bid-research

# Bid research skill ## When to use User asks to research market/competitor/policy material, find public tender notices or attachments, or store a user-approved external source in a project. ## Tool preference ### Research text 1. `web_search` — gather candidate URLs (Tavily if configured, else DuckDuckGo fallback). 2. Check that the chosen source is authoritative. For an article or notice body the user explicitly wants retained, use `fetch_url_to_project` with `import_mode=web_evidence`. 3. `semantic_search` — only after ingestion finishes; do not claim evidence before parse completes. 4. `write_section` / `start_draft_section` — write findings into outline chapters. ### Tender attachments 1. Use `web_search` only to locate the public notice page. A search result is never proof of an attachment's final download URL. 2. Use `discover_remote_documents` on the chosen public notice page. This is read-only: it discovers candidates and must not store or download them. 3. Present filename, source page, direct URL and any content-type hint. Ask the user which candidate should be imported; do not select a ZIP/PDF silently. 4. Only after explicit confirmation call `fetch_url_to_project` with `import_mode=artifact`. It creates a background, durable import run for large attachments. ## Rules - Prefer official sources and standards over random blogs. - Always keep source URLs in the tool payload; do not invent citations. - Never use `fetch_url_to_project` in `artifact` mode against a notice or article HTML page. Use `web_evidence` only when the user actually wants the webpage body saved as evidence. - An artifact failure is authoritative. Explain its stable error category and offer the matching next action (refresh the final direct link, retry later, or download/upload locally). Do not rewrite the URL, switch protocol, or repeat the same import without a new user confirmation. - If upload, import, or parse is still running, say so and wait for the durable run event/notification rather than polling or repeatedly asking whether it completed. - Destructive or costing tools still go through platform approval.