Research AQE Systems

1. Read AGENTS.md, the question, and any user-supplied artifacts completely.
2. Define the decision the research must support, its scope, and freshness needs.
3. Search local evidence broad-to-narrow with rg --files, rg, code navigation, tests, configuration, documentation, and git history.
4. For current external claims, inspect primary sources: upstream repositories, releases, commits, issues, pull requests, and official documentation. Record dates, versions, commit identifiers, and links.
5. Trace definitions to usages and public boundaries. Map dependencies, data flow, CLI/MCP parity, configuration generation, and tests when relevant.
6. Classify each material statement using references/evidence-rules.md. Never repeat a benchmark, capability, or roadmap claim as fact without direct evidence.
7. Synthesize only after gathering evidence. State contradictions, uncertainty, missing access, and stale documentation explicitly.
8. Return:
   • the decision-oriented summary;
   • verified findings with source locations;
   • inferences and their supporting evidence;
   • gaps and risks;
   • prioritized recommendations and the smallest useful next validation.

Use parallel agents only when the user requests delegation or repository instructions explicitly permit it. Treat Claude agent definitions as domain references; do not copy or execute their Claude-only hooks or tool syntax.