| name | search-first |
| description | Research the existing implementation, tests, primary technical sources, and financial rationale before adding trading code or dependencies. |
| metadata | {"origin":"adapted from ZMB-UZH/omero-docker-extended at 246110b1045cfd4ca318b4e870b5a38d213399b6; ECC v2.0.0 reviewed"} |
Search First
Use this skill before new model logic, exchange behavior, risk controls,
dependencies, data pipelines, workflows, or broad refactors.
Tool Availability Preflight
Check only the channels relevant to the task before relying on them:
- repository search: prove
rg --files and targeted rg work;
- package registry: prove the project package manager can query metadata;
- GitHub: check
gh auth status, or use public Git and official web sources;
- MCP/docs tools: inspect the active tool list and use official docs if absent;
- skills: inspect the repository and local Codex skill catalogs.
State any unavailable or skipped channel. Never report "nothing found" when a
search path was unavailable.
Search Order
- Read
README.md, the nearest src/simple_ai_trading/ module, and its tests.
- Use
rg for exact questions. Use cocoindex-code-search first only for
genuinely broad semantic routing.
- Read the closest design, provenance, model, or simulation document.
- Check official exchange/API documentation and primary library/release docs.
- For model or market claims, inspect peer-reviewed papers or authoritative
market-microstructure references and record assumptions and limitations.
- Compare maintained open-source implementations only after understanding
their data, leakage controls, execution model, and license.
- Adopt an existing local pattern, extend it minimally, or document why a new
implementation is necessary.
Rules
- Do not treat TradingView scripts, forum claims, stars, backtest screenshots,
or vendor marketing as proof of edge.
- Pin version-sensitive facts and cite exact sources in durable research docs.
- Keep tests offline unless the network boundary is explicitly stubbed.
- Never put credentials, account details, or private endpoints in queries.
- Do not use subagents or separate sessions for research in this repository.
- Treat any upstream
Agent(...) or legacy Task(...) research example as
reference-only; this repository's single-session rule takes precedence.
