Up To Date

Rule

Before writing or debugging ANY code that touches an external package or API, fetch the real documentation first. Training data is stale — the docs are the only source of truth for current API contracts, parameter shapes, and SDK method signatures.

Before proceeding, confirm none of these apply:

1. Writing or changing an API call without reading current docs
2. Guessing why an API call silently fails
3. Proposing a fix based on intuition without verifying the actual API contract

If any apply → complete the Mandatory Steps below before writing a single line of code.

When This Triggers

This skill triggers on any of the following — load it BEFORE doing anything else: