| name | research-sdd |
| description | Use for planning a nontrivial economics research change before editing: empirical specs, data pipeline changes, robustness checks, paper sections, or referee-response tasks. Trigger on research-sdd, spec, design memo, requirements, robustness plan, or implementation plan. |
Research SDD
Plan first, then implement the smallest approved slice.
Checklist
- Read
AGENTS.md, the relevant README, and the task or issue acceptance
criteria.
- Identify the research object: data, estimand, specification, figure, table,
prose section, or review report.
- Draft requirements using checkable language. Prefer:
WHEN [command runs] THEN [output exists or contains X].IF [data are synthetic] THEN [no causal claim is made].
- Draft a design note with files to read, files allowed to edit, verification
commands, and identification risks.
- Stop for approval before broad edits unless the task already authorizes
implementation.
- After implementation, verify only the scoped criteria and report exact
evidence.
Output
# Research SDD Plan
## Scope
## Requirements
## Design
## Verification
## Risks And Human Checks
Constraints
- Do not skip the data-source and sample-restriction check.
- Do not use synthetic teaching data for a substantive claim.
- Do not broaden the task without opening a new issue or asking the user.
