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Fetch a GitHub issue, explore the problem space, classify scope, and produce a research brief for the Plan stage.
Install with Codex or Claude Copy this prompt, paste it into Codex, Claude, or another assistant, and let it review the skill page and install it for you.
Based on SOC occupation classification
Execute planned tasks, produce code and tests, and record implementation notes.
Read a research brief, commit required architecture artifacts, and produce action, task, and test plans.
Execute the full RPIV pipeline for a GitHub issue from Research through Verify.
Run verification, validate acceptance criteria, create commits, push a branch, and open a pull request.
Bootstrap a new project from the Soft Factory template and seed foundational architecture artifacts.
Introduce the Soft Factory engineering flow into an existing repository by documenting discovered architecture and seeding the first issue.
| name | rpiv-research |
| description | Fetch a GitHub issue, explore the problem space, classify scope, and produce a research brief for the Plan stage. |
| license | MIT |
| metadata | {"author":"Soft Factory maintainers","spec_version":"1.0","framework_revision":"1.0.0","last_updated":"2026-07-01"} |
rpiv-research is a workflow skill for agents that need to fetch a GitHub issue, inspect existing repository context, classify the issue scope, and write the research brief that hands off to the Plan stage.
SKILL.md - this file (skill entrypoint).references/ - normative workflow reference documents.
00-research-workflow.md - issue fetching, context gathering, scope classification, and research brief rules.processes/ - executable APS process documents.
research-issue.md - end-to-end research workflow.../templates/ - shared Soft Factory artifact templates.
artifact-contract.md - canonical artifact paths and ledger locations.research-brief.md - research brief output structure.