tools-only Ideas to Dig
Research topics for future guide improvements. Curated and validated.
Done
MCP Security Hardening ✅
Unified security research covering MCP vulnerabilities, prompt injection, and secret detection.
Completed: Security Hardening Guide covers:
- CVE-2025-53109/53110, 54135, 54136 with mitigations
- MCP vetting workflow with 5-minute audit checklist
- MCP Safe List (community vetted)
- Prompt injection evasion techniques (Unicode, ANSI, null bytes)
- Secret detection tool comparison (Gitleaks, TruffleHog, GitGuardian)
- Incident response procedures (secret exposed, MCP compromised)
- 3 new hooks:
unicode-injection-scanner.sh,repo-integrity-scanner.sh,mcp-config-integrity.sh
High Priority
(No items currently)
Medium Priority
CI/CD Workflows Gallery
Concrete GitHub Actions examples for Claude Code integration.
Topics:
- Automated PR review workflows
- Test generation pipelines
- Cost optimization patterns for API calls in CI
- Pre-commit hooks integration
Perplexity Query:
GitHub Actions workflows for AI coding assistants 2024-2025:
- Automated code review with Claude/GPT
- Cost optimization for API calls in CI/CD
- Real examples from open source projects
MCP Server Catalog
Exhaustive list of MCP servers with real-world use cases.
Topics:
- Available servers by category (dev tools, databases, APIs)
- Performance benchmarks vs native tools
- Security trust levels per server
- Custom server development patterns
Perplexity Query:
MCP Model Context Protocol servers catalog 2024-2025:
- Most useful servers for developers
- Performance comparison MCP vs native tools
- How to build custom MCP servers
Lower Priority
CLAUDE.md Patterns Library
Stack-specific templates for common project types.
Topics:
- React/Next.js optimized configurations
- Python/FastAPI patterns
- Go project conventions
- Monorepo configurations
Perplexity Query:
CLAUDE.md configuration examples by framework:
- React, Next.js, Vue patterns
- Python, FastAPI, Django patterns
- Best practices from GitHub repositories
Watching (Waiting for Demand)
Multi-LLM Consultation Patterns
Using external LLMs (Gemini, GPT-4) as "second opinion" from Claude Code.
Status: No proven demand. Add if 3+ reader requests.
Research done (Jan 2026):
- Simple approach: Bash script calling Gemini API
- Production approach: Plano (overkill for solo devs)
- Community adoption: Near zero in Claude Code users
If implementing:
examples/scripts/gemini-second-opinion.sh
Type-Driven API Design for AI Agent Efficiency
Schema-first development impact on Claude Code token consumption.
Status: Anecdotal only (no empirical data). Reevaluate if benchmarks emerge.
Resource evaluated (Feb 2026):
- ShipTypes by Boris Tane (Cloudflare)
- Score: 2/5 (Marginal) — Claims "types → fewer tokens" unverified
- Full evaluation:
docs/resource-evaluations/shiptypes-evaluation.md
What's missing:
- Benchmark comparing token consumption: typed APIs (tRPC/Zod) vs untyped (REST/docs)
- A/B test showing AI agent iterations with/sans types
- Case study with reproducible metrics
Reevaluation triggers:
- Academic paper/blog with empirical data (token consumption metrics)
- Anthropic official recommendation on schema-first for Claude Code
- 5+ community discussions/issues requesting this topic
If validated (score upgrade to 4/5):
- Add subsection in
guide/methodologies.md(after CDD, line 172) - Use micro-integration template:
docs/resource-evaluations/shiptypes-evaluation.md(section "Integration Plan")
Check again: August 2026
- 3-line mention in "See Also" section
- No full guide (maintenance burden, scope creep)
Source: daily.dev article
Vibe Coding Discourse
Evolution of the "developer as architect" narrative in AI-assisted development.
Reference: Craig Adam - "Agile is Out, Architecture is Back"
Status: Watching. Term "vibe coding" now mainstream (Collins Word of the Year 2025).
Discarded Ideas
| Idea | Reason Discarded |
|---|---|
| LLM Fine-tuning guide | Out of scope - users don't control model training |
| Model architecture internals | Too theoretical, not actionable |
| Token pricing optimization | Changes too frequently, use official docs |
| A2A Protocol (Agent-to-Agent) | Claude Code is single-agent with sub-agents, not true multi-agent |
| AgentOps Enterprise Dashboard | Infrastructure doesn't exist for CLI tool |
| LLM-as-a-Judge evaluation | Overkill for CLI, adds latency without proportional value |
| Decision Trajectory logging | No access to internal traces (black box) |
| 4 Pillars formal framework | Too academic - guide already covers symptoms pragmatically |
| Canary/Blue-Green deployments | Infrastructure patterns, not relevant for CLI |
| Memory Poisoning defenses | Theoretical risk requiring prior system compromise |
| Prompt Engineering for Code Gen | Already well covered (xml_prompting, prompt_formula) |
| Context Window Optimization | Already well covered (context_management, context_triage) |
| Task Decomposition Patterns | Covered via plan_mode, interaction_loop |
| Agent Architecture Comparisons | Out of scope - not multi-agent theory |
| Real-World Case Studies | Non-verifiable metrics, marketing-prone |
| Comparison with Other Tools | Out of scope, rapid obsolescence |
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