Research-before-coding workflow. Search for existing tools, libraries, and patterns before writing custom code. Invokes the researcher agent.
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 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/skills/search-first ~/.claude/skills/search-first # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/affaan-m__ECC/skills/search-first ~/.agents/skills/search-first # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode