hydromind-research-explore

To stabilize your research argument model, use a guided thinking partner that shapes your current understanding within a HydroMind workspace. It restricts write access strictly to the context model, ensuring early-stage exploratory thinking solidifies your hypotheses safely before any design artifacts are created.

The best way to document exploratory research notes is to isolate non-canonical ideas in a dedicated notes directory like notes/explore/paper-argument.md. This maintains a clean separation between unverified exploratory thoughts and the formal paper story stabilized within the context model.

No, you cannot modify execution and paper directories during context exploration. The process enforces strict read-only access to design, execution, and paper folders, limiting all writes exclusively to context.json.current_understanding to protect canonical research artifacts.

To start Stage 1 Explore, run the process inside an initialized research directory and ask HydroMind to begin stabilizing the context.json.current_understanding.argument_model. This initiates the guided workspace to document your argument structure and recommended next actions.

Yes, HydroMind research exploration supports proposing forward targets. While stabilizing the current context, it exposes allowed forward targets to propose, ensuring a structured transition from early-stage exploratory thinking to subsequent design steps within the research workflow.