# Nw Authoritative Sources

Domain-specific authoritative source databases, search strategies by topic category...

- Repository: https://github.com/nWave-ai/nWave (628 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-09-16
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add nWave-ai/nWave --skill nw-authoritative-sources -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add nWave-ai/nWave --skill nw-authoritative-sources -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add nWave-ai/nWave --skill nw-authoritative-sources -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add nWave-ai/nWave --skill nw-authoritative-sources -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add nWave-ai/nWave`

## Description

Domain-specific authoritative source databases, search strategies by topic category, and source freshness rules

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Authoritative Sources

## Domain Authority Database

Supplements general reputation tiers in `source-verification` with domain-specific authorities.

### Software Architecture
| Source | Authority | Notes |
|--------|-----------|-------|
| martinfowler.com | Primary | Patterns, refactoring, enterprise architecture |
| c2.com/wiki | Historical | Original wiki; pattern language origins |
| microservices.io | Domain-specific | Chris Richardson's microservices patterns |
| architecturenotes.co | Curated | ADRs and trade-off analysis |
| infoq.com | Industry reporting | Conference talks, practitioner reports |
| thoughtworks.com/radar | Trend tracking | Technology Radar adoption lifecycle |

### Cloud Platforms
| Source | Authority | Notes |
|--------|-----------|-------|
| docs.aws.amazon.com | Official | AWS, well-architected framework |
| cloud.google.com/docs | Official | GCP services and practices |
| learn.microsoft.com | Official | Azure, .NET, Microsoft ecosystem |
| kubernetes.io/docs | Official | Container orchestration |
| docs.docker.com | Official | Container runtime |

### Security
| Source | Authority | Notes |
|--------|-----------|-------|
| owasp.org | Standards body | Web app security, top-10 |
| nist.gov | Government | NIST CSF, SP 800 series |
| cve.mitre.org | Vuln database | CVE identifiers |
| nvd.nist.gov | Vuln database | NVD with scoring |
| csrc.nist.gov | Crypto standards | FIPS, module validation |
| cisa.gov | Government advisory | Security advisories |

### Standards Bodies
| Source | Authority | Notes |
|--------|-----------|-------|
| ietf.org / datatracker.ietf.org | Protocol standards | RFCs: networking, HTTP, TLS, DNS |
| w3.org | Web standards | HTML, CSS, WCAG, web APIs |
| iso.org | International | Quality, security, process frameworks |
| ecma-international.org | Language standards | ECMAScript spec |
| unicode.org | Character standards | Unicode encoding |

The rest: https://github.com/nWave-ai/nWave/blob/HEAD/nWave/skills/nw-authoritative-sources/SKILL.md