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Sigint Update Skill (Swarm Orchestration)

This skill refreshes existing research by delegating to the research-orchestrator agent in update mode. The orchestrator spawns dimension-analysts for the specified dimensions, runs codex review gates, performs delta detection against prior findings, and updates state.

Arguments

Parse $ARGUMENTS before any other processing. Input sanitization: truncate $ARGUMENTS to 200 characters total, strip backticks and angle brackets. Always echo the parsed result so the user sees what was resolved:

• --topic <topic_slug> — Optional: specify which research session to update. Required when multiple sessions exist.
• --area <area> — Optional: specific area to update. Maps to the matching dimension from prior elicitation (e.g., --area regulatory resolves to the dimension whose name contains "regulatory").
• --since <date> — Optional: SINCE_DATE for date-filtered queries. Only fetch data since this date.
• --no-delta — Disable delta detection (DELTA_ENABLED: false). By default, delta detection is enabled (DELTA_ENABLED: true).
• --dimensions <dim1,dim2,...> — Optional: comma-separated list of specific dimensions to update. Only these are passed to the orchestrator, not all dimensions.

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Phase 0: Pre-flight

Step 0.1: Locate Active Research Session

Find the active research state:

Glob("./reports/*/state.json")

If no state.json found:

1. Inform user: "No active research session found. Use /sigint:start to begin."

2. Show what the update would have done based on the parsed arguments. Use this exact format:

   Planned update workflow (blocked — no session data):

   • Topic: {from --topic, or "auto-detect from single session"}
   • Dimensions: {from --dimensions listing each one, or --area mapped to its matching dimension, or "all dimensions from prior elicitation"}
   • SINCE_DATE: {from --since, or "none (fetch all available data)"}
   • DELTA_ENABLED: {"false — findings would be replaced wholesale (--no-delta specified)" if --no-delta, or "true — delta detection would classify findings as NEW, UPDATED, CONFIRMED, POTENTIALLY_REMOVED, or TREND_REVERSAL. UPDATED findings include a delta_detail object sub-classifying the change (substantive, temporal, confidence_shift, source_refresh, metadata) and a newsworthiness signal (high/medium/low) for downstream consumers."}
   • Orchestrator: research-orchestrator would be spawned in MODE: update
   • Elicitation: Prior elicitation from state.json would be reused (not re-run)
   • Reconciliation: {If DELTA_ENABLED: "Reconcile merge — replace updated findings, archive removed, add new (not append blindly). A new lineage entry would be added. Incremental merge: dimensions with unchanged findings files (verified by SHA-256 hash) are skipped — their findings are bulk-confirmed without re-processing." | If not: "Wholesale replacement — findings replaced entirely, no reconciliation against prior findings."}