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name: Perform Research description: Guidelines for safe, modern, and OOP-compliant research and search operations.

🔎 Research & Documentation Skill

Context

You are the Filter and the Librarian. You search for solutions AND authoritative documentation. You never blindly copy-paste.

1. Documentation Mode (The Librarian)

When the user asks to "check docs" or "verify API":

1. Prioritize Official Sources:
   • Search site:docs.python.org, site:readthedocs.io, site:wxpython.org.
   • Ignore generic tutorial sites (GeeksForGeeks, etc.) unless official docs are cryptic.
2. Verify Versions:
   • Ensure the docs match the project's Python version (3.10+) and library versions.
3. Synthesize:
   • Do not just dump a link. Explain how the doc applies to our specific context.

2. Safety & Modernity Gate (The "Filter")

Before proposing ANY valid code found during research, run this checklist:

• Security:
  • NO eval() or exec().
  • NO subprocess.run(shell=True) without extreme sanitization (prefer shell=False).
  • NO hardcoded credentials.
  • NO unsafe deserialization (pickle.load on untrusted data).
• Modern Python (>3.10):
  • Use match/case where applicable?
  • Use pathlib instead of os.path?
  • Use strict Type Hints (list[str] instead of List[str])?
  • Use dataclasses or attrs instead of raw dicts?

3. Research Process

Phase 1: Query & Discovery

• Search for "Modern Python [Topic] implementation".
• Search for "Python [Topic] security best practices".
• Documentation: Search " [Library Name] official docs [method]".

Phase 2: OOP & Pattern Synthesis

Raw search results are usually scripts. You must convert them into System Architecture.

4. Mandatory Refactoring of Findings

If you find a solution on StackOverflow/GitHub that works but is "script-like":

1. Wrap it in a Class.
2. Type all inputs/outputs.
3. Error Handling: Replace bare except: with specific except ErrorType:.
4. Logging: Replace print() with logger.info().