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External Context by spring-ai-alibaba

Name: External Context
Author: spring-ai-alibaba

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External Context Skill

Fetch external documentation, references, and context for a query. Decomposes into 2-5 facets and spawns parallel document-specialist Claude agents.

Usage

/oh-my-qoder:external-context <topic or question>

Examples

/oh-my-qoder:external-context What are the best practices for JWT token rotation in Node.js?
/oh-my-qoder:external-context Compare Prisma vs Drizzle ORM for PostgreSQL
/oh-my-qoder:external-context Latest React Server Components patterns and conventions

Protocol

Step 1: Facet Decomposition

Given a query, decompose into 2-5 independent search facets:

## Search Decomposition

**Query:** <original query>

### Facet 1: <facet-name>
- **Search focus:** What to search for
- **Sources:** Official docs, GitHub, blogs, etc.

### Facet 2: <facet-name>
...

Step 2: Parallel Agent Invocation

Fire independent facets in parallel via Task tool:

Agent(subagent_type="oh-my-qoder:document-specialist", model="medium", prompt="Search for: <facet 1 description>. Use WebSearch and WebFetch to find official documentation and examples. Cite all sources with URLs.")

Agent(subagent_type="oh-my-qoder:document-specialist", model="medium", prompt="Search for: <facet 2 description>. Use WebSearch and WebFetch to find official documentation and examples. Cite all sources with URLs.")

Maximum 5 parallel document-specialist agents.

Step 3: Synthesis Output Format

Present synthesized results in this format:

## External Context: <query>

### Key Findings
1. **<finding>** - Source: [title](url)
2. **<finding>** - Source: [title](url)

### Detailed Results

#### Facet 1: <name>
<aggregated findings with citations>

#### Facet 2: <name>
<aggregated findings with citations>

### Sources
- [Source 1](url)
- [Source 2](url)

Configuration

Maximum 5 parallel document-specialist agents
No magic keyword trigger - explicit invocation only

---name: external-contextdescription: Invoke parallel document-specialist agents for external web searches and documentation lookup---# External Context SkillFetch external documentation, references, and context for a query. Decomposes into 2-5 facets and spawns parallel document-specialist Claude agents.## Usage```/oh-my-qoder:external-context <topic or question>```### Examples```/oh-my-qoder:external-context What are the best practices for JWT token rotation in Node.js?/oh-my-qoder:external-context Compare Prisma vs Drizzle ORM for PostgreSQL/oh-my-qoder:external-context Latest React Server Components patterns and conventions```## Protocol### Step 1: Facet DecompositionGiven a query, decompose into 2-5 independent search facets:```markdown## Search Decomposition**Query:** <original query>### Facet 1: <facet-name>- **Search focus:** What to search for- **Sources:** Official docs, GitHub, blogs, etc.### Facet 2: <facet-name>...```### Step 2: Parallel Agent InvocationFire independent facets in parallel via Task tool:```Agent(subagent_type="oh-my-qoder:document-specialist", model="medium", prompt="Search for: <facet 1 description>. Use WebSearch and WebFetch to find official documentation and examples. Cite all sources with URLs.")Agent(subagent_type="oh-my-qoder:document-specialist", model="medium", prompt="Search for: <facet 2 description>. Use WebSearch and WebFetch to find official documentation and examples. Cite all sources with URLs.")```Maximum 5 parallel document-specialist agents.### Step 3: Synthesis Output FormatPresent synthesized results in this format:```markdown## External Context: <query>### Key Findings1. **<finding>** - Source: [title](url)2. **<finding>** - Source: [title](url)### Detailed Results#### Facet 1: <name><aggregated findings with citations>#### Facet 2: <name><aggregated findings with citations>### Sources- [Source 1](url)- [Source 2](url)```## Configuration- Maximum 5 parallel document-specialist agents- No magic keyword trigger - explicit invocation only

Frequently asked questions

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