing function, route, or schema is usually the right place to extend. 3. Prefer extending an existing module over creating a new one; prefer deleting code over adding abstractions. 4. If two implementations of the same idea would exist after your change, you are doing it wrong — consolidate instead. 5. Only create a new file when the spec's scope names it, or when nothing existing can hold the change without being distorted.
From Atul-Chahar/Foreman, MIT.
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- Last commit (this folder)
- Aug 26, 2026 (2 months ago)
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- License
- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/Atul-Chahar/Foreman
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- GitHubgithub-graphql
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SkillBFreshness: BClaude Code +9 - 0.518score
implementer
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Implement exactly one task spec — minimal diff, tests first, stay inside the declared scope.
SkillBFreshness: BClaude Code +9 - 0.518score
planner
Atul-Chahar
Turn rough backlog issues into structured, conflict-aware task specs before anything is dispatched.
SkillBFreshness: BClaude Code +9 - 0.518score
reviewer
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Review every swarm diff before a human sees it — security checklist first, spec fidelity second.
SkillBFreshness: BClaude Code +9 - 0.518score
security-review
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A precision-first checklist applied to every diff — secrets, dynamic execution, injection, deserialization, authz.
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context-budget
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Token discipline for subagents — ask for listed context only, summarize instead of dumping, never request the repo tree.
SkillBFreshness: BClaude Code +9
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search-first skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/atul-chahar-search-first (last updated 2026-10-24)