/autoresearch

name: autoresearch
description: Stateful single-mission improvement loop with strict evaluator contract, markdown decision logs, and max-runtime stop behavior
argument-hint: "[--mission-dir <path>] [--max-runtime <duration>] [--cron <spec>] [--resume <run-id>]"
level: 4

<Purpose> Autoresearch is a stateful skill for bounded, evaluator-driven iterative improvement. It owns one mission at a time, keeps iterating through non-passing results, records each evaluation and decision as durable artifacts, and stops only when an explicit max-runtime ceiling or another explicit terminal condition is reached. </Purpose>

<Use_When>

• You already have a mission and evaluator from `/deep-interview --autoresearch`
• You want persistent single-mission improvement with strict evaluation
• You need durable experiment logs under `.omc/autoresearch/`
• You want a supported path for periodic reruns via Claude Code native cron

</Use_When>

<Do_Not_Use_When>

• You need evaluator generation at runtime — use `/deep-interview --autoresearch` first
• You need multiple missions orchestrated together — v1 forbids that
• You want the deprecated `omc autoresearch` CLI flow — it is no longer authoritative

</Do_Not_Use_When>

<Contract>

• Single-mission only in v1
• Mission setup/evaluator generation stays in `deep-interview --autoresearch`
• Evaluator output must be structured JSON with required boolean `pass` and optional numeric `score`
• Non-passing iterations do **not** stop the run
• Stop conditions are explicit and bounded, with max-runtime as the primary strict stop hook

</Contract>

<Required_Artifacts> Canonical persistent storage lives under `.omc/autoresearch/<mission-slug>/` and/or `.omc/logs/autoresearch/<run-id>/`.

Minimum required artifacts:

• mission spec
• evaluator script or command reference
• per-iteration evaluation JSON
• markdown decision logs

Recommended canonical shape:

.omc/autoresearch/<mission-slug>/
  mission.md
  evaluator.json
  runs/<run-id>/
    evaluations/
      iteration-0001.json
      iteration-0002.json
    decision-log.md

Reuse existing runtime artifacts when available rather than duplicating them unnecessarily. </Required_Artifacts>

<Workflow> 1. Confirm a single mission exists and evaluator setup is already available. 2. Ensure mode/state is active for `autoresearch` and records:

• mission slug/dir
• evaluator reference
• iteration count
• started/updated timestamps
• explicit max-runtime or deadline

3. On every iteration:

• run exactly one experiment/change cycle
• run the evaluator
• persist machine-readable evaluation JSON
• append a human-readable markdown decision log entry
• continue even when evaluation does not pass

4. Stop when:

• max-runtime ceiling is reached
• user explicitly cancels
• another explicit terminal condition is recorded by the runtime

</Workflow>

<Cron_Integration> Claude Code native cron is a supported integration point for periodic mission enhancement. In v1, prefer documenting/configuring cron inputs over building a large scheduler UI.

If cron is used:

• keep one mission per scheduled job
• preserve the same mission/evaluator contract
• append new run artifacts rather than overwriting prior experiments

</Cron_Integration>

<Execution_Policy>

• Do not hand execution back to `omc autoresearch`
• Do not create multi-mission orchestration
• Prefer reusing `src/autoresearch/*` runtime/schema helpers where they already match the stricter contract
• Keep logs useful to humans, not only machines

</Execution_Policy>