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applyTo: ".researchflow/**/*.json,.researchflow/**/*.jsonl,**/experiments/**/*.md,**/notes/**/*.md"
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When working with research records or experiment notes:

- Keep provenance explicit.
- Distinguish between observations, hypotheses, supporting evidence, contradicting evidence, and planned next steps.
- Bias toward reproducible experiment descriptions with concrete inputs, outputs, and artifact references.
- Do not erase contradictions just because a preferred hypothesis is stronger.