| name | tb2-pattern-research |
| description | Research Harbor and Terminal-Bench 2 patterns to design an original tb-hard task. Use before approving a design brief or when checking whether a candidate is too shallow or derivative. |
| argument-hint | <case_id or topic> |
| user-invocable | true |
| context | fork |
| agent | tb2-task-designer |
| model | sonnet |
| effort | high |
| allowed-tools | Read Glob Grep Bash |
TB2 Pattern Research
Research target: $ARGUMENTS
Use official Harbor documentation and the Terminal-Bench 2 repository as a pattern library only. Do not reproduce task wording, tests, solution code, hidden fixtures, or task assets.
For a case ID, write cases/<case_id>/private/pattern-research.md; otherwise return a self-contained memo. Include up to five relevant task patterns, hard elements, expected agent failure modes, originality constraints, asset/provenance risks, and a proceed/reshape/reject recommendation.
Reject a candidate when it is primarily service installation, a known linear recipe, obscured documentation lookup, slow setup, or a static-file exercise. Explain how the proposed case manifests at least three substantive difficulty dimensions in actual solver work.
