Market Research
When to use
Use this skill for market research when you need to answer a defined research question. The expected result is a sourced synthesis with confidence and gaps.
Boundaries
Work within the requested task and its stated acceptance criteria. Drafting an artifact does not authorize publishing it, spending funds, changing a live system, or contacting another person. Identify any such action separately before taking it.
Inputs
Inspect the question, date range, source quality, and intended use. Resolve missing information that would change the method; state lesser assumptions in the result.
Method
- Diagnose. Define the decision, population, sampling frame, method, data access, and ethical or consent constraints.
- Decide. Compare independent sources and make uncertainty visible.
- Produce. Build a sourced synthesis with confidence and gaps from the inspected material; keep assumptions distinguishable from observed facts.
Decision rules
- Choose a method that fits the claim being tested. Do not infer population-wide behavior from a biased convenience sample.
- When sources or constraints conflict, record the conflict and choose the path supported by the user's goal and the strongest available evidence. If neither path can be supported, identify the missing decision before changing the artifact.
Domain rules
- Choose a method that can answer the decision question with the available sample.
- Check consent, bias, data quality, and whether conclusions exceed the evidence.
Verification
Trace key claims to sources and separate findings from suggestions. Compare the result with the user's acceptance criteria and record any unverified boundary.
Deliver the study plan or synthesis with recruitment, instruments, analysis steps, limitations, and decisions enabled.
Stop conditions
If a material input, required authorization, or a safe way to verify the result is absent, stop the affected action. Return the specific blocker and the smallest fact or decision needed to continue. Do not report an unrun check as passed.
Output
Provide a sourced synthesis with confidence and gaps. Include the decisive evidence and actual verification result. Name any artifact location and unresolved issue that affects its use.
