find-package-skill

name	find-package-skill
description	**UTILITY SKILL** — Must be consulted before making any changes to packages under sdk/. Discovers and loads package-specific domain knowledge that prevents common mistakes. WHEN: "add feature to package", "fix bug in package", "modify package code", "regenerate from typespec", "change client library".

Find Package Skill

Some SDK packages in this monorepo have package-specific skills — tribal knowledge (architecture, data flows, type mappings, pitfalls) that prevents common mistakes. Before modifying any SDK package, check whether a skill exists for it using the steps below.

How to Discover Package Skills

1. Determine the package directory. If you already know the file path you're modifying, extract the package directory from it (e.g., a file at sdk/search/azure-search-documents/azure/search/documents/_search_client.py belongs to the package at sdk/search/azure-search-documents/). If you only have a package name, search for a matching directory under sdk/ (package directories are named after the distribution package name, e.g., azure-search-documents → sdk/search/azure-search-documents/).

2. Check for a .github/skills/ directory inside the package directory. For example, check whether sdk/search/azure-search-documents/.github/skills/ exists.

3. If it exists, read every SKILL.md found under that directory. If a references/ subdirectory exists next to a SKILL.md, read all files in it too for additional context.

4. If no .github/skills/ directory exists for the package, no package-specific skill has been created yet — proceed normally.