research-ideation

name: research-ideation description: Brainstorm research questions, extensions, and strategies based on current findings disable-model-invocation: true argument-hint: "[topic, finding, or direction to explore]" allowed-tools: ["Read", "Grep", "Glob", "Write", "WebSearch", "Task"]

Research Ideation

Generate research questions, extensions, and strategies building on the current study.

Input: $ARGUMENTS — a topic, specific finding, or direction to explore.

Context

Current study: {{Brief one-line summary of your study, method, setting, and key finding.}}

Steps

1. Read the current findings from docs/results_briefing_for_lit_review.md
2. Identify extension opportunities:
   • New data sources that could test mechanisms
   • Alternative estimation strategies (stacked DID, event study, RDD)
   • Cross-state comparisons
   • Case-level data possibilities
   • Policy variation to exploit
3. Generate 5-10 research questions ranked by:
   • Feasibility (data availability, methodology)
   • Novelty (gap in literature)
   • Impact (importance for policy or theory)
4. For top 3 questions, sketch:
   • Data requirements
   • Identification strategy
   • Expected findings
   • Key references
5. Save to quality_reports/research_ideation_[topic].md