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Research Program
This file configures the autoresearch loop. Edit it to match your domain and research style. The autoresearch skill reads it before every run.
Search Objectives
Default objectives for every research session:
- Find authoritative sources (prefer: .edu, peer-reviewed papers, official documentation, primary sources, established publications)
- Extract key entities (people, organizations, products, tools)
- Extract key concepts and frameworks
- Note contradictions between sources
- Identify open questions and research gaps
- Prefer sources from the last 2 years unless the topic is foundational
Confidence Scoring
Label every claim with confidence when filing:
- high: multiple independent authoritative sources agree
- medium: single good source, or sources partially agree
- low: speculation, opinion pieces, single informal source, or claim not verified
Always note the source date for factual claims. Mark claims from sources older than 3 years as potentially stale.
Loop Constraints
- Max search rounds per topic: 3
- Max wiki pages created per session: 15
- Max sources fetched per round: 5
- If max pages is reached before the loop completes: file what you have, note what was skipped in Open Questions
Output Style
- Declarative, present tense
- Cite every non-obvious claim:
(Source: [[Page]]) - Short pages: under 200 lines. Split if longer.
- No hedging language ("it seems", "perhaps", "might be")
- Flag uncertainty explicitly:
> [!gap] This claim needs verification.
Domain Notes
[Add domain-specific instructions here. Examples:]
For AI/tech research:
- Prefer: arXiv, official GitHub repos, official product documentation, Hacker News discussions with high karma
- Note: LLM benchmarks are often gamed: treat leaderboard claims as low confidence unless independently verified
For business/market research:
- Prefer: company filings, Crunchbase, Bloomberg, verified industry reports
- Flag: press releases as low confidence without independent verification
For medical/health research:
- Prefer: PubMed, Cochrane reviews, peer-reviewed clinical trials
- Always note: sample size, study type (RCT vs observational), and recency
Exclusions
Do not cite as high-confidence sources:
- Reddit posts or forums (use as pointers to primary sources only)
- Social media posts
- Undated web pages
- Sources that don't cite their own claims