Use when evaluating AI tools and agentic workflows against workflow gaps, when conducting quarterly landscape scans, or when assessing integration feasibility of new tools for startup workflows. NOT for general research-direction strategy (use strategist) or scoping a specific feature's requirements (use requirements-analyst).
Use when implementing data analysis pipelines, statistical tests, or bioinformatics workflows in code (Python/R), particularly for genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, or other -omics data. NOT for non-omics Python implementation (use senior-developer), pure statistical method selection without bioinformatics context (use statistician), or biological-validity questions about an existing analysis (use biologist-commentator).
Use when orchestrating multi-perspective brainstorming sessions requiring parallel agent execution, confidence-weighted synthesis, and optional workflow handoff. Coordinates 5 parallel perspective agents through a 4-stage pipeline (framing, diverging, converging, output).
Use when user needs to simulate fluid flow through bioprocess cartridges, bioreactor geometries, or membrane devices using FEniCSx. Covers Navier-Stokes flow, O2 species transport with Michaelis-Menten kinetics, membrane permeation, mesh generation from CAD geometry, and interactive 3D visualization.
Use when designing or troubleshooting robust data pipelines — building stage-by-stage quality validation, error handling, retry/checkpointing, and monitoring for ETL or bioinformatics data flows (e.g., FASTQ→BAM→counts). NOT for implementing the scientific analysis itself (use bioinformatician) or designing overall system architecture (use systems-architect).
Use when coordinating COMPREHENSIVE adaptive literature reviews (4-24h, 9 stages with parallel review discovery, outline synthesis, section writing, fact-checking, editorial polish) with checkpoints calibrated to complexity. Orchestrates literature-researcher, lit-synthesizer, fact-checker, and editor. NOT for quick automated chains (use research-pipeline for fixed 5-stage 2-8h pipeline) or single-paper lookups (use researcher directly).
Use when synthesizing a literature review into publication-quality prose — creating the outline, framing the introduction, and writing the final synthesis with authority to restructure and add analysis (typically dispatched by lit-pm). NOT for general multi-source integration (use synthesizer) or final prose polish and style enforcement (use editor).
Use when performing deep literature-review research — review-paper discovery, targeted deep research (15-30 papers per section), recency surveys, and convergence tracking (typically dispatched by lit-pm). NOT for orchestrating the full review (use lit-pm) or sourcing individual quantitative parameters (use researcher).