Use when working in a research repository with graph.yaml, Markdown research notes, hypotheses, evidence, experiments, literature sources, or when Codex is asked to inspect, create, update, or maintain a lightweight research graph.
Use when a task is explicitly framed as research, scholarship, literature analysis, theory building, methodology critique, paper reading, academic writing, research notes, or evaluating a research intuition.
Use when the user explicitly asks to use Research Sidecar, open/start/connect to the sidecar app, inspect or select a sidecar research graph, install sidecar workspace skills, or run an external/second-opinion sidecar thinking pass.
Use when Codex should call the local Research Sidecar app, create or inspect a Sidecar session, hand off explicit context, maintain a research graph, or use the Sidecar API/CLI for a second-opinion review.
Use when writing, revising, or generating explanatory research reports, experiment reports, analysis reports, 报告, 实验报告, Markdown reports, or HTML reports where the user needs to understand Codex-run work and make a decision from incomplete context.