Vendor Docs Radar

Vendor Docs Radar

Scans official engineering blogs and documentation from the three major AI coding assistant vendors — Anthropic (Claude Code), Google (Gemini CLI), and OpenAI (Codex) — for new posts, feature announcements, best practices, and breaking changes. Synthesizes findings and proposes concrete adoptions to the user's Claude Code setup.

When to Use

• Weekly scheduled runs (pair with agentic-radar for full coverage)
• When the user asks "what's new from Anthropic/Google/OpenAI"
• Before major config changes, to check for official guidance
• When a new version of Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or Codex is released

Output

• Dated report at ~/.claude/vendor-docs-reports/YYYY-MM-DD.md
• Proposed adoption items (config changes, new features to enable, patterns to adopt)
• Updated ~/.claude/vendor-docs-reports/CHANGELOG.md tracking what was found and when

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Execution Instructions

Step 1: Setup

mkdir -p ~/.claude/vendor-docs-reports

Set DATE to today's date (YYYY-MM-DD).

Step 2: Launch 3 Parallel Scan Agents

Launch ALL three agents simultaneously as background agents with mode: bypassPermissions. Each agent uses WebSearch and WebFetch to find and extract content.

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Agent 1: Anthropic / Claude Official Scanner

Goal: Find new blog posts, engineering articles, documentation updates, and changelog entries from Anthropic related to Claude Code, Claude API, and Claude models.

Sources to scan (use WebSearch + WebFetch):

| Source | URL / Search Query | |--------|-------------------| | Anthropic Blog | site:anthropic.com/research OR site:anthropic.com/news — search for posts from last 30 days | | Anthropic Engineering | site:anthropic.com/engineering | | Claude Code Docs | site:docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code | | Claude API Docs | site:docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/ — check for new/updated pages | | Anthropic Cookbook | site:github.com/anthropics/anthropic-cookbook — recent commits/new notebooks | | Claude Code GitHub | Fetch https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases for new releases | | Claude Code Changelog | Search "claude code" changelog OR "what's new" site:anthropic.com |

Search queries (run ALL):

1. anthropic blog (current year)
2. anthropic engineering blog new
3. claude code new features (current year)
4. docs.anthropic.com claude code updates
5. anthropic claude best practices (current year)
6. claude code hooks MCP new
7. anthropic claude model context protocol updates
8. claude code CLI release notes
9. anthropic prompt engineering guide updates
10. anthropic cookbook new notebooks (current year)

Extract for each finding:

• Title + URL
• Date published/updated
• Category: blog | docs | changelog | cookbook | release
• One-paragraph summary
• Relevance to our Claude Code setup (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW)
• Specific actionable items (new flags, config options, best practices)

Return format: Markdown table of findings sorted by date (newest first), followed by a "Key Takeaways" section with actionable items.

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Agent 2: Google Gemini CLI Scanner

Goal: Find new documentation, blog posts, release notes, and best practices for Gemini CLI and Gemini API that could improve Gemini agent integration.

Sources to scan (use WebSearch + WebFetch):

| Source | URL / Search Query | |--------|-------------------| | Gemini CLI GitHub | Fetch https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/releases for new releases | | Gemini CLI Docs | site:github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli — README, docs/, wiki | | Google AI Blog | site:blog.google/technology/ai — Gemini related posts | | Google Developers Blog | site:developers.googleblog.com gemini | | Gemini API Docs | site:ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs | | Google Cloud AI | site:cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs — Gemini updates |

Search queries (run ALL):

1. gemini cli new features (current year)
2. google gemini cli release notes
3. gemini cli best practices
4. gemini api updates (current year)
5. google gemini developer tools new
6. gemini cli configuration options
7. gemini pro new capabilities (current year)
8. google ai studio gemini updates
9. gemini cli extensions plugins
10. gemini code assistance tools (current year)

Extract for each finding:

• Title + URL
• Date published/updated
• Category: blog | docs | changelog | release | api-update
• One-paragraph summary
• Relevance to gemini-agent skill (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW)
• Specific actionable items (new CLI flags, model updates, API changes)

Return format: Same as Agent 1.

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Agent 3: OpenAI Codex CLI Scanner

Goal: Find new documentation, blog posts, release notes, and best practices for OpenAI Codex CLI and OpenAI API that could improve Codex agent integration.

Sources to scan (use WebSearch + WebFetch):

| Source | URL / Search Query | |--------|-------------------| | Codex CLI GitHub | Fetch https://github.com/openai/codex/releases for new releases | | Codex CLI Docs | site:github.com/openai/codex — README, docs/ | | OpenAI Blog | site:openai.com/blog OR site:openai.com/index — Codex related | | OpenAI API Docs | site:platform.openai.com/docs — new endpoints, models | | OpenAI Cookbook | site:github.com/openai/openai-cookbook — recent additions | | OpenAI Changelog | site:platform.openai.com/docs/changelog |

Search queries (run ALL):

1. openai codex cli new features (current year)
2. openai codex cli release notes
3. openai codex best practices
4. openai api updates (current year)
5. openai developer tools new
6. openai codex configuration options
7. openai model new capabilities (current year)
8. openai platform changelog (current year)
9. openai codex cli extensions plugins
10. openai coding assistant tools (current year)

Extract for each finding:

• Title + URL
• Date published/updated
• Category: blog | docs | changelog | release | api-update
• One-paragraph summary
• Relevance to codex-agent skill (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW)
• Specific actionable items (new CLI flags, model updates, API changes)

Return format: Same as Agent 1.

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Step 3: Synthesis (after all 3 agents complete)

Launch a synthesis agent that receives all three agent outputs and produces:

3a. Dated Report

Write to ~/.claude/vendor-docs-reports/YYYY-MM-DD.md:

---
date: YYYY-MM-DD
sources_scanned: [anthropic, google-gemini, openai]
---

# Vendor Docs Radar — YYYY-MM-DD

## Executive Summary

## Anthropic / Claude
### New Posts & Docs

### Actionable Items

## Google / Gemini CLI
### New Posts & Docs

### Actionable Items

## OpenAI / Codex
### New Posts & Docs

### Actionable Items

## Cross-Vendor Trends

## Proposed Adoptions

| Priority | Source | Change | Rationale |
|----------|--------|--------|-----------|
| HIGH | ... | ... | ... |
| MEDIUM | ... | ... | ... |

## Sources

3b. Update Changelog

Append to ~/.claude/vendor-docs-reports/CHANGELOG.md:

## YYYY-MM-DD
- Scanned: Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI
- Found: N new items (X high-relevance)
- Key: 

Step 4: Execute and Propose Adoptions

Classify each adoption item by safety:

Auto-execute (P0/P1, safe): Apply immediately without asking.

• Model name/version updates in skill configs
• New config additions (flags, settings) that are additive
• Language softening or clarification in docs
• New references, URLs, or source links
• Adding new search queries or scan sources to this skill

Flag for user review (HIGH-IMPACT): Present as proposals, do NOT auto-apply.

• Changes to execution style (Section 1 of CLAUDE.md)
• Permission or security-related changes
• Removing or replacing existing functionality
• Breaking changes to APIs or CLIs we depend on

For each auto-executed item, log what was changed and why (with source URL). For each flagged item, present: specific file + diff, source URL, risk level.

Step 5: Commit All Changes

Commit the report AND any auto-executed adoption changes together:

cd ~/.claude && git add -A && git commit -m "vendor-docs-radar: scan YYYY-MM-DD + auto-adopt P0/P1" && git push

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Automation

To run weekly, create a launchd plist at ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.claude.vendor-docs-radar.plist:

    Label
    com.claude.vendor-docs-radar
    ProgramArguments
    
        /bin/bash
        -l
        -c
        ~/.claude/scripts/vendor-docs-radar.sh
    
    StartCalendarInterval
    
        Weekday
        5
        Hour
        3
        Minute
        0
    
    StandardOutPath
    /tmp/vendor-docs-radar.log
    StandardErrorPath
    /tmp/vendor-docs-radar.err

Script: ~/.claude/scripts/vendor-docs-radar.sh

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/.claude
claude -p "Run the vendor-docs-radar skill. Today is $(date +%Y-%m-%d)."

For Linux, use cron instead:

0 3 * * 5 ~/.claude/scripts/vendor-docs-radar.sh

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Differences from agentic-radar

| Aspect | vendor-docs-radar | agentic-radar | |--------|-------------------|---------------| | Focus | Official vendor docs & blogs | Community repos & discussions | | Sources | anthropic.com, ai.google.dev, openai.com, platform.openai.com | GitHub trending, HN, Reddit | | Signal type | Authoritative best practices, new features, breaking changes | Emerging tools, community patterns | | Agents | 3 (one per vendor) + synthesis | 5 (GitHub, community, registry, deep-dive, audit) | | Output | Dated report + adoption proposals | Report + registry updates + CLAUDE.md diffs | | Cadence | Weekly (Fridays) | Weekly (Mondays) |

Use both together for full coverage: vendor-docs-radar catches official announcements, agentic-radar catches community innovations.

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Notes

• Prioritize Anthropic findings — that's the primary platform
• Cross-vendor trends (features appearing in 2+ platforms) are especially valuable signals
• When a vendor announces a breaking change, flag it as HIGH priority immediately
• Compare findings week-over-week to track velocity of changes
• If a vendor doc recommends a practice you're not following, that's always HIGH priority

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: PalmDr
• Source: PalmDr/claude-evolving-skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.