Launch a new research direction by chaining literature search, gap finding, and direction reporting. Use for: starting new research, exploring new topics, research direction launcher, literature survey with gap analysis. Keywords: research init, new direction, launch research, explore topic, survey and gap.
Composite skill: /lit-search → /gap-find → direction report.
Execute /lit-search with the provided direction as keywords.
Execute /gap-find with the same direction.
Synthesize findings into a structured direction report:
## Research Direction Report: [Topic]
### 1. Landscape Overview
- Total relevant papers found: N
- Key research clusters: [list]
- Maturity of field: [emerging / active / mature]
### 2. Our Positioning
- Nearest existing work: [paper] — [overlap level and detail]
- Our differentiator: [what we do differently]
- Risk of collision: [none / low / medium / high]
### 3. Recommended Gaps (user-selected)
1. [Gap] → Suggested approach: [method]
- Feasibility: H/M/L
- Expected contribution: [one line]
### 4. Suggested Next Steps
- [ ] Promote ideas to ideas.json
- [ ] Run /poc-run to validate core hypothesis
- [ ] Design method architecture with /formula-derive
### 5. Risk Assessment
| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Mitigation |
|------|-----------|--------|------------|
.research/literature.json, .research/ideas.json (with user approval)