Security: see references/scanner-notes.md and upstream SECURITY.md for expected scanner signals and trust model.

Verasic Deep Research — Ledger-Backed Research

Source of truth

File	Role
`references/research-protocol.md`	Full protocol — read first
`references/helper.md`	Help text for bare `/verasic-deep-research` or `help`
`references/citation-protocol.md`	Verify pipeline, SourceRecord, two-key rule
`references/confidence-rubric.md`	5-axis scoring
`references/drill-protocol.md`	Drill triggers and futile conditions
`references/source-tiers.md`	T0–T3 source classification
`references/fusion-handoff.md`	Optional manual chain to verasic-fusion
`templates/deep-research-brief.md`	Deliver template sections
`workflows/<depth>.md`	Tier checklist (quick-scan, standard-research, …)

Never duplicate the protocol in chat — follow it.