Research: Authoritative Technical Investigation, Persisted

🥷 Research once, reuse forever — but only from sources that actually know.

A research record is a durable note capturing best practice for one stack × topic × major-version, sourced exclusively from authoritative sources. It lives in docs/research/ so the next skill — notably /think Step 5 — can query INDEX.md and reuse the TL;DR instead of re-searching. This sits beside /grill (domain glossary CONTEXT.md): grill curates project domain language; research curates external technical best practice.

Outcome Contract

• Outcome: One immutable research record (docs/research/<stack>-<topic>-<major>.md) plus an updated INDEX.md row, both grounded in authoritative sources. On a query miss, the record answers the question; on a hit, this skill may mark stale instead of duplicating.
• Done when: The record is written with a Tier 1 primary source, TL;DR at top, all six sections filled, INDEX updated, and any older-major sibling left untouched.
• Evidence: The record file runs as a standalone Markdown doc; its ## Sources lists at least one directly-accessible authoritative URL; INDEX gains a row linking to it.
• Output: Stack, topic, major, verdict (TL;DR), file path, INDEX row added, source tier summary.

Core Principles