SKILL.md
Autonomous Investigation Protocol
Purpose
Provide the canonical contract for investigation skills — research the AI performs in the world (web
search, published data, public filings) while you review the evidence instead of feeding it context.
Where workshop-facilitation governs skills that ask you questions one at a time, this protocol governs
skills that proceed without you: they budget their questions, show their plan, label every claim, and
produce output stable enough to diff against last quarter's run. That last property is the payoff — an
investigation honoring this contract can run as an agent task, in a loop, or on a schedule.
Input
Nothing required — this skill defines the protocol other investigation skills follow. Also useful when invoked standalone: the target of the investigation and, above all, the decision the research should support. Research without a decision is a hobby; every investigation skill asks for the decision because it determines what "just enough" means.