research-orchestration

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name: research-orchestration description: Parallel research agent orchestration dispatching 5-10 concurrent agents for comprehensive multi-source research with synthesis and validation. allowed-tools: Read, Bash, Grep, Glob graph: domains: [domain:software-engineering] skillAreas: [skill-area:agentic-loops, skill-area:orchestration-loop] workflows: [workflow:feature-development] topics: [topic:developer-experience]

roles: [role:tech-lead, role:backend-engineer] |-------|------------|----------| | Shallow | 5 | Quick fact-finding, simple queries | | Medium | 7 | Standard research, moderate complexity | | Deep | 10 | Comprehensive analysis, complex queries |

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Process Flow

1. Plan: Decompose query into independent sub-queries
2. Dispatch: Run 5-10 research agents in parallel
3. Synthesize: Merge findings, identify consensus and conflicts
4. Validate: Cross-reference against codebase for accuracy

Sources

• Codebase: source files, patterns, implementations
• Documentation: README, JSDoc, inline comments
• Configuration: package.json, tsconfig, CI/CD configs

Confidence Scoring

Overall confidence is a weighted average of individual agent confidence scores, adjusted by validation results. Below 70% triggers human review.

When to Use

• /research [query] slash command
• Before specification creation
• When investigating unfamiliar parts of the codebase

Processes Used By

• claudekit-research (primary consumer)