Find Solution — Development skill for Claude Code
Search for existing tools/skills/MCPs/plugins/packages that solve a Claude Code capability gap before falling back to building.
How to install Find Solution
Installs to ~/.claude/commands/dougthewatson-dougies-brain-find-solution.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dougthewatson/dougies-brain/HEAD/.claude/commands/find-solution.md -o ~/.claude/commands/dougthewatson-dougies-brain-find-solution.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Find Solution does
description: Search for existing tools/skills/MCPs/plugins/packages that solve a Claude Code capability gap before falling back to building.
/find-solution
Read `config/stack.md`. This command does not require an external tool role. Do not assume any specific product.
You are searching for existing public solutions to a capability gap. The gap is: $ARGUMENTS
(If $ARGUMENTS is empty, ask what gap to search for, then proceed.)
Process
Default 30-60 seconds total. Hard cap: 2 min
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