# Awesome Guidelines

> Use when a practices leaf or question points at a specific awesome-guidelines style capsule or learning note - archived cold library; the ingestion pipeline is retired, so load only to read a cited capsule.

- Skill: `ryan-brosas/awesome-guidelines` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 346 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ryan-brosas/awesome-guidelines`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ryan-brosas/awesome-guidelines/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: ryan-brosas (https://skillmd.com/u/ryan-brosas)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ryan-brosas/awesome-guidelines

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# Awesome Guidelines, archived style-capsule library

> **Archived (2026-09):** the ingestion pipeline (learn → note → capsule → wire skill) is retired. Useful repositories become project-local `reference/<repo>/` checkouts; accumulated foundations live under `skills/*-foundation` (create only when reusable understanding is earned). This skill stays as the cold library behind the `*-coding-practices` leaves; its `references/` capsules are still their content source. Load it only to read a specific capsule or learning note; do not run new ingestion.

## Core Principle

This skill is an archive, not a procedure. Its `references/` capsules are the
content source behind the `*-coding-practices` leaves; nothing new is ingested.
The filesystem is the index, there is no catalog to maintain.

## When to Use / NOT

- **Use when:** a practices leaf or a question cites a specific capsule or
 learning note under `references/`, open exactly that file.
- **NOT when:** adopting a new external repository, use reference-first
 (`reference-driven-development`).
- **NOT when:** a stack capsule under `skills/*-foundation` covers the topic, load that instead.

## Workflow

1. Open the cited capsule by filename. Find candidates with
 `ls references/` or ripgrep over that
 directory (capsule names are `<lang>-style-<topic>.md` and
 `<topic>-style-learning-note.md`).
2. Apply it through the practices leaf that owns the topic.
3. Do not add rows, notes, or capsules; the pipeline is retired.

## Red Flags

- Running the old learn → note → capsule → wire-skill pipeline.
- Writing new learning notes or ingestion-index rows.
- Treating a capsule as current best practice without checking the practices
 leaf that superseded it.

## Verification

- The cited capsule exists on disk and no new files were added.
- The consuming practices leaf, not this archive, drove the change.