read-the-damn-docs
byjoshuaoliphant· 27 skills
Use when implementing, integrating, upgrading, debugging, or answering anything involving third-party APIs, libraries, frameworks, CLIs, cloud services, model/provider SDKs, fast-moving product behavior, user requests for latest/current/official behavior, unfamiliar repo docs/specs, errors that may indicate API drift, or high-stakes auth, security, billing, data, migration, deployment, compliance, or privacy behavior. Forces the coding agent to web-search for current official docs and read primary docs before assuming from memory.
How to install read-the-damn-docs?
joshuaoliphant/claude-plugins/read-the-damn-docs
$npx -y skills add joshuaoliphant/claude-plugins --skill read-the-damn-docsInstalls into the current project.
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Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/joshuaoliphant/claude-plugins" --skill "joshuaoliphant/claude-plugins/read-the-damn-docs"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/joshuaoliphant/claude-plugins" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/joshuaoliphant/claude-plugins"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.
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