write-research-doc

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Use when documenting research findings to create properly structured research documents with frontmatter, sections, and file references.

Writing & Docs

What this skill does

# Write Research Document

Create structured research documents following project conventions.

## Document Structure

Use the template from `templates/research-document.md`:

1. **Frontmatter** (YAML):
- date, researcher, git info, topic, tags, status
- feature_slug (e.g., "erik/0005-authentication" for personal, "0042-authentication" for shared)
- Optional: shared_as, shared_date (added by share-docs skill)

2. **Research Question**:
- Original user query verbatim

3. **Summary**:
- High-level findings (2-3 paragraphs)

4. **Detailed Findings**:
- Organized by component/area
- Include file:line references
- Explain purpose and implementation

5. **Key Discoveries**:
- Bullet list of important findings

6. **Implementation Patterns**:
- Common patterns found

7. **References**:
- Links to source files and related docs

## File Path and Naming

Determine feature slug first using `determine-feature-slug` skill:
- Auto-detects namespace from git user.name
- Auto-detects next number in personal namespace (0001, 0002, etc.)
- Suggests description from research question
- Prompts user to accept or customize

Save to: `thoughts/{namespace}/NNNN-description/research.md`

Example workflow:
1. User provides research question: "How does authentication work?"
2. Skill detects namespace: `erik` (from git config)
3. Skill suggests: `erik/0005-authentication`
4. User accepts or modifies
5. Document saved to: `thoughts/erik/0005-authentication/research.md`

**Collaboration**: Documents start in personal namespace. Use `share-docs` skill to promote to `thoughts/shared/` when ready for team review.

**Backward compatibility**: Old path `thoughts/shared/research/YYYY-MM-DD-NN-description.md` still recognized by all commands.

## Metadata Collection

Use `gather-project-metadata` skill to get:
- Timestamp
- Git commit and branch
- Repository name

## File References

Always include specific file:line references:
- `src/auth/handler.go:45` - Format for references
- Use actual line numbers where functions/types are defined

## Path Corrections

Watch for these common mistakes:
- ✅ `thoughts/shared/research/` - Correct for shared research
- ❌ `thoughts/searchable/` - Old path, don't use
- ✅ `thoughts/notes/` - Correct for reference documents

Files: 1

Size: 2.4 KB

Complexity: 5/100

Category: Writing & Docs

Source: https://github.com/eveld/claude/tree/main/skills/write-research-doc

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