identify-obstacles

name	identify-obstacles
description	Enumerate barriers to pursuing the chosen research direction — knowledge barriers, resource barriers, capability barriers, competition barriers. May optionally use search tools to discover obstacles the user hasn't mentioned.
execution	subagent
prompt	./prompt.md
input	chosen_direction (string), actor_profile (string), ranked_candidates (string)
dependencies	{"sops":["spawn-agent"]}

Identify Obstacles

Enumerate all barriers between the user and their chosen direction.

Execution

Subagent — spawned via subagent-spawning/spawn-agent skill.

Input

• Chosen research direction
• ActorProfile
• RankedCandidates context

Search

Optional — may use web-search, web-research, literature-overview, literature-search, literature-research to discover obstacles the user hasn't mentioned.

Output

Categorized list of obstacles (knowledge / resource / capability / competition).

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
spawn-agent	Spawn a customized CC subagent with full MCP tool access. Used by SOPs that declare execution: subagent.