REA

Use REA when a claim depends on a shipped binary or package, decompilation, requested runtime evidence, or comparison with behavior not established by available source. For ordinary analysis of a complete source repository, use normal repository tools and do not run REA readiness or provider commands.

Connect only when needed

Installing this skill supplies instructions; it does not register the REA MCP server, install analysis engines, or add tools to an already-running agent. The exception is a Claude Code or Codex plugin install: the plugin bundles this skill and registers its own rea server, outside the state that rea setup and rea doctor manage.