Aidd Stage Research

Scope

• Preload-only reference for feature-dev-aidd:researcher subagent.
• Defines stage behavior for research content work in the RLM-only pipeline.
• Keeps stage rules separate from the user-invocable researcher command skill.

Stage contract

• skills/researcher/SKILL.md owns orchestration only (state sync, pipeline run, explicit subagent call, handoff).
• agents/researcher.md owns content updates (aidd/docs/research/<ticket>.md) based on existing evidence.
• Subagent must not run shared RLM owner internals directly (rlm_nodes_build.py, rlm_links_build.py, rlm_finalize.py).
• Stage runtime may run bounded canonical finalize recovery once in --auto mode; manual recovery paths remain outside subagent scope.

Command contracts

python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/aidd-rlm/runtime/rlm_slice.py

• When to run: for bounded evidence lookup during researcher subagent analysis.
• Inputs: ticket/query tuple for targeted code-artifact context extraction.
• Outputs: slice evidence blocks suitable for research document updates.
• Failure mode: non-zero exit on missing pack/worklist artifacts or invalid query.
• Next action: surface blocker and handoff to RLM owner flow, then rerun slice when artifacts are ready.

python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/aidd-rlm/runtime/rlm_finalize.py

• When to run: handoff-only path when stage runtime reports pending RLM readiness after bounded auto recovery.
• Inputs: --ticket <ticket> from deterministic pending output.
• Outputs: finalized RLM readiness state (ready or pending with reason code).
• Failure mode: non-zero exit when upstream targets/manifest/worklist integrity is broken.
• Next action: resolve upstream integrity issues and rerun finalize via shared owner flow.

Evidence policy

• Read pack-first: aidd/reports/research/<ticket>-rlm.pack.json.
• If pack is missing, read *-rlm.worklist.pack.json and return BLOCKED with explicit handoff.
• Use slice for targeted evidence only:
  • python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/aidd-rlm/runtime/rlm_slice.py --ticket <ticket> --query "<token>".
• Avoid full JSONL scans unless pack/worklist is insufficient.

Handoff policy

• When rlm_status is not ready, return BLOCKED with deterministic next action:
  • python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/aidd-rlm/runtime/rlm_finalize.py --ticket <ticket>.
• Pending output must include deterministic reason_code + next_action and append research handoff tasks.
• When evidence is ready, update research document and return READY with next stage command hint.

Additional resources

• Stage command owner: ../researcher/SKILL.md (when: researcher stage orchestration order is unclear; why: keep stage entrypoint behavior aligned with no-fork command contract).
• Shared RLM owner: ../aidd-rlm/SKILL.md (when: pending/finalize ownership boundaries are unclear; why: enforce explicit handoff from stage to shared RLM runtime owner).