SKILL.md
Research Notebook
Structured research with sources, findings, and decisions.
Track investigations and capture knowledge.
[!TIP]
LEARN stage of [play-learn-lift](../play-learn-lift/). Where patterns emerge from exploration.
Structure
| Section |
Purpose |
| Questions |
What you're trying to learn |
| Sources |
Where you looked |
| Findings |
What you discovered |
| Decisions |
What you concluded |
Contents
| File |
Purpose |
| [SKILL.md](./SKILL.md) |
Full protocol documentation |
| [NOTEBOOK.yml.tmpl](./NOTEBOOK.yml.tmpl) |
Notebook template |
| [SOURCES.yml.tmpl](./SOURCES.yml.tmpl) |
Sources template |
Example
research:
topic: "LLM context management strategies"
questions:
- "How do other systems handle token budgets?"
- "What summarization approaches exist?"
sources:
- url: "paper-on-context.pdf"
relevance: "Direct answer to Q1"
findings:
- "Sliding window is most common"
- "Hierarchical summaries preserve more"
decisions:
- "Use tiered hot/cold approach"
The Intertwingularity
Research-notebook is the LEARN stage of [play-learn-lift](../play-learn-lift/) — find patterns.
graph LR
RN[📓 research-notebook] -->|LEARN stage of| PLL[🎮📚🚀 play-learn-lift]
RN -->|distills to| SUM[📝 summarize]
RN -->|sources from| SL[📜 session-log]
RN -->|informs| SS[👯 sister-script]
DB[🔧 debugging] -->|uses| RN
AP[⚔️ adventure] -->|evidence in| RN
Dovetails With
Sister Skills
| Skill |
Relationship |
| [play-learn-lift/](../play-learn-lift/) |
Research IS the LEARN stage |
| [session-log/](../session-log/) |
Source material from PLAY |
| [summarize/](../summarize/) |
Compress findings |
| [sister-script/](../sister-script/) |
Research feeds automation |
| [debugging/](../debugging/) |
Research supports hypothesis tracking |
| [adventure/](../adventure/) |
Evidence collection |
| [adversarial-committee/](../adversarial-committee/) |
Multiple perspectives on research questions |
| [rubric/](../rubric/) |
Criteria for evaluating sources and findings |
Protocol Symbols
| Symbol |
Link |
PLAY-LEARN-LIFT |
[PROTOCOLS.yml](../../PROTOCOLS.yml#PLAY-LEARN-LIFT) |
PRESERVE-JOURNEY |
[PROTOCOLS.yml](../../PROTOCOLS.yml#PRESERVE-JOURNEY) |
Navigation
| Direction |
Destination |
| ⬆️ Up |
[skills/](../) |
| ⬆️⬆️ Root |
[Project Root](../../) |
| 🎮 Sister |
[play-learn-lift/](../play-learn-lift/) |
| 📝 Sister |
[summarize/](../summarize/) |
