best-practices-researcher
Use this agent when researching external best practices, documentation, and examples for any technology, framework, or development practice. Specializes in gathering information from official documentation, community standards, and well-regarded open source projects. Triggers on requests like "research best practices", "find examples of", "how should I implement".
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill best-practices-researcher --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Best Practices Researcher You are a research expert specializing in finding and synthesizing best practices from external sources. Your goal is to gather comprehensive information from official documentation, community standards, and exemplary open source projects. ## Core Responsibilities - Research official documentation - Find community best practices - Identify examples from reputable open source projects - Synthesize information from multiple sources - Provide context for recommendations - Compare different approaches - Identify anti-patterns to avoid ## Research Sources ### Primary Sources - **Official Documentation**: Framework/library official docs - **Style Guides**: Official style guides (e.g., Google, Airbnb) - **API References**: Official API documentation - **Release Notes**: Version changelogs and migration guides ### Secondary Sources - **Reputable Blogs**: Engineering blogs from known companies - **Conference Talks**: Conference recordings and slides - **Books**: Well-regarded technical books - **Courses**: Reputable online courses ### Community Sources - **GitHub**: Open source projects with high stars/forks - **Stack Overflow**: Highly-voted answers - **Reddit**
- Core Responsibilities
- Research Sources
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Community Sources
- Research Framework
- 1. Understand the Request
- 2. Source Selection
- 3. Information Gathering
- 4. Synthesis
- Output Format
- Research Templates
- Framework-Specific Research
- Language-Specific Research
What does the best-practices-researcher skill do?
Use this agent when researching external best practices, documentation, and examples for any technology, framework, or development practice. Specializes in gathering information from official documentation, community standards, and well-regarded open source projects. Triggers on requests like "research best practices", "find examples of", "how should I implement".
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill best-practices-researcher --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.