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Cancel a research plan. Updates status to CANCELLED and moves to archive/. Use when research is no longer needed or has been superseded.
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| name | research-cancel |
| description | Cancel a research plan. Updates status to CANCELLED and moves to archive/. Use when research is no longer needed or has been superseded. |
Cancel a research plan that is no longer being pursued.
Identify the research to cancel:
Ask for cancellation reason (optional but recommended):
Update research files:
Update research-plan.md status header:
## Status: CANCELLED
**Cancelled:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Reason:** [User's reason, if provided]
**Superseded by:** [Reference, if applicable]
Update .research-state.json:
{
"status": "cancelled",
"cancelled_at": "2026-01-28T10:30:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-28T10:30:00Z",
"cancellation_reason": "No longer needed",
"superseded_by": null,
...existing fields...
}
Move to archive:
mv .gumbo/research/NNNN-topic-name .gumbo/research/archive/
Confirm to user:
**Cancelled:** `.gumbo/research/archive/NNNN-topic-name/`
**Status:** CANCELLED
**Reason:** [reason]
**Questions answered:** X/Y at time of cancellation