research-before-build
Prefer before self-implementing a non-trivial library, service, or subsystem.
Skill by AVIDS2
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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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- Skill name
research-before-build- Description
- Prefer before self-implementing a non-trivial library, service, or subsystem. Advisory find-before-found. Not a hard block on prototypes the user accepts.
- License
- MIT
- Instructions
- 19 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
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- SKILL.md
SKILL.md (first lines)
# Research Before Build Default bias: **find, don't found** — when research is cheap relative to build cost. ## Advisory - Run a time-boxed scan (Tavily/GitHub/existing skills/MCPs) before large self-builds. - **Skip or shrink** for glue code, project-local helpers, or user-approved spikes. - Decision: reuse / wrap / build — "build" needs a short reason when options exist. ## Output (lightweight) Capability → options (if any) → decision → why → sources (when you searched). ## Related `install-dont-reinvent`, `product-bootstrap`
From AVIDS2/avid-skill, MIT.
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- 1
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- 0
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- Last commit (this folder)
- Jul 23, 2026 (3 months ago)
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- License
- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/AVIDS2/avid-skill
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
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research-before-build skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/avids2-research-before-build (last updated 2026-10-24)