Research Documents

Platform and standards research that supports the ADRs. Each document contains key findings, external links to authoritative sources, implications, and recommendations.

Research Library

Document Description Key Sources
Claude Code Skill System How Claude Code discovers and uses Agent Skills docs.claude.com
Cursor IDE Skill and Rules System Cursor’s skill loading, .mdc rules, and multi-directory support cursor.com/docs
Agent Skills Open Standard The SKILL.md format specification and progressive disclosure model agentskills.io
Model Context Protocol (MCP) MCP standard for LLM-tool integration (deferred for this project) modelcontextprotocol.io
RHEL and macOS Compatibility Bash versions, tooling availability across RHEL 8/9/10, macOS, Fedora RHEL docs, Homebrew

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