Research-before-coding workflow: search npm/PyPI, MCP servers, skills, and GitHub for existing tools before writing custom code, then adopt, extend, or build. Launches the researcher agent for non-trivial needs. Use when starting a feature, adding a dependency or integration, or about to write a utility that may already exist.
Install
npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill search-firstnpx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill search-first -a claude-code -gnpx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill search-first -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git --path .kiro/skills/search-firstgh skill install affaan-m/ECC search-firstgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC /tmp/affaan-m__ECC
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/affaan-m__ECC/.kiro/skills/search-first ~/.claude/skills/search-first # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/affaan-m__ECC/.kiro/skills/search-first ~/.agents/skills/search-first # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode