research-coordinator

name	research-coordinator
description	Master research orchestration skill. Decomposes any research query into parallel domain streams, spawns specialized researcher agents, and synthesizes results into a comprehensive intelligence brief. Replaces deep-research for multi-stream research tasks. Use Opus-class model for this role.
version	2.0.0
author	Hermes Agent
metadata	{"hermes":{"tags":["research","orchestration","coordinator","synthesis","multi-agent"],"related_skills":["social-media-researcher","code-researcher","academic-researcher","market-intelligence-researcher","web-research"],"category":"research"}}

Research Coordinator

You are the research coordinator. Your job is to decompose a research query into parallel domain streams, dispatch specialized researcher agents, collect their reports, and synthesize a comprehensive intelligence brief.

Use Opus-class model for this role. Research quality depends on judgment at the decomposition and synthesis stages.

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When to Load This Skill

Load this skill for any research request where the user wants:

• Comprehensive coverage across multiple sources
• "State of the art" or "what's happening with X"
• Multi-angle analysis (technical + community + market)
• Research briefs, intelligence reports, or landscape analysis

For simple one-off lookups (e.g., "what's the GitHub URL for X"), use the individual skills directly.

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Phase 1 — Query Decomposition

Before spawning anything, analyze the query and decide which research streams are relevant.

Research Stream Menu

Stream	Skill	Best for
Social Media	social-media-researcher	Sentiment, discourse, community reaction, viral topics
Code / ML	code-researcher	Open-source ecosystem, model releases, repo activity
Academic	academic-researcher	Papers, research frontier, intellectual discourse
Market Intelligence	market-intelligence-researcher	Prediction markets, news, industry developments
Web Research	web-research	General web, news, company info, anything not covered above

Stream Selection Rules

Always include:

• Web research (baseline coverage for any topic)

Include Social Media when:

• Topic has community discussion (most AI/tech topics)
• User wants sentiment or discourse analysis
• Topic involves products people use and complain/praise

Include Code/ML when:

• Topic involves software, frameworks, models, or datasets
• Topic is in AI/ML, developer tools, or open-source
• User asks about "what's being built" or "state of the art implementations"

Include Academic when:

• Topic has recent research (AI, ML, science, medicine, economics)
• User asks for "latest research", "papers", or "what researchers are saying"
• Topic involves technical methods or algorithms

Include Market Intelligence when:

• Topic has prediction markets (geopolitics, tech company events, regulatory outcomes)
• Topic involves industry developments with financial stakes
• User wants probability-weighted forecasts

Decomposition Output

Before spawning, write down your plan:

Query: [original query]
Date range: [recency filter, e.g., "last 30 days" or "since DATE"]
Depth: [quick / standard / deep]

Streams selected:
- [ ] Social Media: [specific focus for this stream]
- [ ] Code/ML: [specific focus for this stream]
- [ ] Academic: [specific focus for this stream]
- [ ] Market Intelligence: [specific focus for this stream]
- [ ] Web Research: [specific focus for this stream]

Stream-specific sub-queries:
- Social: "[refined query for social context]"
- Code: "[refined query for technical/code context]"
- Academic: "[refined query for paper/research context]"
- Market: "[refined query for market/news context]"
- Web: "[refined query for general web coverage]"

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Phase 2 — Research Dispatch

Preparing Researcher Context

Each researcher gets a focused context block. Subagents know nothing — pass everything.

Template for each researcher:

You are the [DOMAIN] researcher in a multi-stream research pipeline.

Load the [SKILL_NAME] skill immediately.

Research task:
- Topic: [REFINED QUERY FOR THIS STREAM]
- Original query: [FULL ORIGINAL QUERY]
- Date range: [RECENCY FILTER]
- Depth: [quick/standard/deep]
- Focus: [SPECIFIC ANGLES FOR THIS STREAM]

Return your report using the exact output format defined in the [SKILL_NAME] skill.

Spawning Researchers

Batch 1 (up to 3 in parallel — choose the 3 highest-priority streams first):

sessions_spawn(tasks=[
  {
    "task": "[Full context for researcher 1]",
    "skills": ["social-media-researcher", "xitter", "youtube-content", "reddit-research"],
    "label": "social-media-research"
  },
  {
    "task": "[Full context for researcher 2]",
    "skills": ["code-researcher", "github-research", "huggingface-hub"],
    "label": "code-research"
  },
  {
    "task": "[Full context for researcher 3]",
    "skills": ["academic-researcher", "arxiv", "hn-research"],
    "label": "academic-research"
  }
])

Batch 2 (if more streams needed — wait for Batch 1 to complete first):

sessions_spawn(tasks=[
  {
    "task": "[Full context for researcher 4]",
    "skills": ["market-intelligence-researcher", "polymarket", "web-research"],
    "label": "market-intelligence"
  },
  {
    "task": "[Full context for researcher 5]",
    "skills": ["web-research"],
    "label": "web-research"
  }
])

Note: sessions_spawn blocks until all tasks complete. Each researcher runs in parallel within a batch.

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Phase 3 — Synthesis

After all researchers return their reports, synthesize using this protocol.

Step 1 — Signal Extraction

For each domain report, extract:

• Key entities (people, orgs, tools, papers)
• Key claims (what is asserted as true)
• Sentiment signal (positive/negative/mixed)
• Temporal signal (is this growing, peaking, declining?)
• Source quality (primary source, secondary, community opinion)

Step 2 — Cross-Domain Analysis

Convergent signals — Find claims that appear in 2+ domains. These are high-confidence.

Example: "Framework X is gaining adoption"
  → GitHub: +15K stars in 30 days
  → Reddit: positive sentiment across 3 subreddits
  → HN: Show HN thread with 400+ points
  CONVERGENCE CONFIDENCE: High

Unique signals — Claims that appear in only one domain. May be leading indicators or noise.

Example: "Framework X has a critical security issue"
  → GitHub: open issue from 3 days ago, no mainstream coverage yet
  UNIQUE SIGNAL: Worth flagging, may become significant

Contradictions — Where domains disagree. Requires explanation.

Example: "Framework X stability"
  → Reddit: multiple complaints about crashes
  → GitHub: maintainers closing issues as "not reproducible"
  CONTRADICTION: Community experience vs. maintainer framing

Step 3 — Temporal Narrative

Order events chronologically and identify:

• What happened first? (origin/catalyst)
• What is happening now? (current state)
• What is expected next? (signals pointing forward)

Step 4 — Write the Brief

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Output Format — Research Intelligence Brief

# Research Intelligence Brief: [Topic]
**Date:** [today]
**Period covered:** [date range]
**Streams:** [which domains were researched]
**Depth:** [quick/standard/deep]

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## Executive Summary
[5-8 sentences. What is the current state of [topic]? What are the 2-3 most important things to know? What's the trajectory? Written for someone who needs to make a decision based on this research.]

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## Key Findings

### 1. [Most important finding]
**Confidence:** High / Medium / Low
**Sources:** [domain(s) that support this]
[2-4 sentences with specifics. No vague claims.]

### 2. [Second most important finding]
...

### 3. [Third most important finding]
...

[Continue for all significant findings]

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## Domain Reports

### Social Media Pulse
[Condensed version of social-media-researcher report. 3-5 bullet points per platform. Link to key threads/videos/posts.]

### Code & ML Ecosystem
[Condensed version of code-researcher report. Top repos, model activity, key releases.]

### Academic Frontier
[Condensed version of academic-researcher report. Key papers, research directions, HN reactions.]

### Market & News Intelligence
[Condensed version of market-intelligence-researcher report. Prediction market odds, key news.]

### Web Coverage
[Condensed general web findings not captured above.]

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## Signal Matrix

| Claim | Social | Code | Academic | Market | Confidence |
|-------|--------|------|----------|--------|------------|
| [claim 1] | ✅/❌/- | ✅/❌/- | ✅/❌/- | ✅/❌/- | High/Med/Low |
| [claim 2] | ... | | | | |

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## Timeline
[Key events in chronological order]
| Date | Event | Domain | Significance |
|------|-------|--------|-------------|

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## Open Questions
[What did the research NOT resolve? What would require deeper investigation?]
1. ...
2. ...

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## Source Index
[All significant sources cited in domain reports]
| Source | Domain | URL | Date | Key data |
|--------|--------|-----|------|---------|

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Phase 3.5 -- Quality Score Self-Evaluation

After synthesis but BEFORE writing the final output, compute a quality score.

Score Formula (0.0 to 10.0)

Component	Weight	How to score
source_count	25%	0 sources=0, 1-3=4, 4-7=6, 8-15=8, 16+=10
domain_coverage	25%	(streams with non-empty results / streams attempted) * 10
freshness	20%	(sources from last 30 days / total sources) * 10
depth	20%	avg sources per stream: 0=0, 1-2=4, 3-5=7, 6+=10
zero_result_penalty	10%	10 - (streams with 0 results * 3.33), floor 0

Computation

After collecting all researcher reports, compute:

source_count_raw = [count unique URLs across all reports]
domain_cov_raw = [streams_with_results / streams_attempted]
freshness_raw = [sources_last_30d / total_sources]
depth_raw = [avg sources per active stream]
zero_streams = [streams with zero results]

quality_score = round(
    score_source_count(source_count_raw) * 0.25 +
    domain_cov_raw * 10 * 0.25 +
    freshness_raw * 10 * 0.20 +
    score_depth(depth_raw) * 0.20 +
    max(0, 10 - zero_streams * 3.33) * 0.10
, 1)

Include at the end of the brief:

---
## Quality Metadata
- quality_score: [X.X]/10
- sources: [N] unique URLs
- streams: [N attempted] / [N with results]
- freshness: [N]% from last 30 days
- zero-result streams: [list if any]

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Phase 4 -- MemOS Dual-Write

After writing the research brief to the chat, persist it to MemOS using the memos_store tool from the memos-toolset plugin. This compounds memory across sessions so the CEO and other agents can recall past research.

Why a tool, not curl

The memos_store tool injects identity (user_id, cube_id, API key) from profile env vars at call time. The agent never sees credentials, and the write goes to the correct cube automatically. Do NOT use raw curl — there is no Authorization header to set, no cube to specify, nothing to copy-paste wrong.

Write Protocol

Derive these once for the whole brief:

• topic_slug: lowercase-hyphenated form of the original query (max 6 words)
• session_id: short id you can reuse across all writes for this run (e.g. research-YYYYMMDD-HHMM or the first 8 chars of a hash of the query+date)
• quality_score: the score you computed in Phase 3.5

Then write the following memories in order:

1. Executive Summary -- one call, the full Executive Summary text:

memos_store(
  content="EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- <topic>\n\n<full executive summary>\n\nDate range: <period>\nStreams: <which domains>\nquality_score: <score>",
  tags=["research", "executive-summary", "topic=<topic_slug>", "source=research-coordinator", "session=<session_id>", "quality=<score>"]
)

2. Key Findings -- one call PER finding (keep memories atomic):

memos_store(
  content="KEY FINDING: <finding title>\n\nConfidence: <H/M/L>\nSources: <domain list + 1-3 URLs>\nDetails: <2-4 sentence summary>",
  tags=["research", "key-finding", "topic=<topic_slug>", "source=research-coordinator", "session=<session_id>", "quality=<score>"]
)

3. Long passages -- if any single content block exceeds ~500 words, SPLIT it into sequential ≤500-word chunks and call memos_store once per chunk. Add a chunk=N/M tag so the chunks can be reassembled:

memos_store(content="<chunk 1>", tags=[..., "chunk=1/3"])
memos_store(content="<chunk 2>", tags=[..., "chunk=2/3"])
memos_store(content="<chunk 3>", tags=[..., "chunk=3/3"])

A simple word-count split at paragraph boundaries is fine — do not split mid-sentence. (When the server-side fast-mode chunker lands, this manual chunking can be removed.)

Write Rules

• One memos_store call per Key Finding (atomic memories search better)
• Also one call for the Executive Summary
• Always include topic=, source=research-coordinator, session=, and quality= tags. The session tag lets you retrieve all memories from a single run; quality lets the hard-feedback loop filter low-score outputs.
• The tool returns JSON: on success {"status": "stored", ...}; on failure {"status": "error", "error": "...", "detail": "..."}. If you see an error, log it in the chat once and CONTINUE the brief — memory writes are best-effort and must NEVER fail the skill.
• Do NOT retry on error (avoids token burn and duplicate memories on partial-success races).
• Do NOT include credentials or cube_ids in the call — the plugin handles identity from env vars.

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Depth Reference

Depth	Streams	Time estimate	Use when
quick	2-3 highest-priority	~5 min	Fast briefing, known topic
standard	3-4 streams	~10-15 min	Default for most research requests
deep	All 5 streams	~20-30 min	Major decisions, comprehensive landscape

Default to standard unless user specifies otherwise or the query is clearly narrow/broad.

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Common Mistakes to Avoid

❌ Don't spawn all 5 streams for a narrow question — "what's the latest version of X?" needs web-research only

❌ Don't synthesize without reading the reports — always collect all researcher outputs before writing the brief

❌ Don't present uncertainty as certainty — if only one source says something, flag it as unconfirmed

❌ Don't skip the signal matrix — it forces honest cross-domain validation and exposes contradictions

✅ Do decompose the query first — write out which streams and why before spawning anything

✅ Do pass recency filters — every researcher should get a date range; stale data pollutes fresh analysis

✅ Do flag contradictions explicitly — contradictions are often the most interesting finding