| 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
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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/).
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Check for a .github/skills/ directory inside the package directory. For
example, check whether sdk/search/azure-search-documents/.github/skills/ exists.
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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.
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If no .github/skills/ directory exists for the package, no
package-specific skill has been created yet — proceed normally.
