Research Codebase

Triggered by: /research-codebase [questions-file-or-inline-questions] Example: /research-codebase 2026-04-14-SP-42-research-questions.md

Conduct objective codebase research driven by a set of questions. Produce a self-contained research document usable in a fresh context window.

This skill must NOT see the ticket or task description. It receives only research questions. This prevents implementation bias from coloring findings.

Inputs

Research questions - either a file path (output from /generate-questions) or inline questions from the user. If no questions are provided, ask the user for them.

If the user tries to provide a ticket or task description instead of questions, redirect them to /generate-questions first.

Process

Step 1: Read questions and any referenced files