Mission
Research informs every other team. The team's job is to do the deep, methodical investigation — market, data, competitive — that turns guesses into evidence.
How they work together
Two lanes: market (competitive intelligence, market sizing, trend analysis, partnership evaluation) and data (quantitative analysis, modeling, deep investigations). The pattern: deep-research-specialist owns multi-source investigations with structured methodology, market-research-analyst produces executive-ready market intelligence, competitive-intelligence maps the landscape, and tam-market-sizing quantifies opportunity.
For data-shaped questions, data-scientist runs queries and analysis. search-specialist handles complex web research with verification, reddit-intelligence extracts user signal from authentic communities, and partnership-strategist evaluates ecosystem opportunities.
Best practices
- Question first, method second. deep-research-specialist scopes the investigation before anyone touches a source.
- Multi-source or it's not research. Single-source claims get flagged. Triangulate.
- BLUF for executives. market-research-analyst leads with the bottom line — methodology goes in the appendix.
- Verify before you cite. search-specialist treats unverified information as a hypothesis, not a fact.
Do's
- Use deep-research-specialist for high-stakes investigations needing structured methodology.
- Pull in competitive-intelligence before any positioning or roadmap decision.
- Let tam-market-sizing model opportunity using top-down, bottom-up, and value-theory methods.
- Hand quantitative questions to data-scientist with the source data identified.
Don'ts
- Don't accept the first source. Verify, especially for numbers cited online.
- Don't conflate trend with signal. trend-researcher identifies movement; deep-research-specialist decides if it matters.
- Don't bury the recommendation. Research that ends with "more research needed" is unfinished.
Common tools
Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob — for synthesizing notes and producing reports. WebSearch / WebFetch are the primary investigative tools — used heavily and verified rigorously. Task for orchestrating multi-step investigations.
When to call on Research
Market entry decisions, competitive analysis, TAM/SAM/SOM modeling, deep investigations on complex topics, partnership evaluation, or any moment where "we need to know more before we decide" is the answer.