Research Synthesize

Apply external research findings to the project.

When to Use

• Have research documents to process

• Need to map findings to project constraints

• Filtering relevant insights

Approach

Phase 1: Research Ingestion

• Document inventory

• Cross-reference themes

Phase 2: Relevance Filtering

Score each finding:

Finding Relevance (1-5) Feasibility (1-5) Alignment (1-5)

... ... ... ...

Threshold: Discard if Relevance < 3 OR Feasibility < 3.

Phase 3: Mapping to Existing Systems

• Map to design tokens/components

• Note adaptation requirements

• Check dependency constraints

Phase 4: Recommendation Synthesis

• Ranked recommendations

• Implementation hints

• Open questions

Output

RESEARCH-APPLICATION-[FEATURE-NAME].md ending with: "These are the top recommendations. Ready for PRD scoping?"

Constraints

• No original ideation — recommendations trace to research

• No new dependencies without approval

• No code generation