combine

Invoke the combine skill with a task description, optionally adding output, sources, scope, or sections parameters. It inventories local sources, dispatches parallel lens agents to extract findings, and writes a unified report under .mz/reports/.

Combine is local-first and assumes prior pipeline output already exists on disk, consulting the web only to fill residual gaps behind an approval gate. Deep-research is web-first and starts from zero when no local research exists.

Yes, pass a sections parameter with a comma-separated list and those entries become the top-level report headings verbatim, in the order given. Without it, sections are derived from noun phrases in the task text, and meta-sections like Gaps and Sources are always appended.

Yes. If git commands fail, the git_history lens is marked unavailable, recorded in state, and skipped without counting toward the three-lens floor. The remaining local sources are still synthesized, and the degradation is surfaced at the approval gate.

Avoid it when no prior local research exists (use deep-research instead), when you want to understand how code works (use explain), or when you need a fixed-template compliance report. Combine is for synthesizing existing on-disk knowledge.