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Brian bb45db4aa4 feat(core): consolidate research trio into bmad-deep-recon (#2611)
* feat(bmm): consolidate research trio into bmad-deep-recon

Replace bmad-market-research, bmad-domain-research, and bmad-technical-research
(5,136 lines of near-duplicate legacy step files) with one modern skill,
bmad-deep-recon (~650 lines):

- Research-master-orchestrator persona; conclusions never rest on training
  data alone; lead-following rounds with coverage/novelty-exhaustion stops
- Six type packs as ~25-line policy+craft cards (market, domain, technical,
  competitive, user-voice, academic-lit) + select decision shape layering a
  weighted-matrix method over any type
- Three acquisition modes: Generate (subagent fan-out), Delegate (engine
  registry: CLI/MCP, engine-first strategy), Import (provenance-tracked)
- Claims-ledger verification (normal/high/max) with independence rules and
  optional red-team pass; cited synthesis with staleness map
- Effort presets (quick/standard/deep) over four knobs (subagents,
  sources/round, depth, validation); precedence request > knob > preset
- Plan gate with surface discovery (MCPs/CLIs/engines), routing table, and
  time estimate; use_workflows and subagent_models config
- Create/Refresh/Deepen intents, memlog run-folder workspace, headless JSON
- v6 shims forward the three old IDs with type pre-set; analyst menu,
  catalog, marketplace, docs and translation mirrors updated

* feat(bmm): runtime output_format for bmad-deep-recon (v7 artifact protocol)

Replace the output_formats array with output_format = auto|html|md|both
(default auto): interactive runs render the HTML briefing, headless or
skill-invoked runs present the canonical markdown only. research.md always
exists in the workspace as the machine-readable report; the briefing is its
regenerable face. First instance of the v7 artifact protocol (memlog = truth,
md = distillation under contract, html = face).

* feat(core): move bmad-deep-recon to core-skills; address review findings

Move: research is not code-project-specific — home it in core-skills
(brainstorming precedent) so CIS and core-only installs get it. Skill ID
unchanged; standalone marketplace plugin added; catalogs moved to Core;
{planning_artifacts} falls back to {output_folder} on core-only installs.
v6 shims stay in bmm-skills (the legacy trio were bmm skills).

Review fixes (CodeRabbit):
- Engine briefs are now file-based: invoke templates substitute
  {brief_file} (a skill-generated path), never inline brief text — quotes
  and shell metacharacters in researched content can't shape a command.
- Refresh/Deepen preserve verification statuses for out-of-scope claims.
- HTML briefing: http(s)-only source links, escape source-derived text.
- user-voice pack: redact usernames/handles/emails from verbatim quotes;
  communities complement surveys (triangulate) rather than beat them.
- engine.md: explicit single-writer rule — digests return to the lead,
  which alone writes research.md in plan order.

* feat(core): deep-recon v2 — draft/process/run, faster defaults, research firewall

Rework after first real-run feedback (slow, token-heavy, locally biased
report, end-pass verification degraded quality, digests stranded in
subagent contexts):

- Three modes replace the acquisition-mode machinery: Draft (build a
  deep-research prompt the user runs in their own subscribed tool),
  Process (file a finished report into imports/, extract to digests/,
  distill research.md summary + metadata so downstream never reprocesses),
  Run (native fan-out, first-class). Bare research asks get the choice up
  front with the trade stated honestly.
- Engine/Delegate registry cut: the Draft->Process round-trip is the
  integration with dedicated deep-research tools; engine.md -> run.md.
- Files-first: digests hit {doc_workspace}/digests/ on landing, sections
  commit per dimension, synthesis reads files never conversation memory,
  dead runs resume from disk.
- Research firewall: persistent_facts default now empty, assistants get
  only their brief, project context frames questions but is inadmissible
  as evidence.
- Verification at landing, not end-of-run: normal = spot-check
  load-bearing claims only; red_team default off; heavy passes behind
  high/max. Presets rescaled faster (standard 3 subagents/8 sources/
  depth 2).
- Multi-agent research lessons folded into run.md and the plan gate:
  decomposition topology (breadth/depth/straightforward), per-assistant
  tool-call budgets, query craft with OODA pause, shared source-quality
  card, stop-and-write valve, mechanical citation check at finalize.
- Ripple: v6 shims, catalogs, marketplace, docs one-liners (all five
  languages), template gains source: provenance field.

* feat(core): deep-recon quality pass — carve SKILL.md, recon_kit scripts, single-source verification

- SKILL.md 3989→2091 tokens: Draft/Process/Refresh+Deepen/Finalize carved to
  references/{draft,process,lifecycle,finalize}.md; Run effort knobs + plan
  gate moved into run.md; Overview and pack prose trimmed
- verification.md: red-team pass is the single adversarial mechanism (max
  runs it at full breadth — no double-spawn); level semantics single-sourced
- scripts/recon_kit.py + tests: citations cross-check, memlog claim tally
  (ref=/status= convention, last wins), staleness date math from per-class
  windows, deterministic run-folder slugs, escaped source-appendix HTML
- Draft wired with preferred/banned source policies and an open-floor opening
- external_sources examples (Tavily/Sonar/xAI X-Search MCPs); source-quality
  card: answer engines are aggregators — chase their citations

* docs: Deep Recon explanation page + integration

- new docs/explanation/deep-recon.md: three modes, mode-choice guidance,
  research types, native-run internals diagram, firewall/verification, refresh
- analysis-phase.md research section rewritten for bmad-deep-recon
- core-tools.md: deep-recon in thinking-skills table, full catalog entry,
  migration note for the merged market/domain/technical trio
- workflow-map.md + getting-started.md link the new page
- vi-vn developer guide: last stale old-skill flow mention updated
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