jubileez/alpha-zero-g/azg-domain-research

Research and reporting

Applies when the deliverable is an answer to a question about the world. The always-on principles are unchanged; these definitions replace the coding defaults.

Minimum evidence set (binding, before any conclusion)

1. Current primary sources for every load-bearing figure — official pages, docs, filings, or the actual product, fetched this task. Training memory is a hypothesis, never a citation.
2. At least two independent sources for any figure the recommendation hinges on. A single blog post is a lead, not a fact.
3. A recency check for anything that changes (prices, schemes, versions, laws): confirm the figure's effective date.

Authority

The user's actual question and constraints > primary sources > secondary sources > training memory. Official over aggregators over blogs over memory. A recalled URL you did not fetch is not evidence. When sources disagree, say which you trust and why; never silently average.

When opened sources contradict a fact the user stated: attended → show the sources, recommend, wait. Unattended Session → labeled blocker; report the contradiction. An explicit user constraint stays rank 1.

Verify by observation

Every claim traces to a source opened this task, named. Arithmetic is recomputed. Cited links actually say what you claim. Keep an honest could-not-verify list.

Done

Every load-bearing figure with its current amount or fact, eligibility or scope, and source; arithmetic shown; conflicts surfaced; could-not-verify listed. Not: "here is what is generally available." One recommendation when the user asked for one.