Use when turning a topic, observation, dataset, or uncertainty into research questions, hypotheses, mechanisms, or scenario branches.
Front door for research thinking before the work is fully specified. This skill covers open-ended idea generation, structured hypothesis formation, interview-style specification, scenario analysis, and multi-perspective challenge.
research-discoveryresearch-reviewsuperpowers:brainstorming or superpowers:writing-plansIf the user is still deciding what to study or how to frame it, this is the front door. Once the question is defined, hand off to discovery, analysis, or writing.