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name: research-analyze

description: Internal evidence-index analysis and verification stage for the canonical research skill.

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# Research Analyze

Analyze only the supplied, runtime-admitted source index. This internal stage is

shared by remote/provider evidence and native local-file evidence so acquisition

cannot fork the research judgment or verification contract.

## Agent task contract

### `research-synthesize`

Preserve the objective exactly and return a bounded `research_candidate` with:

- `decision`: `ready`, `needs_more_evidence`, or `not_worth_publishing`;

- `research_brief`: objective, scope, concise summary, and open questions;

- `evidence_log`: material claims with admitted `source_digest` and matching

`content_digest`, confidence, and relevance;

- `decision_support`: bounded options whose rationales cite admitted source

digests;

- `risks`: evidence-bound risks and uncertainty.

Distinguish verified evidence from inference. Do not browse, read other files,

publish, mutate a provider, or invent source identity, delivery, certification,

or settlement claims. Return `needs_more_evidence` when the admitted index does

not support the requested decision.