05-spike

name	05-spike
description	Produces an evidence-bounded spike for an uncertainty blocking estimation, feasibility, or design. Use when the user wants to frame, investigate, resume, or conclude one. Not for general research or implementation.
argument-hint	question | spike

Spike

flowchart LR
  source([question or Spike]) --> create
  source -->|"already persisted"| investigate
  create -->|"save for later"| done
  create -->|"investigate now"| investigate --> conclude
  conclude -->|"inconclusive"| investigate
  conclude --> done([Spike])

Actions

Run the flow above. Read only the next action file.

Action	Does
create	qualify and persist
investigate	collect evidence
conclude	write outcome and sync parents

Transversal rules

• Keep product and lifecycle decisions with the user.
• Separate evidence, decisions, and assumptions.
• Preserve source links and existing edits.
• Ask natural questions; never expose actions, references, or unchanged state.
• Require explicit approval or caller-provided bounded authority before any write.
• Bound the question; never answer beyond its stop condition.