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bmad-deep-recon

Research a topic to support a decision, three ways: draft a research prompt for the user to run in their own tool (ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, …), turn a finished research report into a short summary with cited sources that other skills can use directly, or run the research here with parallel web searches. Built-in research types: market, domain, technical, competitive, user-voice, academic-lit; also supports choosing between candidates, and custom types via overrides. Use when the user says "deep recon", "research this", "draft a research prompt", "process this research report", "market research", "domain research", "technical research", "competitor research", "literature review", or "help me choose between"

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The skill body is a lean, fully-actionable overview that defers detail to a well-organized set of real one-level-deep reference files. Workflows are clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints and feedback loops, and every command and contract is concrete and executable.

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Conciseness

The body is dense and load-bearing throughout, assumes Claude's competence, and never pads with explanations of what research or libraries are — every token earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

Provides copy-paste-ready commands (`uv run ... memlog.py init`, `recon_kit.py slug`, `recon_kit.py tally`), exact run-folder file shapes, a structured digest contract, and a complete headless JSON output spec — fully executable.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Multi-step activation is numbered, intents are routed through a table, the plan gate is an explicit hard stop with approval, and validation checkpoints with feedback loops (verify-per-dimension, stop-and-write valve, halt-when-blocked) are present — satisfying the batch/destructive-ops requirement.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a tight overview pointing to clearly signaled one-level-deep references (draft.md, run.md, verification.md, synthesis.md, finalize.md, lifecycle.md, selection.md, process.md, html-briefing.md), all real files in the bundle, with easy navigation and no nested indirection.

5 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is exemplary: concrete, comprehensive, third-person, and explicit about both capabilities and trigger phrases. It clearly communicates a distinct niche with low conflict risk.

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Specificity

Names three distinct concrete services (draft a research prompt, turn a report into a cited summary, run research with parallel web searches) plus six built-in research types and custom overrides — comprehensive coverage matching the anchor's multiple specific actions.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (three services + research types + overrides) and when (a "Use when" clause with concrete trigger phrases), matching the top anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Lists ten natural trigger phrases users would actually say ("deep recon", "research this", "draft a research prompt", "process this research report", "market research", "literature review", "help me choose between") — comprehensive coverage including synonyms.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche — research-to-decision support with three explicit modes and distinctive triggers — with minimal overlap risk against other skills.

5 / 5

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Validation

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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