Research and technical decisions
Primary-source investigation, repository-specific comparison, and durable decision records.
Why this collection exists
Make time-sensitive technical choices from current sources and leave the reasoning inspectable.
Prompts
Use these directly when the moment calls for a focused process.
Research with primary sources
Answer a technical question using current official documentation, specifications, and papers.
Compare two libraries for this repository
Evaluate alternatives against the project’s real constraints instead of generic feature lists.
Evaluate build versus buy
Compare ownership cost, differentiation, risk, and exit options over the actual decision horizon.
Produce a source-grounded recommendation
Turn mixed research and constraints into a clear decision with visible reasoning.
Write a decision memo
Capture a consequential decision, its alternatives, and the conditions for revisiting it.
Skills
Install these when the discipline should remain available across sessions.
Workflows
Follow these when the work spans several distinct stages.