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Online research for a macOS app before building it, run as parallel researcher subagents, saved to docs/research/. Use when the user asks what to build, which features matter, how the best apps in a category work, how a macOS API or integration works, or wants a feature comparison.

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# Research

Research answers three questions before code exists: what the best apps in
the category do, what users love and hate about them, and how macOS lets
you build it. The output feeds `app-brief` and `user-stories`.

## 1. Frame

Write the question in one line, and the decision it informs ("which
features go in version one", "Carbon hotkeys or an event tap"). If the user
gave only a category, the question is "what makes the best <category> app
on the Mac".

## 2. Fan out
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