forager-skills

ALWAYS use this skill when a user wants to understand a competitive landscape or position a product against competitors. Two modes: (1) Market landscape — user has a product idea or wants to map a market: "who are the competitors in X space", "I want to build a Y — what's out there", "market study for Z". (2) Competitive positioning — user has a product and wants strategic comparison: "how do we compare to competitors", "what are we missing vs the competition", "competitive analysis of our product". Trigger on: "competitive landscape", "market study", "who are the competitors", "competitive analysis", "I want to build X — what exists", "what are the alternatives to X", "how does X compare to the market", "gap analysis", "market map". Do NOT trigger for personal buying decisions (use tech-advisor), general web research, news monitoring, or fact-checking.

Deep web research skill that searches the web and fetches full page content to produce comprehensive, well-sourced research reports. Use this skill whenever the user asks to research a topic, investigate a question, do a deep dive, compare products or services, look something up online, find information about a product/company/technology, or gather current information from the web. Trigger on phrases like "can you find out about X", "look up X", "what do you know about X (current/recent)", "tell me about X", "research X for me", "help me understand X", "what are people saying about X", "I'm choosing between X and Y", or "search the web for X" when current web info would be valuable. Also trigger when the user needs recent news, pricing, reviews, or real-world adoption data that may have changed since training. Don't trigger for purely conceptual questions that Claude can answer from training data without needing live web sources — unless the user explicitly asks to search the web.

Verify claims and statements by searching for supporting and contradicting evidence, then deliver a clear verdict with confidence level and sources. Use this skill when the user asks to fact-check something, verify a claim, check if something is true, or questions the accuracy of a statement. Trigger on phrases like "is it true that X", "fact check this", "verify this claim", "is X really Y", "I heard that X — is that accurate?", "can you confirm that X", "someone told me X", or "this article says X, is that right?". Don't trigger for general research questions or product comparisons — only when the user has a specific claim they want verified.

Search for recent news and developments on a topic, organize them chronologically, and deliver a concise briefing. Use this skill when the user wants to catch up on recent events, news, or developments around a topic. Trigger on phrases like "what's new with X", "recent news about X", "any updates on X", "what happened with X lately", "catch me up on X", "news roundup for X", "what did I miss about X", "latest developments in X", or "has anything changed with X recently". Also trigger when the user mentions a time frame like "this week", "this month", "since January", or "in the last few days" combined with wanting information. Don't trigger for general research, product comparisons, or fact-checking — only when recency is the point.

ALWAYS use this skill when a user needs help choosing between tech products or evaluating whether a technology is ready for adoption. Searches the web for current data and produces structured, evidence-based recommendations with comparison tables and sourced evidence. Two modes: (1) Product comparison — "X vs Y", choosing between devices, editors, services, frameworks, laptops, or any tech products. (2) Maturity assessment — "is X production ready", "should we adopt X". Trigger on: "MacBook vs ThinkPad", "Supabase vs Firebase", "is Bun stable enough", "help me pick a message broker", "which iPad for note-taking", "our CTO wants us to evaluate X", or any question about choosing tech or evaluating readiness. Do NOT trigger for general web research, news, fact-checking, competitive intel, or debugging.