research-synthesis

Consolidating scattered research findings into structured planning documents involves synthesizing codebase analyses, project documentation, and external sources into topic-specific research files. This process creates shareable markdown files with consistent frontmatter to inform planning decisions.

The file structure for OAK planning research synthesis requires creating oak/plan/<plan-name>/research/<topic-slug>.md files. Each file must contain consistent frontmatter and follow a defined Research Topics structure to maintain organization and formatting requirements.

To start a research synthesis workflow for OAK planning, create or update oak/plan/<plan-name>/plan.md and the corresponding oak/plan/<plan-name>/research/<topic-slug>.md files. This establishes the directory structure needed to consolidate findings into topic-specific research files.

Yes, merging external sources and codebase analyses into topic-specific research files is the core consolidation feature. This Skill combines findings from project documentation, codebase analyses, and external sources into structured markdown files to inform planning decisions and constitution alignment.

The best way to organize research topics for project planning is maintaining a consistent format under oak/plan/<plan-name>/research/ directories. This ensures research synthesis results align with task planning and constitution requirements while remaining shareable and consistently formatted.

Yes, this research synthesis approach works without additional dependencies. The Skill operates independently to produce structured markdown research files, requiring only the proper OAK planning directory structure and source materials to consolidate into topic-specific outputs.