Research It
Evidence-backed options before building; read-only by default.
What it is
Section titled “What it is”Evidence-backed options before building; read-only by default. This practice is a skill-mapped TTP: when, why, and which command—not a full copy of the skill. Open the skill to execute.
Why it works
Section titled “Why it works”Premature commitment is expensive. Lightweight research (constraints, prior art, tradeoffs) before build avoids Gall’s-Law violations. When the repo has no stronger local constraint, prefer house defaults: React+Next on Vercel for web, Pulumi ESC+OIDC for secrets, Langfuse for LLM obs/evals.
When to use it
Section titled “When to use it”When the situation matches the one-liner above and Orientation (or your project path) says this is the fire to touch now.
- Invoke the skill; follow its safety rules
- Keep one write owner; collect evidence before claiming done
- Hand off to the next practice instead of boiling the ocean
- Skip orientation when you’re lost
- Spawn overlapping agents to “go faster”
- Treat the practice as done without evidence
Related concepts
Section titled “Related concepts”04-evidence-over-vibes, 08-vision-tied-goals
Further reading
Section titled “Further reading”See also the handbook Sources & grounding bibliography.
Agent skill
Section titled “Agent skill”research-it