/search-before-building
Use when about to add a new helper, utility, or abstraction, a task sounds like a solved problem, a new external dependency is being considered, or custom code is proposed without checking what already exists.
$ npx -y skills add yeaight7/agent-powerups --skill search-before-building --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/search-before-building
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Use when about to add a new helper, utility, or abstraction, a task sounds like a solved problem, a new external dependency is being considered, or custom code is proposed without checking what already exists.
Curated power-ups for coding agents: skills, slash commands, MCP configs, hooks, AGENTS.md templates, and workflows for serious software engineering. Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI, Cursor and more
Repo: yeaight7/agent-powerups
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Use when starting work in an unfamiliar area of a codebase, spawning a subagent that needs targeted file context, a first search pass missed the relevant file, or the file scope of a task is unclear.
Open skill