spec-kitty.research

To create research documentation with an evidence audit trail, you can scaffold mission-scoped files including research.md, data-model.md, and CSV audit-trail logs. This generates documented decisions, entities, and traceable sources before planning begins.

A Phase 0 research workflow generates traceable research artifacts before spec planning begins. You need it when a mission lacks concrete decisions and supporting evidence, requiring documented entities and source registers to proceed with implementation.

You generate a data model template and source register by running a scaffolding process on your mission branch. This creates data-model.md and research/source-register.csv stubs under the kitty-specs directory to track findings for later review.

The spec-kitty research workflow requires no external dependencies or components. It operates standalone to generate mission-scoped research documentation and preflight guardrails ensuring generation occurs on the correct project root and mission branch.

The best way to track research sources and evidence logs is using structured CSV audit-trail files. Generating evidence-log.csv and source-register.csv stubs ensures sources and findings remain traceable and consistent across downstream planning phases.

You should not use automated research scaffolding when your mission already has existing research documentation, data models, or audit trails. It is designed strictly for the Phase 0 step to initialize templates before spec planning occurs.