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

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Exact instruction

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.

Suggested prompt

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.

Adopt?

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.

Find the resource

Creator @steve8708 mentions three skills by name: Agent Watchdog, Planarbiter, and Read The Damn Docs (RTFD). Search: "steve8708 Claude Code skills Agent Watchdog Planarbiter" or check the Claude Code skills directory at github.com/anthropics/claude-code.

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My top 3 skills for solving hard problems with Claude Code and Codex