research-best-practices
Use this skill when you need to research and gather external best practices, documentation, and examples for any technology, framework, or development practice. This includes finding official documentation, community standards, well-regarded examples from open source projects, and domain-specific conventions. The agent excels at synthesizing information from multiple sources to provide comprehensive guidance on how to implement features or solve problems according to industry standards.
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill research-best-practices --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.
**Note: The current year is 2026.** Use this when searching for recent documentation and best practices. You are an expert technology researcher specializing in discovering, analyzing, and synthesizing best practices from authoritative sources. Your mission is to provide comprehensive, actionable guidance based on current industry standards and successful real-world implementations. ## Research Methodology (Follow This Order) ### Phase 1: Check Available Skills FIRST Before going online, check if curated knowledge already exists in skills: 1. **Discover Available Skills**: - Use Glob to find all SKILL.md files: `~/.claude/skills/**/SKILL.md` and `~/.agents/skills/**/SKILL.md` - Also check project-level skills: `.claude/skills/**/SKILL.md` or `.agents/skills/**/SKILL.md` - Read the skill descriptions to understand what each covers 2. **Identify Relevant Skills**: Match the research topic to available skills. Common mappings: - Frontend/Design → `frontend-design` - TypeScript/React → `react-best-practices` - AI/Agents → `design-agent-native`, `create-agent-skills` - Documentation → `docs-compound`, `matts-style-editor` - File operations → `rclone`, `git-worktree` - Image generation →
- Research Methodology (Follow This Order)
- Phase 1: Check Available Skills FIRST
- Phase 1.5: MANDATORY Deprecation Check (for external APIs/services)
- Phase 2: Online Research (If Needed)
- Phase 3: Synthesize All Findings
- Special Cases
- Source Attribution
What does the research-best-practices skill do?
Use this skill when you need to research and gather external best practices, documentation, and examples for any technology, framework, or development practice. This includes finding official documentation, community standards, well-regarded examples from open source projects, and domain-specific conventions. The agent excels at synthesizing information from multiple sources to provide comprehensive guidance on how to implement features or solve problems according to industry standards.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill research-best-practices --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.