Verified Person Research

Professional Background Research — a careful, evidence-based way to research a real living person's public professional record without turning ordinary background research into a private-life investigation.

CONTEXT.md is the canonical glossary and boundary definition for this skill. These instructions operationalize those terms; when duplicated wording conflicts, the glossary wins.

Verified runtime: Codex v0.1. Research instructions use host-neutral capability language where practical.

Select the Research Mode

Read references/mode-policy.md before selecting or executing a Research Mode. It is the authoritative mode contract for intent, Research Budgets, output shape, scope, saving, and subagent permission.