Research Dispatch

Overview

Use multiple independent research legs when current or external facts materially affect a decision. A single worker can miss sources, misread a page, or produce plausible unsupported specifics.

Procedure

1. Frame one precise question, the deliverable structure, and what evidence would answer it.
2. Read current feedback and constraints before dispatching.
3. Send equivalent briefs to at least two suitable research workers. Require each to retrieve the live primary pages it cites.
4. Store each leg as a separately named artifact under the project's documented convention.
5. Reconcile into a final brief: compare each critical claim, record confidence, and list unresolved points.

Reconciliation rules

• Agreement between independently sourced legs raises confidence but does not replace source inspection where stakes require it.
• A claim found in only one leg remains flagged until directly verified.
• A leg without successful retrieval is not evidence for its specific quotations, dates, or figures.

Pitfalls

• Treating recalled information as a current fetch.
• Averaging contradictory reports without checking the cited primary source.
• Hiding which claims remain unverified.

Verification checklist

• Two or more independent legs were used when appropriate.
• Each factual claim has a source or an explicit gap label.
• The reconcile identifies disagreements and unresolved claims.