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Structured research with sources, findings, and decisions.

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Updated 2/27/2026

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Research Notebook

Structured research with sources, findings, and decisions.

Track investigations and capture knowledge.

[!TIP] LEARN stage of play-learn-lift. Where patterns emerge from exploration.

Structure

SectionPurpose
QuestionsWhat you're trying to learn
SourcesWhere you looked
FindingsWhat you discovered
DecisionsWhat you concluded

Contents

FilePurpose
SKILL.mdFull protocol documentation
NOTEBOOK.yml.tmplNotebook template
SOURCES.yml.tmplSources template

Example

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 โ€” find patterns.

graph LR
    RN[๐Ÿ““ research-notebook] -->|LEARN stage of| PLL[๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿš€ play-learn-lift]
    RN -->|distills to| SUM[๐Ÿ“ summarize]
    RN -->|sources from| SL[๐Ÿ“œ session-log]
    RN -->|informs| SS[๐Ÿ‘ฏ sister-script]
    
    DB[๐Ÿ”ง debugging] -->|uses| RN
    AP[โš”๏ธ adventure] -->|evidence in| RN

Dovetails With

Sister Skills

SkillRelationship
play-learn-lift/Research IS the LEARN stage
session-log/Source material from PLAY
summarize/Compress findings
sister-script/Research feeds automation
debugging/Research supports hypothesis tracking
adventure/Evidence collection
adversarial-committee/Multiple perspectives on research questions
rubric/Criteria for evaluating sources and findings

Protocol Symbols

SymbolLink
PLAY-LEARN-LIFTPROTOCOLS.yml
PRESERVE-JOURNEYPROTOCOLS.yml

Navigation

DirectionDestination
โฌ†๏ธ Upskills/
โฌ†๏ธโฌ†๏ธ RootProject Root
๐ŸŽฎ Sisterplay-learn-lift/
๐Ÿ“ Sistersummarize/

Install

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AI Quality Score

86/100Analyzed 3/1/2026

Well-structured research methodology skill with clear templates, good examples, and extensive ecosystem integration. Provides YAML structure for tracking questions, sources, findings, and decisions. Bonus for LEARN stage context, structured navigation, and mermaid diagram. Slight penalty for project-specific tags but overall highly reusable research framework.

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Updated2/27/2026
PublisherSimHacker

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