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Misleading tool results: search pitfalls v1.0.0

Use this resource to avoid treating an empty or silent tool result as a real answer

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install search-tool-result-pitfalls

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent checks that an empty result or a green exit code truly reflects the content searched before it gates an action or is reported. You avoid conclusions drawn from badly formed searches.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Licence
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What you get

  • SKILL.md: list of traps and the shared principle behind misleading results
  • references/ and REFERENCE.md: search traps and rejected flags

Good fit for

  • A search returns zero results and you hesitate to conclude
  • A command fails but a pipe still shows success

Not for

    Tags

    • tools
    • search
    • grep
    • pitfalls
    • results

    About

    You say

    “The search returned nothing: check the pattern is valid before saying the code does not exist.”

    Card for the “Misleading tool results: search pitfalls” skill

    Skill published by laurigates under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to avoid treating an empty or silent tool result as a real answer
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • REFERENCE.md10.4 KB
    • references/rejected-flags.md3.2 KB
    • references/search-traps.md11 KB
    • SKILL.md7.3 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    laurigates
    Source
    github.com/laurigates/claude-plugins/tree/3cbda15de062aa6d3302afd330afb0ff1c8979df/agent-patterns-plugin/skills/tool-result-traps
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « tool-result-traps » (laurigates, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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