research-with-sources

Ask the agent to research the topic; it scans existing coverage first, proposes a research rubric for confirmation, ingests each source verbatim, then writes a draft article under research/ with inline citations. Findings persist incrementally so a crash never loses completed work.

Step 1 mandates a coverage scan using grep and file reads over the content directory before any external fetch. If prior research fully or partially covers the question, the agent presents options to reuse, extend, or start fresh instead of duplicating work.

Research articles are provisional drafts with status: draft that capture findings, trade-offs, and open questions at a point in time. Promotion to canonical knowledge happens only through the sibling consolidate-notes skill after a decision lands.

Yes, Path B delivers findings in conversation only, but it requires an explicit request such as "just tell me" or "no doc needed". Evidence discipline still applies: sources are ingested and cited even when no article is written.

The agent stops and asks you to paste the source content rather than silently dropping it or fabricating evidence. If a fetch tool returns a summary instead of raw content, it retries with a raw alternative like curl.

Not by default; research articles use external third-party sources such as web pages, papers, and official docs. First-party codebase analysis is included only when you explicitly ask, and it is clearly separated from third-party findings.