An Archon workflow that hosts Matt Pocock’s research Method (v1.1.0, skills/engineering/research).
Why
research is AFK by construction — it spins up a background agent, investigates a question against primary sources, and writes cited findings to a markdown file matching the repo’s existing note convention. That is exactly the shape of an Archon box, and it is work that no longer deserves human time.
It is also the natural fan-out for wayfinder’s research-typed tickets: the human works the grilling tickets while the research tickets run unattended.
Cost is low — the research Method is already needed in the bundle for /explore, so the box is a thin Archon pipeline over text the plugin already ships.
Scope
- New
unic-dlc-research workflow + command stub, key-discriminated schema (ADR-0011).
- Hosts the
research Method by path from .archon/methods/ — never registered as a skill.
- Findings land under
<artifacts_dir>/<slug>/ (ADR-0015).
- Container decision recorded per ADR-0017; earns-its-place argument per ADR-0021.
Blocked by
The migration of unic-archon-dlc onto Matt Pocock skills v1.1.0. Do not start before that ships — the Method names, paths, and bundle location all come from it.
Context
Locked in a grilling session on 2026-07-31. The DLC is a Harness that hosts Matt’s Methods; Methods are bundled in the plugin, read by file path, and never registered as skills. The box set was deliberately frozen at nine for the migration, deferring this work.
Acceptance criteria
.archon/workflows/unic-dlc-research.yaml and .archon/commands/unic-dlc-research.md exist, use the key-discriminated node schema (ADR-0011), and pass archon validate.- Every node reads the
research Method through a repo-relative path resolved from .archon/methods/ — no $CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT, no plugin lib/ import (ADR-0023 §5).
- Findings land at
<artifacts_dir>/<slug>/ (ADR-0015) as a cited Markdown file, matching the repo's existing note convention where one is detectable.
- The Method is added to the manifest with
providedTo naming this Box, and the closure test still passes.
- The gate posture is documented: research is read-only, so state explicitly whether
gates.research exists and what its default is.
- An ADR records the Box, its container choice (ADR-0017), and its earns-its-place argument (ADR-0021).
pnpm --filter unic-archon-dlc typecheck and test pass. Version bumped, CHANGELOG entry added in the ## [X.Y.Z] — YYYY-MM-DD format.
An Archon workflow that hosts Matt Pocock’s
researchMethod (v1.1.0,skills/engineering/research).Why
researchis AFK by construction — it spins up a background agent, investigates a question against primary sources, and writes cited findings to a markdown file matching the repo’s existing note convention. That is exactly the shape of an Archon box, and it is work that no longer deserves human time.It is also the natural fan-out for
wayfinder’s research-typed tickets: the human works the grilling tickets while the research tickets run unattended.Cost is low — the
researchMethod is already needed in the bundle for/explore, so the box is a thin Archon pipeline over text the plugin already ships.Scope
unic-dlc-researchworkflow + command stub, key-discriminated schema (ADR-0011).researchMethod by path from.archon/methods/— never registered as a skill.<artifacts_dir>/<slug>/(ADR-0015).Blocked by
The migration of
unic-archon-dlconto Matt Pocock skills v1.1.0. Do not start before that ships — the Method names, paths, and bundle location all come from it.Context
Locked in a grilling session on 2026-07-31. The DLC is a Harness that hosts Matt’s Methods; Methods are bundled in the plugin, read by file path, and never registered as skills. The box set was deliberately frozen at nine for the migration, deferring this work.
Acceptance criteria
.archon/workflows/unic-dlc-research.yamland.archon/commands/unic-dlc-research.mdexist, use the key-discriminated node schema (ADR-0011), and passarchon validate.researchMethod through a repo-relative path resolved from.archon/methods/— no$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT, no pluginlib/import (ADR-0023 §5).<artifacts_dir>/<slug>/(ADR-0015) as a cited Markdown file, matching the repo's existing note convention where one is detectable.providedTonaming this Box, and the closure test still passes.gates.researchexists and what its default is.pnpm --filter unic-archon-dlc typecheckandtestpass. Version bumped, CHANGELOG entry added in the## [X.Y.Z] — YYYY-MM-DDformat.