Research current best practices on a topic; store durable notes
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$npx -y skills add pche-broken-artist/forge-of-thought --skill research --agent claude-code
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description: Research current best practices on a topic; store durable notes
argument-hint: "<topic> [project-slug]"
---
Research $ARGUMENTS with current web sources — the last token is the
project slug if it names a directory under `projects/`, the rest is
the topic. Purpose: inspiration and grounding for the principal's
artefacts — he does not want to reinvent what the world
has already solved. One research, one question: a topic that turns
out to be several questions becomes several notes, each answering
one — never one combined document.
1. Search for current best practices, established frameworks, and notable
recent developments. Prefer primary and high-quality sources; note
publication dates. Mark epistemic status: consensus vs. emerging vs.
contested.
2. Write `research/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic-slug>.md` in the project (English,
immutable): question, key findings with sources, options with
trade-offs, and a short "relevance to this project" section with a
concrete recommendation.
3. Index and register. Add an entry to `research/00-INDEX.md` in the
shape of `templates/index.md` (create the index if missing), and
a registration row to the Research table in `ledger.md` as
`templates/ledger.md` has it.
4. Summarise for the principal,
leading with the recommendation
and the trade-offs, not a literature review.
5. If findings suggest changes to an artefact of the chain, propose
them explicitly — via `/forge <state>`, never silently.
