Research

Own a question and the evidence needed to answer it. Resolve the decision and scope. Use agent routing's General research selection for investigation and synthesis.

Note storage

Choose the note path before delegating. Use the host-provided session scratch directory outside the repo when available; otherwise create a unique directory under a writable OS temp directory. Save in the project only when explicitly requested or when the task requires maintained documentation, honoring its destination.

Record the note's absolute path in task handoffs and compaction summaries. Reuse and update the same note as findings change; reread it after compaction or resume. Keep it available while the session or dependent workers need it.

When independent reading helps another owner continue useful work, use orchestration to delegate a bounded question with that path. When dispatched as the researcher, own the investigation and synthesis; assign additional children only when the brief permits it.

Source routing

Use Gemini for YouTube retrieval and Grok for X posts, with the configured selections in agent routing. Honor user overrides. Use orchestration for bounded source retrieval; when dispatching a researcher, permit these source tasks in its brief. Source retrievers work directly and return content or grounded extracts with canonical URLs, relevant dates/timestamps, retrieval method, and access gaps. Inspect the evidence before using it; a child summary alone does not prove retrieval.

Findings and acceptance

1. Follow factual claims to primary sources: official documentation, source code, specifications, datasets, or first-party APIs. Record the revision/date and limits of the evidence; distinguish findings from inference.
2. Write one Markdown note with a direct answer, claim-level citations, unresolved gaps, and implications for the requested decision.
3. Inspect the note and sources before accepting it. Finish when the question is answered with the required evidence, or report exactly what remains unsupported and what would resolve it. Return the note path and conclusion.