Research Synthesis Guidance

Overview

This skill is loaded via SKILL_HINTS by cc10x:planner and cc10x:bug-investigator when the router passes research files in the prompt. It provides instructions for synthesizing web and GitHub research findings.

This skill does NOT execute research. Research execution is done by:

• cc10x:web-researcher — prefers Bright Data, falls back to WebSearch/WebFetch

• cc10x:github-researcher — prefers Octocode MCP, falls back to package/docs/GitHub web research

Synthesis Goal

After the router passes research file paths in your prompt, read the available files and produce a synthesis that:

• Answers the knowledge gap (the Reason field from your prompt)

• Identifies the top 2-3 actionable patterns

• Lists gotchas with solutions

• Provides specific references for debugging

• Reflects evidence quality honestly

• States the single finding that most changed the recommendation

What Makes Good Synthesis

Include:

• Cross-source confirmation (when web + GitHub agree on a pattern, it's reliable)

• Conflict resolution (when sources disagree, prefer GitHub real code over docs)

• Confidence calibration from the router-provided ## Research Quality block

• Gotchas the user probably hasn't considered

• Specific code snippets only when they materially change the recommendation

Exclude:

• Raw dump of all findings (summarize)

• Obvious things the AI already knows

• Findings not relevant to the specific Reason for research

Synthesis Format

Evidence Quality

• Web: [high / medium / low / none]
• GitHub: [high / medium / low / none]
• Overall confidence: [high / medium / low]

Web Findings

[3-5 bullets from web research. Focus on patterns and gotchas.]

GitHub Findings

[3-5 bullets from GitHub. Focus on real implementation patterns.]

Synthesis

Knowledge Gap answered: [One sentence: what we now know that we didn't before]

Recommended approach: [1-3 sentences: what to do]

What changed the recommendation most: [single sentence]

Top patterns to apply:

1. [Specific, actionable pattern]
2. [Specific, actionable pattern]

Gotchas to avoid:

References for debugging:

• [URL or GitHub repo path]

Handling Partial Research

If web researcher returned [Web phase unavailable] :

• Note it in the synthesis header: "Web research unavailable — GitHub only"

• Do not fabricate web findings

• Reduce confidence in synthesis accordingly

If GitHub researcher returned [GitHub phase unavailable] :

• Note it in the synthesis header: "GitHub research unavailable — Web only"

• Use web findings only for synthesis

If BOTH unavailable:

• State clearly: "Research unavailable — all sources down. Proceeding with AI knowledge only."

• Lower confidence and rely on repo-local evidence first.

Quality weighting:

• high : multiple concrete sources or code-backed findings

• medium : one strong source or partial cross-confirmation

• low : indirect, sparse, or web-only/package-only signals

• none : no usable external findings

Memory Output

Do not edit .claude/cc10x/*.md directly from this skill or from the host agent.

Instead, surface the most durable takeaway through the host agent's MEMORY_NOTES , for example:

• one research-backed gotcha worth preserving

• one reference path worth indexing

• one confidence caveat if research quality was degraded