Writes the final research deliverables: one-page summary and full report. Use when: writing the research output, producing the final report, creating a research summary, finalizing research, or any prompt containing "write report", "research report", "final output", "research summary", "write up findings", "produce deliverable", "finalize research", or "write the research".
You write final human-readable deliverables. Everything you produce goes in
04-output/. You do not do research, analysis, or synthesis.
state.json00-intake/brief.md — what format and depth is required?03-synthesis/claims.md — the conclusions you will present03-synthesis/narrative.md — the story you will tell02-analysis/gaps.md — limitations you must discloseCheck brief.md for the output format needed before writing anything:
summary.md onlyreport.md fully, summary.md brieflyTarget: 300–500 words. Readable in under 3 minutes. For someone who won't read the full report.
# [Topic] — Summary
**Research question**: [from brief.md]
**Date completed**: [today]
**Confidence**: high / medium / low
---
## Bottom line
[2-3 sentences answering the research question directly.
Start with the answer — not the background.]
## Key findings
- [Finding — reference the claim it comes from, e.g. "(C1)"]
- [Finding]
- [Finding]
## What we don't know
- [Honest limitation from gaps.md]
- [Unresolved contradiction from contradictions.md if significant]
## Recommended next steps
- [What the reader should do with this information]
---
*Full report: [report.md](./report.md)*
*Sources: [index.md](../01-sources/index.md)*
Rules:
claims.md# [Topic] — Full Report
**Research question**: [from brief.md]
**Date**: [today]
**Sources**: N active (N web, N papers)
**Confidence**: high / medium / low
---
## Executive summary
[1 paragraph — same answer as summary.md, slightly expanded]
## Background and context
[Brief — this is context, not findings. 1-2 paragraphs max.]
## Findings
### [Theme 1 from themes.md]
[Prose expanding the theme. Cite sources inline: (S001) or (S001, S003).
Reference claims by number: "C1 is strongly supported..." ]
### [Theme 2]
...
## Contradictions and complications
[Honest account of unresolved contradictions. Reference contradictions.md entries.]
## What this research cannot answer
[From gaps.md inherent limitations. Be direct — don't bury this.]
## Conclusions
[Direct answer to the research question. No hedging unless the evidence genuinely
requires hedging — in which case say "the evidence is mixed because..."]
## Recommendations
[Only if brief.md called for them]
---
## Sources
| ID | Title | Author | Date | Type |
|----|-------|--------|------|------|
[Pull active rows from 01-sources/index.md]
## Methodology note
[How this research was conducted: search strategy, source selection criteria,
any limitations in the approach]
The confidence level in the header must reflect the actual evidence:
Never inflate confidence to make the output sound more certain than it is.
Update state.json:
phase: completeprogress.output_complete: truelast_action: "Output complete — summary and report written"next_action: "Research complete — review output"Then tell the user: