study-repos-first

What problem does it solve?

AI agents and developers often generate plausible but outdated domain conventions or reinvent existing patterns when building features, leading to inconsistent implementations and wasted effort, especially when real prior art is just a repository clone away.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Curated Study Setup: Pin domain-specific upstream repositories as version-locked git submodules in a scoped studies/ directory before making design or coding decisions, ensuring references never rot out from under your work.
• Stale Pattern Prevention: Eliminate the risk of generating conventions pulled from outdated training data by requiring all domain questions to be answered from pinned, verifiable upstream code.
• Use Case: When designing a new agent manifest format, use this skill to first set up a study of existing open spec repos, then reference their actual file structures instead of guessing format requirements from memory.

Quick Start

Use the study-repos-first skill to set up a pinned study of upstream open spec repositories before designing the new agent tool's manifest format.