WHAT - Produce spike and research findings using the spike template; captures purpose, findings,.
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# Spike and Research Findings (WHAT)
Use for technical exploration, feasibility validation, architecture assessment, or research outputs that should influence design or implementation.
## Default guardrails
1. Apply **`output-handshake`** before final output.
2. Make findings actionable: recommendation, tradeoffs, open questions, and next steps.
3. Link from **`trd`** when the spike informs technical design.
4. Link from **`adr`** when the spike leads to a durable decision.
## References
- `references/default-template.md`
- `references/example-graphql-federation.md` — example spike for evaluating GraphQL Federation with tradeoffs and phased approach
- `trd`
- `adr`
The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260831.856ee57, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_golpelts2jagtlij
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ulises-jeremias/agent-toolkit/spike
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8bb9e72fff5dea131a2d5e9e9e5831a1ed2858f85a4e722429a560924df3cc18
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