dev-guides-navigator

Development

Use when ANY development task might benefit from a guide. Use when user says "how do I", "best practice", "pattern for", "guide for", "Drupal form", "entity type", "plugin type", "routing", "caching", "config management", "SDC component", "design system", "Bootstrap mapping", "Radix theme", "JSX to Twig", "Tailwind tokens", "SOLID", "DRY", "TDD", "security", "CSS", "Next.js". Use PROACTIVELY before any design, architecture, or implementation work. MUST be invoked before writing code that touches Drupal APIs, theming, design systems, or security. NEVER skip guide check — patterns prevent bugs.

QUICK START

How to use this skill

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Dev-Guides Navigator

Route to the correct online guide and enforce guide application.

When to Use

Any Drupal, Next.js, design system, or dev-practice task where a guide might help
When another skill or agent needs domain knowledge beyond its bundled references
When the user mentions a specific guide topic
NOT for: plugin methodology references (those are in drupal-dev-framework/references/)

Core Workflow

1. Get llms.txt (with caching)

Check for cache at ~/.claude/projects/{project-hash}/memory/dev-guides-cache.json.

NEVER use WebFetch in this workflow. All fetches use curl -s via Bash:

WebFetch summarizes content through AI, destroying structured formats needed for matching
MkDocs GitHub Pages URLs return 400KB+ HTML navigation shells, not guide content
Guides are atomic and small enough for curl — no summarization needed

No cache (first time):

Bash: curl -s https://camoa.github.io/dev-guides/llms.hash — save the hash
Bash: curl -s https://camoa.github.io/dev-guides/llms.txt — save the content
Write both to cache file

Cache exists:

Bash: curl -s https://camoa.github.io/dev-guides/llms.hash (tiny, fast)
Compare with cached hash
- Same → use cached llms.txt, skip re-fetch
- Different → Bash: curl -s https://camoa.github.io/dev-guides/llms.txt, update cache

2. Match Task to Topic

Scan llms.txt for the topic that matches the current task. Each line has a topic title, URL, guide count, and description.

The URL in llms.txt is a GitHub Pages URL like https://camoa.github.io/dev-guides/drupal/forms/. Extract the topic path (e.g., drupal/forms) from this URL for use in raw GitHub fetches below.

3. Fetch Topic Index

IMPORTANT: Do NOT use WebFetch on GitHub Pages URLs — MkDocs renders them into 400KB+ HTML pages with navigation shells, hiding the actual content. Use curl with raw GitHub URLs instead.

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camoa/dev-guides/main/docs/{topic-path}/index.md

Example: curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camoa/dev-guides/main/docs/drupal/forms/index.md

This returns the raw markdown containing:

"I need to..." routing table — maps user intent to specific guide
guide-meta: frontmatter — KG metadata for disambiguation and relationships

4. Use KG Metadata (from index.md)

The guide-meta: in the topic's frontmatter provides:

concepts — confirms this is the right topic
not — if the task matches a not term, this is the WRONG topic, go back to step 2
requires — load prerequisite topics first
complements — note related topics for the user

Example Task	Correct Topic	Wrong Topic	Why
story.yml props	drupal/ui-patterns	drupal/storybook	"story.yml" in ui-patterns concepts, "storybook" in not
stories.yml preview	drupal/storybook	drupal/ui-patterns	reverse
inline blocks	drupal/layout-builder	drupal/blocks	"inline blocks" in blocks' not

5. Fetch Specific Guide

From the "I need to..." routing table, select the guide that matches the task. The routing table lists guide filenames. Fetch the raw markdown:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camoa/dev-guides/main/docs/{topic-path}/{guide-filename}.md

Example: curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camoa/dev-guides/main/docs/drupal/forms/form-validation.md

Do NOT use WebFetch on GitHub Pages URLs — you'll get rendered HTML, not the guide content.

6. Apply the Guide (Critical)

Do NOT just read and summarize. Extract and apply:

Identify the relevant section(s) for the current task
Extract decision criteria, patterns, and code examples
Apply them directly to the implementation
Reference the guide in architecture docs if in design phase

Quick Reference

Step	Action
Cache check	`curl -s` llms.hash, compare with cached hash
Find topic	Match task keywords in cached `llms.txt`
Get routing table	`curl -s` raw GitHub URL for topic `index.md`
Disambiguate	Check `guide-meta:` concepts/not fields
Get guide	`curl -s` raw GitHub URL for specific guide `.md`
Apply	Extract patterns and implement, don't summarize

Common Mistakes

Mistake	Fix
Using WebFetch instead of curl	Always use `curl -s` — WebFetch returns AI summaries or 400KB HTML shells
Reading guide and only summarizing	Extract patterns and apply to current task
Grabbing first keyword match	Check guide-meta `not` fields for disambiguation
Fetching llms.txt every time	Check llms.hash first, use cache
Ignoring `requires`	Load prerequisites first

Examples

User says	Action
"I need to create a Drupal form"	Match "form" → `drupal/forms/` → fetch index.md → pick guide for form creation
"Add a story.yml for my component"	Match "story.yml" → check guide-meta → `drupal/ui-patterns/` (NOT storybook)
"Set up responsive images"	Match "responsive image" → `drupal/image-styles/` (NOT drupal/media)
"How do I use Config Split?"	Match "Config Split" → `drupal/config-management/`
"I need SOLID architecture for my module"	Drupal context → `drupal/solid/` (NOT generic dev-solid-principles)

Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
`curl` fails (network error)	Fall back to `references/guide-index.md` for keyword-to-URL lookup
No topic matches the task	Broaden keywords, check category sections in llms.txt, or task may not need a guide
Cache file path unknown	Use Bash: `echo ~/.claude/projects/*/memory/` to find the project memory directory
Guide content too large for context	Request only the specific section from the routing table, not the entire guide