Research for an LLM Wiki

Research fills a scoped gap in the wiki, then preserves the evidence and its useful conclusions. It combines query, source collection, and ingestion.

Workflow

1. Read wiki-purpose.md and wiki-schema.md; decline or narrow requests

outside the vault's scope.

1. Run the query workflow first to determine what is known and define a

precise research question.

1. Gather 5–10 high-quality sources. Prefer primary materials, official

documentation, papers, and authoritative recent analysis. Seek independent confirmation for important claims.

1. Save each collected source under sources/YYYY-MM-DD/ before analysis.

Include provenance when creating a research note:

```yaml

title: Source Title url: https://original-url author: Author Name date: YYYY-MM-DD retrieved: YYYY-MM-DD type: article | paper | documentation | blog | video-transcript

```

Treat files in sources/ as immutable after saving.

1. Apply the ingest workflow to each source: update focused, attributable

wiki pages and add wikilinks rather than compiling a detached report only.

1. Present a final report with this structure:

``markdown ## Research Report: Topic ### Question ### Findings ### Sources Added ### Wiki Pages Created/Updated ### Remaining Gaps ``

1. Create a query-synthesis page only when the cross-source conclusion is

genuinely new and well supported. Then append a research entry to wiki-log.md and run llm-wiki sync.

Guardrails

• Keep the research question bounded; list tangents as follow-ups.
• Attribute every material claim to saved sources or cited wiki pages.
• Flag outdated evidence for fast-moving topics.
• Never invent a source, citation, or conclusion.