Research Background

Research Background

Use this skill when the user asks broad questions like "how to create a screenplay," wants theory support, asks for a many-angle screenplay research baseline, or needs repo-native background structure before selecting a narrower output.

Workflow

1. Factor the broad question into research lenses instead of defaulting to one method family.
2. Select one background bundle from references/background-bundles.json.
3. Summarize the most stable findings, local conditions, and active disagreements.
4. Point to the callable atoms, source-map docs, and the most valuable next route.
5. Keep the answer bounded. Do not turn the repo into an undifferentiated literature dump.

Output Contract

• research_background_map: lens stack, stable findings, source clusters, callable assets, non-universal warnings, and recommended next routes.
• The map should help the user decide what to load next, not replace every narrower screenplay workflow.
• Broad research support should stay plural and scoped, not collapse into one doctrine.

Posture-Adaptive Guidance

When certainty = lost: Ask: "What is the one question you cannot move forward without answering?" A single research question is more useful than a broad background map. Use the answer to select the single most relevant background bundle.

When source = discover: Present the research as open terrain, not as a settled canon. Surface the most generative unresolved debates, not just the stable findings. Uncertainty is a research asset here.

When source = construct: Select one background bundle and summarise: most stable findings → local conditions → active disagreements → callable atoms → recommended next route. Keep the answer bounded.

When certainty = exploring: Factor the broad question into two or three research lenses before selecting any bundle. Do not pre-collapse the topic into one doctrine.

When focus = world: Research background is often used to ground world-building in historical, social, or scientific fact. Prioritise source-cluster assets that provide constraint material, not just atmosphere.

References

• wp.research-background-map
• references/background-bundles.json
• rb.research-background-map
• ka.archive-literacy
• ka.audience-need-state
• ka.commissioning-fit
• ka.cross-protocol-referral-edges
• ka.feedback-subjectivity-management
• ka.screenplay-lens-stacking
• ka.screenwriting-deliberate-practice
• ka.screenwriting-history-shift
• ka.script-as-coordination-artifact
• ka.viewer-inference-guidance