Lamina Research

Reference-loading protocol

1. Match the request's primary research decision to one row below.
2. Open that linked reference before answering. Add another only when a second decision materially changes the answer; do not preload the directory.
3. Start the response with Using lamina-research: <topic path(s)> so the selected evidence lens is auditable.

Topic index

Decision signal	Read	Adds
Need to plan who or what a verification pass will exercise	Simulation Planning	actors, probes, parallel groups, and success criteria
Need to distinguish known evidence, assumptions, and evidence gaps	Evidence Scoping	source inventory and confidence labels
Need to merge several walkthrough results into non-duplicative findings	Simulation Synthesis	clustering, root causes, severity, and traceability
Need to hand research findings to a designer or implementer	Findings Communication	reproducible evidence and actionable finding structure
Need to inspect an existing repository, running product, capture, or ticket	Live Product Grounding	grounded surface and behavior claims
Need to define what each actor should attempt in a walkthrough	Actor-Walk Script Design	goals, starting state, stress probes, and observable success
Need to record a walkthrough so another person can reproduce it	Walkthrough Evidence	per-step expected/observed evidence
Need to learn from a user-supplied competitor, screenshot, or reference	Reference Patterns	borrowed patterns and deliberate differences without market theater
Need to define evidence-backed Personas, Actors, permissions, or constraints	User Modeling	provenance-aware user and authority models
Need to decompose an actor goal into operations and workflow steps	Task Analysis	outcome-oriented task structure and working sets

Working rule

Use the smallest sufficient reference set. Common pairs are evidence scoping + live grounding before a study, and actor-walk design + walkthrough evidence for a reproducible session. Preserve permissions, states, failures, recovery, relationships, and evidence limits. Route elsewhere only when another capability's decision materially changes the research plan.