research-and-analyze

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1. Gather First, Analyze Second

Never try to fetch and analyze in the same pass. External fetches timeout, content is too large for inline processing, and conversation resets lose everything. Instead:

• Gather phase: Fetch all sources to disk. Produce a manifest of successes/failures.
• Analyze phase: Read files from disk in manageable batches. Write findings to disk incrementally.
• Synthesize phase: Compile per-source findings into an overall assessment.

2. Everything Goes to Disk

Source content, intermediate findings, and final assessment all live on the filesystem. This means:

• Work survives conversation resets
• Content can be re-analyzed without re-fetching
• Findings accumulate across sessions
• Large content doesn't overwhelm context windows

3. Work in Batches — Parallelize When Possible