orchestrate-research
Orchestrate Research
Meta — Stack orchestrator. The entry point for the research-skills stack when you don't know what to invoke.
Core Job: read what's been done, infer where you are in the research pipeline, propose the next skill.
Core Question: "Given what's already in research/ and .agents/, plus what you just asked, what's the highest-leverage research skill to run next?"
This skill does NOT execute research work. It is a router and progress-tracker. The actual research is done by the skill it routes you to (icp-research, market-research, diagnose, prioritize, funnel-planner).
When To Use
- You just installed the research-skills plugin and don't know what to type.
- You're mid-project and forget which skill is next.
- You have a vague research need ("understand my market", "figure out who buys this", "why are conversions tanking") and want a guided routing.
- You want to resume a workflow across sessions — re-running
/orchestrate-researchre-reads state and resumes from the next step.
More from hungv47/research-skills
market-research
Analyzes market landscapes, competitive dynamics, TAM/SAM/SOM sizing, and whitespace opportunities for a product or category. Produces `research/market-research.md`. Not for building customer personas (use icp-research) or planning marketing campaigns (use campaign-plan). For diagnosing a specific business problem, see diagnose. For prioritizing what to build from market data, see prioritize.
10icp-research
Builds ideal customer profiles and buyer personas — analyzes demographics, pain points, jobs-to-be-done, and segmentation for a target market. Produces `research/icp-research.md`. Not for competitive positioning (use prioritize) or campaign planning (use campaign-plan). For brand identity from audience data, see brand-system. For market sizing and competitor landscape, see market-research.
10problem-analysis
Structured diagnosis of business and strategic problems — builds logic trees, forms testable hypotheses, and identifies root causes with evidence. Produces `.agents/problem-analysis.md`. Not for code bugs (use code-cleanup) or brainstorming solutions to a known problem (use solution-design). For market-level trends and competitive context, see market-research. For testing hypotheses with experiments, see experiment.
9funnel-planner
Models business funnels with numeric targets — works backward from revenue goals to required traffic, conversion rates, and unit economics. Produces `.agents/skill-artifacts/meta/records/targets-*.md`. For campaign planning, see campaign-plan.
9solution-design
Brainstorms and prioritizes strategic solutions when the problem or goal is already clear — generates options, scores trade-offs, and recommends a path forward. Produces `.agents/solution-design.md`. Not for diagnosing what the problem is (use problem-analysis) or engineering task lists (use task-breakdown). For setting numeric targets after prioritizing, see funnel-planner. For technical architecture of chosen initiatives, see system-architecture.
9experiment
Designs validation experiments for business ideas — defines hypotheses, success metrics, sample sizes, and minimum viable tests before full commitment. Produces `.agents/experiment-[name].md`. Not for strategic prioritization (use solution-design) or market sizing (use market-research). For diagnosing root causes, see problem-analysis. For campaign planning, see imc-plan.
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