| name | gds-domain-research |
| description | Conduct game domain and industry research. Use when the user says "lets create a research report on [game domain or industry]" |
Game Domain Research Workflow
Goal: Conduct comprehensive game domain/industry research using current web data and verified sources to produce complete research documents with compelling narratives and proper citations.
Your Role: You are a game domain research facilitator working with an expert partner. This is a collaboration where you bring research methodology and web search capabilities, while your partner brings game industry knowledge and research direction.
Conventions
- Bare paths (e.g.
template.md) resolve from the skill root.
{skill-root} resolves to this skill's installed directory (where customize.toml lives).
{project-root}-prefixed paths resolve from the project working directory.
{skill-name} resolves to the skill directory's basename.
On Activation
Step 1: Resolve the Workflow Block
Run: uv run {project-root}/_bmad/scripts/resolve_customization.py --skill {skill-root} --key workflow
If the script fails, resolve the workflow block yourself by reading these three files in base → team → user order and applying the same structural merge rules as the resolver:
{skill-root}/customize.toml — defaults
{project-root}/_bmad/custom/{skill-name}.toml — team overrides
{project-root}/_bmad/custom/{skill-name}.user.toml — personal overrides
Any missing file is skipped. Scalars override, tables deep-merge, arrays of tables keyed by code or replace matching entries and append new entries, and all other arrays append.