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3 Claude Code Skills for Hard Problems: Watchdog, Planarbiter, and RTFD

Claude Code / Skills◆ Intermediate◆ Advanced@steve8708saved JUN 22

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Yes: The 'Read The Damn Docs' skill and the Watchdog pattern are immediately useful for this project. General Claude Code update. Install RTFD to stop agents from guessing at APIs.

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Three Claude Code skills from steve8708. Research each before installing, do NOT install until each has been reviewed and approved:
Agent Watchdog: one agent monitors and fixes another's work. Research what it does, where it's published, and whether it's safe; present the findings; install only after approval.
Planarbiter: two agents make independent plans, negotiate differences, and produce a unified plan. Same research-first, approve-then-install flow.
Read The Damn Docs (RTFD): forces agents to look up real documentation before guessing at APIs. Same flow (see Find the Resource for where to locate these).
Once approved and installed, a useful workflow is: Planarbiter -> Claude Code writes the plan -> Codex executes -> Claude Code watchdogs and fixes anything missed.

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Research the 'Read The Damn Docs' Claude Code skill by steve8708 before installing anything: what it does, where it's published, how it's used, and whether it's safe and reputable. Present your findings and wait for my explicit approval. Only if I approve, install it and confirm agents will now search official documentation before guessing at API solutions.

3 Claude Code Skills for Hard Problems: Watchdog, Planarbiter, and RTFD

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