tech-advisor

Tech Advisor

Make a current, evidence-backed technology recommendation for a specific user or team.

Choose one mode

• Maturity assessment: one technology is being considered for adoption. Read maturity-assessment.md completely, then follow it.
• Product comparison: two or more products, or a product category, must be chosen for a concrete use case. Read product-comparison.md completely, then follow it.

Use maturity assessment for “is this ready?” and product comparison for “which should I choose?” If intent does not settle the mode, ask one focused question.

Tools and evidence

Use available web search and URL-fetch tools. Prefer callable names ending in duckduckgo_search and web_fetch; client-added prefixes vary, so inspect the tools in the session. Without session tools, run the packaged CLI in an isolated environment:

uvx --python '>=3.10,<3.14' web-forager search "your query" --max-results 8 --output-format json
uvx --python '>=3.10,<3.14' web-forager fetch "https://example.com" --format markdown

If uvx cannot run packaged search, use ddgs without touching the current project environment:

uv run --no-project --python '>=3.10,<3.14' --with 'ddgs>=9.5.2' python - <<'PY'
from ddgs import DDGS
results = DDGS().text(query="your query", max_results=8)
for r in results:
    print(r["title"], r["href"], r["body"])
PY

If packaged fetch fails, use Jina Reader:

curl -s "https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com"

The workflow requires both search and fetch. If either capability is unavailable, state what is missing instead of recommending from stale knowledge.

Technology changes quickly. Use [current year] in queries, verify the exact current model or version, and prefer recent first-party specifications plus current independent evidence. Label estimates and inference.

Shared quality bar

• Read every source used for a material comparison or recommendation.
• Match evidence to the user's region, constraints, and use case.
• Include total cost and meaningful tradeoffs, not only headline specifications.
• Cite material claims near the text they support.
• Take a position when the evidence supports one; state what would change it.