research

name	research
description	Use this skill when doing any researches

Research Best Practices

This skill covers the full spectrum of researches best practice. Read the appropriate standards when doing research.

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⛔ MANDATORY — Read All Standards Before Proceeding

You must read every file in the table below before doing any work.

Do not skip any file. Do not skim. Read each one fully.

After reading all files, output this confirmation:

"✅ Standards loaded: [list each file you read] Key constraints I will follow: [2–3 sentences summarising the most critical rules] Proceeding."

You may not proceed to any task until this confirmation is emitted.

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Standards

File	Purpose
standards/research-api-exploration.md	Map a third-party API's capabilities, constraints, auth, rate limits, and integration cost before building against it
standards/research-architecture-pattern.md	Identify proven architecture patterns, explain trade-offs with evidence, and recommend the best fit for the project's scale and constraints
standards/research-cve-scan.md	Determine whether specific CVEs affect the project, assess exploitability in context, and produce a remediation plan
standards/research-dependency-audit.md	Produce a dependency health report covering security vulnerabilities, abandoned packages, license risks, duplicates, and unused dependencies
standards/research-library-comparison.md	Compare libraries with an evidence-backed recommendation — functionality, performance, DX, maintenance, license, and migration cost
standards/research-markdown-format.md	Canonical report template and writing style rules to enforce a consistent, scannable, decision-ready format across all research reports
standards/research-performance-benchmark.md	Find or produce credible benchmark data and interpret it against the project's actual load profile and SLA
standards/research-security-advisory.md	Surface known vulnerabilities, security anti-patterns, and best practices with actionable findings
standards/research-tech-landscape.md	Map a technology's ecosystem readiness, adoption signals, community health, maturity, and trajectory before committing
standards/research-toolchain-eval.md	Choose the right toolchain for build, test, lint, CI/CD, and IaC based on speed, DX, CI integration, and migration cost