| name | best-practices |
| description | Research current best practices and turn the evidence into a clear recommendation. Use for state-of-the-art, evidence-based, optimal-approach, comparison, or pros-and-cons questions in any field. |
| argument-hint | <topic> |
| user-invocable | true |
| allowed-tools | WebSearch, WebFetch, Read, Glob, Grep, Skill |
Best Practices
Match the research effort to the decision: use a quick lookup for a narrow fact; use deep, multi-source research for costly, risky, disputed, or fast-changing choices.
On Claude, use /deep-research when available. On Codex, perform the equivalent iterative web research. Otherwise use the platform's best search and browsing tools.
Prefer primary sources, cite material claims inline, and separate evidence from inference. Explain consensus, disagreement, uncertainty, and where each recommendation applies. Recommend for the user's goals and constraints, not for an imaginary average user.
If missing context changes the answer, ask for it or give clearly conditional recommendations. Do not pad the report with source quotas, evidence labels, or weak secondary material.
