froggo-mission-control: Skill for Claude Code

Research Brief

Purpose

Produce research that answers specific questions with traceable evidence and honest confidence levels. Every claim in a research output is labeled with its source and confidence. Undocumented opinions are not research — they are guesses wearing research clothes.

Trigger Conditions

Load this skill when:

• A specific question needs answering before a decision can be made
• Gathering competitive intelligence on a market, product, or player
• Investigating a technical topic, protocol, or on-chain phenomenon
• Scoping what is known vs. unknown before a strategy doc is written
• Validating an assumption before building an experiment or PRD on top of it
• Synthesizing prior research into a structured summary

Procedure

Step 1 — Write the Research Brief (Before Any Research Begins)

Do not begin gathering information until the brief is complete. Unscoped research produces unstructured outputs.

## Research Brief

**Question**: [One precise research question. Not a topic. A question with a specific answer.]
**Decision this informs**: [What action or decision depends on the answer?]
**Requester**: [Agent or human name]
**Deadline**: [When the output is needed]
**Acceptable sources**:
  - [ ] Web search (public information)
  - [ ] Internal data / DB
  - [ ] Agent memory / prior research in library
  - [ ] On-chain data (Birdeye, Solana explorer, etc.)
  - [ ] Third-party APIs
  - [ ] Primary sources only (no secondary synthesis)
**Depth required**: [Quick scan (30 min) / Standard brief (2-4 hrs) / Deep research (full task)]
**Output format**: [Summary paragraph / Structured report / Bullet list for deck / Raw findings + analysis]
**Known context**: [What we already know or believe about this topic — starting assumptions]
**What "done" looks like**: [Specific deliverable that satisfies this brief]

The question must be specific. Examples:

Bad (topic, not question)	Good (specific question)
"Research our competitors"	"What is the fee structure of the top 5 DeFi lending protocols by TVL on Solana as of this month?"
"Look into user retention"	"What retention tactics do consumer crypto apps use between D1 and D30, and which have published efficacy data?"
"Find out about regulations"	"What are the current KYC requirements for crypto exchanges operating in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia?"