/ask

description: Answer a strategic question using accumulated research
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Bash

Answer Strategic Question

Use accumulated research findings to answer the user's question.

Context

The user will provide a question after this command, like:

• `/ask What opportunities exist in AI agents?`
• `/ask What are the main risks we should watch?`
• `/ask Should we pursue [specific opportunity]?`

Steps

1. **Understand the Question**

• Parse the user's question
• Identify key topics and themes to search for

2. **Search Research Findings**

• First, discover the researcher's shared folder: `ls /home/developer/shared-in/`
• Look for a folder containing "researcher" in the name
• Read all available findings from that folder's `findings/` subdirectory
• Look for relevant information matching the question topics
• Note supporting evidence and sources

3. **Synthesize Answer**

• Compile relevant findings
• Draw connections between data points
• Form a coherent answer

4. **Provide Response**

## Question
[Restate the question]

## Answer
[Clear, direct answer based on research]

## Supporting Evidence
1. **[Finding 1]** (from [date])
   - [Relevant detail]

2. **[Finding 2]** (from [date])
   - [Relevant detail]

## Confidence Level
[High/Medium/Low] - based on [amount of supporting data]

## Caveats
- [Any limitations or gaps in the research]

## Suggested Follow-up
- [Additional research that could help]

5. **Handle Missing Data** If insufficient research exists:

• State what information is missing
• Suggest running `/request-research [topic]` to gather more data

Answer the question now.