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Find current external tools, services, libraries, MCP servers, APIs, or models that could solve a concrete task faster than building from scratch. Use when the user needs ecosystem research before spending build time or money.
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Audit and improve a public GitHub repository's discoverability and any linked canonical site without confusing repository presentation with website SEO. Use for repository SEO, GitHub discoverability, topics/homepage/README optimization, GitHub Pages SEO, AEO, or agent-friendly public documentation.
Create, edit, analyze, or format spreadsheets (`.xlsx`, `.csv`, `.tsv`) with `openpyxl` and `pandas`, especially when formulas, references, and formatting must survive the change. Use when spreadsheet integrity matters more than ad hoc CSV hacking.
Analyze and reshape spreadsheet, CSV, or TSV data with `pandas` and stable output files. Use when the job is aggregation, filtering, joins, metrics, or tabular transformations rather than workbook-style editing.
Create or edit `.xlsx` workbooks while preserving formulas, references, formatting, and layout. Use when workbook integrity matters more than raw data analysis.
Produce a fast plain-text transcript with the bundled CLI using the light transcription model. Use when speaker diarization is not needed.
Produce a speaker-aware transcript with diarization and optional known-speaker hints using the bundled CLI. Use when the user explicitly needs speaker labels.
| name | tool-scout |
| description | Find current external tools, services, libraries, MCP servers, APIs, or models that could solve a concrete task faster than building from scratch. Use when the user needs ecosystem research before spending build time or money. |
Research the current tool landscape, verify finalists at primary sources, and recommend the smallest honest option set without padding weak candidates into the answer.
/Users/nick/.codex/skills/tool-scout/references/search-patterns.md for search patterns and /Users/nick/.codex/skills/tool-scout/references/evaluation-matrix.md for the comparison frame only when needed.Try first, Avoid for now, or Build it ourselves instead when that is honestly the best call.Try first, Avoid for now, or Build it ourselves instead.$product-council or $adr-log.Next skill options (only if needed): $product-council — debate a high-impact or ambiguous tool choice; $adr-log — record the chosen tool and rejected alternatives durably; $spec-bundle — turn the chosen tool into contracts, boundaries, and implementation tasks.