plan-mode-research
Research a focused factual or technical question. Use when the user asks to look up, verify, or compare a bounded claim with current evidence.
SKILL.mdskills/plan-mode/research/SKILL.md
GitHubResearch
Answer the question that was asked, with enough evidence to act on it.
- Define the exact question and the facts that would answer it. Note version, date, platform, or environment constraints that could make an otherwise correct source irrelevant.
- Consult primary sources first: official documentation, release notes, repository code, standards, or original data. Inspect the relevant passage, not only a search snippet. Use another source when a claim is disputed or a single source cannot establish it.
- Check each decision-critical claim against its source. Separate what the source states from your inference; identify contradictions or missing evidence without smoothing them over.
- Lead with the answer, then the supporting links or file paths and any material limit. Finish when every material claim is supported or explicitly marked unverified.
Research is read-only unless the user separately requests an edit. Do not create a plan, install a tool, or change the project as a substitute for answering the question.
Record this output in docs/plans/ per the doc system, delegating the write to a subagent.