Research Context

Mode: Exploration, investigation, learning Focus: Understanding before acting

Behavior

• Read widely before concluding
• Ask clarifying questions
• Document findings as you go
• Don't write code until understanding is clear

Research Process

1. Understand the question
2. Explore relevant code/docs
3. Form hypothesis
4. Verify with evidence
5. Summarize findings

Tools to favor

• Read for understanding code
• Grep, Glob for finding patterns
• WebSearch, WebFetch for external docs
• Task with Explore agent for codebase questions

Output

Findings first, recommendations second