skill-web-research

# Web Research Skill Thin wrapper that delegates web research to `web-research-agent` subagent. **IMPORTANT**: This skill implements the skill-internal postflight pattern. After the subagent returns, this skill handles all postflight operations (status update, artifact linking, git commit) before returning. ## Context References Reference (do not load eagerly): - Path: `.claude/context/project/web/README.md` - Web context overview - Path: `.claude/context/project/web/domain/astro-framework.md` - Astro reference ## Trigger Conditions This skill activates when: - Task type is "web" - Research is needed for web development tasks - Astro, Tailwind, Cloudflare, or accessibility documentation needs to be gathered --- ## Execution Flow ### Stage 1: Input Validation Validate required inputs: - `task_number` - Must be provided and exist in state.json - `focus_prompt` - Optional focus for research direction ```bash # Lookup task (skill_validate_input exits 1 with its own not-found/terminal-state message; no # separate existence check needed) source .claude/scripts/skill-base.sh skill_validate_input "$task_number" task_data="$TASK_DATA" # Extract fields. task_type is re-derived from task_data rather than aliased directly from # TASK_TYPE, to preserve this skill's "web" default (skill_validate_input's own TASK_TYPE # default is "general"). task_type=$(echo "$task_data" | jq -r '.task_type // "web"') status="$TASK_STATUS" project_name="$PROJECT_NAME" description="$DESCRIPTION" ``` --- ### Stage 2 + Stage 3: Preflight Status Update and Postflight Marker Source `skill-base.sh` once, then follow `@.claude/context/patterns/skill-preflight-flow.md` in full for Stage 2 (preflight status update) and Stage 3 (marker creation): ```bash source .claude/scripts/skill-base.sh padded_num=$(printf "%03d" "$task_number") skill_name="skill-web-research" operation="research" ``` **Routing fix**: this call replaces a hand-rolled raw-`jq` status write with `update-task-status.sh preflight` (via `skill_preflight_update`), and the raw `cat > .../.postflight-pending` heredoc (which previously dropped `stop_hook_active`) with `skill_create_postflight_marker`, which emits the full Shape A key set. --- ### Stage 4a: Memory Retrieval and Literature Detection **Skip memory retrieval if**: `clean_flag` is true (from `--clean`). ```bash if [ "$clean_flag" != "true" ]; then memory_context=$(bash .claude/scripts/memory-retrieve.sh "$description" "$task_type" "$focus_prompt" 2>/dev/null) || memory_context="" fi ``` Follow `@.claude/context/patterns/lit-stage4a-flow.md` in full to resolve `--lit` and set `lit_context`, exactly as `skill-orchestrate` does. This skill supplies the shared block's preconditions: `lit_flag`, `description`, `orchestrator_mode` (default `"false"` when unset). --- ### Stage 4: Prepare Delegation Context ```json { "session_id": "sess_{timestamp}_{random}", "delegation_depth": 1, "delegation_path": ["orchestrator", "research", "skill-web-research"], "timeout": 3600, "task_context": { "task_number": N, "task_name": "{project_name}", "description": "{description}", "task_type": "web" }, "focus_prompt": "{optional focus}", "metadata_file_path": "specs/{NNN}_{SLUG}/.return-meta.json" } ``` --- ### Stage 5: Invoke Subagent **CRITICAL**: You MUST use the **Agent** tool to spawn the subagent. ``` Tool: Agent (NOT Skill, NOT Plan) Parameters: - subagent_type: "web-research-agent" - prompt: [Include task_context, delegation_context, focus_prompt, metadata_file_path] - description: "Execute web research for task {N}" ``` The subagent will: - Search local web project files (src/, public/) - Search web for framework documentation - Analyze findings and synthesize recommendations - Create research report - Write metadata file - Return brief text summary --- ### Stage 5b: Self-Execution Fallback **CRITICAL**: If you performed the work above WITHOUT using the Agent tool (i.e., you read files, wrote artifacts, or updated metadata directly instead of spawning a subagent), you MUST write a `.return-meta.json` file now before proceeding to postflight. Use the schema from `return-metadata-file.md` with status value "researched". If you DID use the Agent tool, skip this stage -- the subagent already wrote the metadata. --- ## Postflight (ALWAYS EXECUTE) The following stages MUST execute after work is complete, whether the work was done by a subagent or inline (Stage 5b). Do NOT skip these stages for any reason. ### Stage 6: Parse Subagent Return Read the metadata file: ```bash metadata_file="specs/${padded_num}_${project_name}/.return-meta.json" if [ -f "$metadata_file" ] && jq empty "$metadata_file" 2>/dev/null; then status=$(jq -r '.status' "$metadata_file") artifact_path=$(jq -r '.artifacts[0].path // ""' "$metadata_file") artifact_type=$(jq -r '.artifacts[0].type // ""' "$metadata_file") artifact_summary=$(jq -r '.artifacts[0].summary // ""' "$metadata_file") memory_candidates=$(jq -c '.memory_candidates // []' "$metadata_file") else status="failed" fi ``` --- ### Stage 7, 7a, 8, 8a: Postflight Status, Memory Candidates, Artifact Linking, Notify Follow `@.claude/context/patterns/skill-postflight-flow.md` for Stage 7 (postflight status update), Stage 7a (memory-candidate propagation), Stage 8 (artifact linking), and Stage 8a (TTS notify): ```bash field_name='**Research**' next_field='**Plan**' skill_postflight_update "$task_number" "$operation" "$session_id" "$status" skill_propagate_memory_candidates "$task_number" "$memory_candidates" "$session_id" skill_link_artifacts "$task_number" "$artifact_path" "$artifact_type" "$artifact_summary" \ "$field_name" "$next_field" "$session_id" skill_lifecycle_notify "$status" ``` **Routing fix**: this replaces both the raw-`jq` two-step artifact-linking pattern (previously hand-rolled per-call, bypassing `state-write.sh`'s mutex) and the missing memory-candidate propagation (this skill never read or propagated `memory_candidates` before this conversion). --- ### Stage 9: Git Commit Apply the `research` scope from `.claude/context/standards/git-staging-scope.md` — targeted staging, never a repo-wide add: ```bash bash .claude/scripts/git-commit-scoped.sh \ --message "task ${task_number}: complete research" \ --session "${session_id}" \ --honest-index-rows "${task_number}" \ -- "specs/${padded_num}_${project_name}/reports/" \ "specs/${padded_num}_${project_name}/.return-meta.json" \ "specs/TODO.md" \ "specs/state.json" ``` --- ### Stage 10: Cleanup Follow `@.claude/context/patterns/skill-postflight-flow.md`'s Stage 9 (cleanup): ```bash skill_cleanup "$padded_num" "$project_name" ``` --- ### Stage 11: Return Brief Summary ``` Research completed for task {N}: - Found framework documentation and project patterns - Identified implementation approach with accessibility considerations - Created report at specs/{NNN}_{SLUG}/reports/MM_{short-slug}.md - Status updated to [RESEARCHED] - Changes committed ``` --- ## Error Handling ### Input Validation Errors Return immediately if task not found. ### Metadata File Missing Keep status as "researching" for resume. ### Git Commit Failure Non-blocking: Log failure but continue. --- ## Return Format Brief text summary (NOT JSON). Example successful return: ``` Research completed for task {N}: - Found Astro component patterns and Tailwind v4 styling approaches - Identified accessibility requirements for interactive elements - Created report at specs/412_add_blog_section/reports/01_blog-section-research.md - Status updated to [RESEARCHED] - Changes committed with session sess_1736700000_abc123 ``` Example partial return: ``` Research partially completed for task {N}: - Found local project patterns - Web search failed due to network error - Partial report created at specs/412_add_blog_section/reports/01_blog-section-research.md - Status remains [RESEARCHING] - run /research 412 to continue ```