Initial commit: Claude Code foundations and improvements research

Conventions, community best practices research (Sept 2025 - March 2026),
and prioritized improvement backlog for Claude Code workflows.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

improvements/plugins-and-language-servers.md

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+# Plugins & Language Servers
+
+## Why This Matters
+
+The community calls Language Server integration "the single biggest productivity gain" for Claude Code. LSPs give Claude real-time type information, go-to-definition, and find-references — dramatically improving code understanding over raw text analysis.
+
+## Current State
+
+- No LSP plugins installed
+- No third-party plugins
+
+## Language Server Plugin
+
+**boostvolt/claude-code-lsps** — provides LSP integration for:
+- Python (pyright)
+- TypeScript (vtsls)
+- Rust (rust-analyzer)
+- Go (gopls)
+
+This gives Claude access to the same intelligence your IDE uses: types, definitions, references, diagnostics. Particularly valuable for large codebases and unfamiliar code.
+
+## Other Recommended Plugins
+
+| Plugin | Purpose | Value |
+|---|---|---|
+| **obra/superpowers** | 20+ structured workflow skills (TDD, debugging, root cause tracing) | "Transforms Claude from reactive helper to proactive senior developer" |
+| **commit-commands** | Intelligent commit messages generated from diffs | Consistent, meaningful commit history |
+| **pr-review-toolkit** | Multi-agent code reviews with confidence scoring | Automated quality gates on PRs |
+
+## Installation Considerations
+
+- Plugins add to context overhead — evaluate each one's token cost vs. value
+- Start with the LSP plugin alone and measure the improvement before adding more
+- `obra/superpowers` overlaps with custom skills — evaluate which skills you'd use before installing the full set