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majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

General Research Workflow by majiayu000

Name: General Research Workflow
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

File contents

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

Purpose

Provide a default research workflow when no specialized skill is specified.
Ensure constraint clarity, evidence hygiene, and confidence ceilings.
Maintain skill-forge structure: SKILL + README + examples + references.

Trigger Conditions

Positive: open-ended research tasks, quick investigations, or shaping a plan before deeper pipelines.
Negative: heavy orchestration (use deep-research-orchestrator) or prompt-only work (prompt-architect).

Guardrails

Extract HARD / SOFT / INFERRED constraints with sources; confirm INFERRED items early.
Two-pass refinement on deliverables: structure/coverage then epistemic validation.
Keep outputs in English, cite evidence, and state confidence with ceilings.

Inputs

Research question or decision to support.
Time constraints, depth expectations, and deliverable format.
Starting sources (if any) and exclusions.

Workflow

Frame & Constraints: Capture the question, decision, and constraint buckets.
Search & Collect: Gather high-signal sources; log provenance.
Analyze: Extract claims, compare sources, and note conflicts or gaps.
Synthesize: Organize findings into themes tied to the question and constraints.
Validate: Check coverage vs. constraints, source quality, and confidence ceilings.
Deliver: Provide summary, evidence table, risks, and next steps; store references/examples.

Validation & Quality Gates

Minimum two passes completed with documented changes.
Evidence linked to sources; conflicting evidence surfaced.
Confidence ceilings aligned to evidence type.
Deliverables stored with project tags.

Response Template

**Question & Constraints**
- HARD: ...
- SOFT: ...
- INFERRED (confirm): ...

**Findings**
- Claim → evidence → confidence ceiling.

**Gaps / Risks**
- ...

**Next Steps**
- ...

Confidence: 0.78 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - based on gathered evidence and validation checks.

Confidence: 0.78 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - Default setting after completing the SOP.

---name: general-research-workflowdescription: Core research loop for scoping, searching, analyzing, and reporting with explicit constraints and validation.--- ## STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE ### Purpose - Provide a default research workflow when no specialized skill is specified. - Ensure constraint clarity, evidence hygiene, and confidence ceilings. - Maintain skill-forge structure: SKILL + README + examples + references. ### Trigger Conditions - **Positive:** open-ended research tasks, quick investigations, or shaping a plan before deeper pipelines. - **Negative:** heavy orchestration (use `deep-research-orchestrator`) or prompt-only work (`prompt-architect`). ### Guardrails - Extract HARD / SOFT / INFERRED constraints with sources; confirm INFERRED items early. - Two-pass refinement on deliverables: structure/coverage then epistemic validation. - Keep outputs in English, cite evidence, and state confidence with ceilings. ### Inputs - Research question or decision to support. - Time constraints, depth expectations, and deliverable format. - Starting sources (if any) and exclusions. ### Workflow 1. **Frame & Constraints**: Capture the question, decision, and constraint buckets. 2. **Search & Collect**: Gather high-signal sources; log provenance. 3. **Analyze**: Extract claims, compare sources, and note conflicts or gaps. 4. **Synthesize**: Organize findings into themes tied to the question and constraints. 5. **Validate**: Check coverage vs. constraints, source quality, and confidence ceilings. 6. **Deliver**: Provide summary, evidence table, risks, and next steps; store references/examples. ### Validation & Quality Gates - Minimum two passes completed with documented changes. - Evidence linked to sources; conflicting evidence surfaced. - Confidence ceilings aligned to evidence type. - Deliverables stored with project tags. ### Response Template ``` **Question & Constraints** - HARD: ... - SOFT: ... - INFERRED (confirm): ... **Findings** - Claim → evidence → confidence ceiling. **Gaps / Risks** - ... **Next Steps** - ... Confidence: 0.78 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - based on gathered evidence and validation checks. ``` Confidence: 0.78 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - Default setting after completing the SOP.

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