research-notebook

# Research Notebook > **Structured research with sources, findings, and decisions.** Track investigations and capture knowledge. > [!TIP] > **LEARN stage of [play-learn-lift](../play-learn-lift/).** Where patterns emerge from exploration. ## Structure | Section | Purpose | |---------|---------| | **Questions** | What you're trying to learn | | **Sources** | Where you looked | | **Findings** | What you discovered | | **Decisions** | What you concluded | ## Contents | File | Purpose | |------|---------| | [SKILL.md](./SKILL.md) | Full protocol documentation | | [NOTEBOOK.yml.tmpl](./NOTEBOOK.yml.tmpl) | Notebook template | | [SOURCES.yml.tmpl](./SOURCES.yml.tmpl) | Sources template | ## Example ```yaml research: topic: "LLM context management strategies" questions: - "How do other systems handle token budgets?" - "What summarization approaches exist?" sources: - url: "paper-on-context.pdf" relevance: "Direct answer to Q1" findings: - "Sliding window is most common" - "Hierarchical summaries preserve more" decisions: - "Use tiered hot/cold approach" ``` ## The Intertwingularity Research-notebook is the LEARN stage of [play-learn-lift](../play-learn-lift/) — find patterns. ```mermaid graph LR RN[📓 research-notebook] -->|LEARN stage of| PLL[🎮📚🚀 play-learn-lift] RN -->|distills to| SUM[📝 summarize] RN -->|sources from| SL[📜 session-log] RN -->|informs| SS[👯 sister-script] DB[🔧 debugging] -->|uses| RN AP[⚔️ adventure] -->|evidence in| RN ``` --- ## Dovetails With ### Sister Skills | Skill | Relationship | |-------|--------------| | [play-learn-lift/](../play-learn-lift/) | Research IS the LEARN stage | | [session-log/](../session-log/) | Source material from PLAY | | [summarize/](../summarize/) | Compress findings | | [sister-script/](../sister-script/) | Research feeds automation | | [debugging/](../debugging/) | Research supports hypothesis tracking | | [adventure/](../adventure/) | Evidence collection | | [adversarial-committee/](../adversarial-committee/) | **Multiple perspectives** on research questions | | [rubric/](../rubric/) | Criteria for evaluating sources and findings | ### Protocol Symbols | Symbol | Link | |--------|------| | `PLAY-LEARN-LIFT` | [PROTOCOLS.yml](../../PROTOCOLS.yml#PLAY-LEARN-LIFT) | | `PRESERVE-JOURNEY` | [PROTOCOLS.yml](../../PROTOCOLS.yml#PRESERVE-JOURNEY) | ### Navigation | Direction | Destination | |-----------|-------------| | ⬆️ Up | [skills/](../) | | ⬆️⬆️ Root | [Project Root](../../) | | 🎮 Sister | [play-learn-lift/](../play-learn-lift/) | | 📝 Sister | [summarize/](../summarize/) |