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Advise Project Approach

Researches and advises on the best way to build a software project — architecture, stack, operating cost — backed by real evidence and comparable projects.

Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 179⑂ 18AI score 9/10Last updated: Aug 11, 2026

What it does

Automates the research loop a strong engineer would do by hand: frame the goal, inspect existing code, study credible comparables, then recommend the highest-leverage path.

  • Three operating modes, auto-detected: pre-build strategy, mid-build course correction, post-build review
  • Receipts before recommendations: inspects local evidence plus official docs/pricing pages, and states what was checked, what it proves, and what was unavailable
  • Comparable analysis: usually two or more reference projects, each split into "what transfers" vs "what should not be copied"
  • Operating-cost reality check: separates prototype, launch, and growth cost; refuses to treat "free tier" marketing as proof
  • Complete decisions only: every recommendation ships with constraint fit, at least one alternative, explicit tradeoffs, failure conditions, and ordered next actions
  • Safety rails: read-only by default; asks before installing deps, running tests/scripts, or editing files; never prints secrets from .env, keys, or credential files

Who it's for

  • Developers deciding which stack to start a new product or internal tool with
  • Solo builders and small teams who want a sanity check on a half-built project
  • Founders who need real cost projections for managed services (hosting, DB, auth, AI APIs)
  • Tech leads who must justify stack choices by constraints rather than GitHub stars

Examples

  1. Pre-build: "Solo dev, self-hosted internal doc search tool — what should I build it with?" → runs a short intake, researches 2-3 comparables, and may recommend a lighter path than the reflexive Next.js + Postgres answer, with reasons.
  2. Mid-build: point it at a repo and say "something feels off about the structure" → maps the tree, samples manifests, entry points, data models and CI, then returns keep/change/defer items ranked High/Medium/Low.
  3. Post-build: "It's deployed — what's missing versus mature open-source equivalents?" → gap analysis across architecture, security, observability and deploy readiness, capped at five high-priority fixes.

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git clone https://github.com/AaravKashyap12/advise-project-approach.git /tmp/advise-project-approach && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/advise-project-approach/skills/advise-project-approach ~/.claude/skills/

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  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/AaravKashyap12/advise-project-approach.git /tmp/advise-project-approach
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill in: cp -r /tmp/advise-project-approach/skills/advise-project-approach ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify that ~/.claude/skills/advise-project-approach/SKILL.md exists.
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "advise on the approach for this project" or "review this repo's architecture".
  7. Optional: enable web browsing/search tools so it can pull comparables and pricing pages; without them it will explicitly say external benchmarking was skipped.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT