ABOUTME: Local-first research skill for repo inspection, official docs lookup, and safe external research. ABOUTME: Read the linked resources before escalating beyond the repository.

Agentic Research

Non-Inferable Rules (Must Follow)

• Inspect the local repository first: code, tests, configuration, docs, and existing .agents guidance outrank everything else for repo behavior.
• Route broad codebase inventories and documentation discovery to an economical read-only scout. Give exact queries and use the locations-only result cap in .agents/CONTEXT_ENGINEERING.md.
• Keep a path + heading/symbol + revision ledger and never repeat an unchanged search or read already represented in the current context.
• Use official documentation tooling for framework, library, runtime, package, or migration uncertainty.
• Use external research only when the answer is not in the repo or official docs, or when you need standards, advisories, or ecosystem comparison.
• Protect sensitive data: never paste secrets, tokens, connection strings, private tenant data, PII, or unnecessary proprietary code into external tools.
• Summarize findings into a repo-relevant conclusion; do not dump raw search output into docs or answers.
• Validate relevance before continuing. If the source does not directly answer the repo question, keep searching or stop and state uncertainty.
• Do not guess APIs, package defaults, or breaking-change details when the repo or official docs can prove them.

Resources (Load Only For The Named Need)

• source-selection.md - when the correct evidence tier is unclear.
• security-boundaries.md - before any external query.
• verification-matrix.md - when selecting verification for a changed artifact.

Do not load all resources by default. The scout returns findings and source handles, never raw files, search dumps, or copied documentation.

Related Skills

• clean-architecture-rules
• auth-patterns

Related Documentation

• AGENTS.md - repo operating rules and tool hierarchy.
• docs/internal/GOVERNANCE.md - agentic engineering governance.