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Prior-art check before you build — does this idea already exist? Takes a project/tool/library idea, reframes it in the vocabularies different communities would use, searches where builders publish (code registries, Show HN, arXiv), traces each match one dependency-layer down to the real incumbent, and returns a locator-backed landscape plus exactly one verdict: Build / Fork X / Contribute to Y / Use Z / Investigate first. Checked ideas persist in out/priorart/checked.md, so re-checking one opens with what changed. Keyless. Use for "does something like X already exist", "has anyone built this", "am I reinventing the wheel", "check prior art before I build" — e.g. "/priorart ". For your existing project vs its peers use scout; for choosing between named options use verdict.

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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

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About this skill

Prior-art check before you build — does this idea already exist? Takes a project/tool/library idea, reframes it in the vocabularies different communities would use, searches where builders publish (code registries, Show HN, arXiv), traces each match one dependency-layer down to the real incumbent, and returns a locator-backed landscape plus exactly one verdict: Build / Fork X / Contribute to Y / Use Z / Investigate first. Checked ideas persist in out/priorart/checked.md, so re-checking one opens with what changed. Keyless. Use for "does something like X already exist", "has anyone built this", "am I reinventing the wheel", "check prior art before I build" — e.g. "/priorart ". For your existing project vs its peers use scout; for choosing between named options use verdict.

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Prior-art check before you build — does this idea already exist? Takes a project/tool/library idea, reframes it in the vocabularies different communities would use, searches where builders publish (code registries, Show HN, arXiv), traces each match one dependency-layer down to the real incumbent, and returns a locator-backed landscape plus exactly one verdict: Build / Fork X / Contribute to Y / Use Z / Investigate first. Checked ideas persist in out/priorart/checked.md, so re-checking one opens with what changed. Keyless. Use for "does something like X already exist", "has anyone built this", "am I reinventing the wheel", "check prior art before I build" — e.g. "/priorart <idea>". For your existing project vs its peers use scout; for choosing between named options use verdict.

About this listing

Category
General
Reported license
MIT
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
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