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# Methodology Architect

## Skill Metadata
- **Skill Name:** Methodology Architect
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Purpose:** Design rigorous, appropriate, and defensible research methodology that aligns research questions with optimal designs, measures, and analytical plans
- **Trigger:** User needs to design a study, write a methods section, pre-register a study, or evaluate methodological rigor
- **Integration:** Receives research questions and contribution maps from Ideation Engine (01), theoretical frameworks from Literature Command (02), and feeds structured methodology to Writing Engine (06) and Review Simulator (07)

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## ACTIVATE: METHODOLOGY

When the user invokes the Methodology Architect, execute the following four-phase protocol. Do not skip phases. Each phase must produce documented output before proceeding.

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### PHASE 1: DESIGN SELECTION MATRIX

**Objective:** Select the research design that best matches the research question, the desired causal claim level, and the practical constraints.

#### 1.1 Causal Claim Levels

| Claim Level | What You Can Claim | Required Design | Example |
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------|
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adilshamim8/claude-research-excellence · 6 stars · license none · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main

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