external-research

Large-scale external research across four trigger modes: (1) Pipeline plateau — breaking optimization bottlenecks when self-improve stalls; (2) Security/CVE — researching known vulnerabilities, CVE advisories, and security mitigations; (3) Compliance — researching regulatory requirements (GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOC2, etc.) and their technical implications; (4) Competitor/benchmark — researching industry-standard patterns, reference implementations, and design alternatives. TRIGGER for any of these four modes. DO NOT TRIGGER when the pipeline is making steady progress or the user just wants a quick web search.