feynman/skills/research/research-memo/SKILL.md

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research-memo	Use this when the user wants a source-grounded memo, briefing, landscape summary, or background note that is broader than a single paper.

Research Memo

When To Use

Use this skill for:

• background research
• topic briefings
• market or field overviews
• synthesis across multiple sources
• internal memos that need traceable evidence

Procedure

1. Find relevant sources first.
2. If the topic is current, product-oriented, market-facing, or asks about latest developments, use web_search and fetch_content first.
3. If there is an academic literature component, use alpha_search and inspect the strongest papers directly.
4. Inspect the strongest sources directly before synthesizing.
5. Separate:
   • established facts
   • plausible inferences
   • unresolved questions
6. Write a memo with clear sections and a concise narrative.
7. End with a Sources section containing direct links.
8. Save the memo to outputs/ when the user wants a durable artifact.

Pitfalls

• Do not summarize from search snippets alone.
• Do not omit the source list.
• Do not present inference as fact.
• Do not rely on paper search alone for latest/current topics.

Deliverable

Include:

• topic
• key findings
• disagreements or caveats
• open questions
• sources