Delegate source research to a dedicated background subagent. You own pedagogical suitability and destination selection; the research worker owns source quality.

Commission research

Prepare a self-contained brief containing:

Query intent, required coverage, and scope boundaries.
Relevant learner level, constraints, and existing source pointers.
Exact topic-file destination: course-root resources/<dash-case-topic>.md for Advisor research, or the active unit's resources/<dash-case-topic>.md for Teacher research.

Launch a background subagent with the brief and the Research worker instructions below. Resolve SOURCE-FORMAT.md—the source-record schema and saved-output completion check—to an absolute path and include it in the worker's instructions.

Pass the worker instructions rather than this skill's delegation procedure.

Serialize research targeting the same topic file. Unrelated topic files may be researched concurrently. While research is pending, continue only work independent of its result.

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Commission research

Research worker instructions

Inspect and gather