Best Practices Researcher

A meta-skill that dynamically researches and grounds best practices for any technology stack. Instead of installing dozens of tech-specific skills, this one skill does live research and returns authoritative, version-aware guidance.

Requires web search access. If unavailable, state that limitation explicitly and fall back to official docs only — never fill gaps with training data guesses.

Step 0: Detect Mode

Before anything else, determine which mode applies:

Mode 1 — Decision Mode: User is choosing between technologies, hasn't committed yet.

• Signals: comparative questions, "should I use X or Y", "what's a good library for Z", "help me pick a database"

Mode 2 — Grounding Mode: User has a specific tech already chosen or present in their project.

• Signals: "best practices for Vue", "how should I structure X", specific tech mentioned with no comparison

Mode 3 — Audit Mode: User has existing code and wants it reviewed against best practices.