Research phase of the workflow chain. Uses Haiku (simple) or Sonnet (standard) to research the codebase and gather context for a task. Use when the user wants to investigate code before planning.
Research the codebase and gather all relevant context for the user's task.
steop state set-phase research --mode research
Launch the researcher agent (steop:researcher, read-only tools). Override model based on task complexity:
model: "haiku"model: "sonnet"Use thoroughness level "very thorough".
If the task spans multiple independent areas of the codebase, launch multiple Research agents in parallel — one per area. For example, if researching both the API layer and storage layers, launch two agents concurrently. Combine their findings into a single summary.
The research agent(s) should:
After the agent(s) complete, present a structured summary of findings: