# Research report format

Use when the artifact must show what was asked, how evidence was gathered, what was found, and what remains uncertain.

## Great instance

- Starts with the research question and decision it informs.
- Makes the method inspectable enough to challenge.
- Uses findings tables for evidence, confidence, and implication.
- States limitations plainly.

## Cut

- Raw notes without synthesis.
- Claims that do not connect to method or source.
- Inflated certainty.

## Skeleton

```markdown
# Research: <question>

## Question
<decision, audience, and scope>

## Method
<sample, sources, date range, and exclusions>

## Findings
| Finding | Evidence | Confidence | Implication |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

## Limitations
<what the study cannot prove>

## Sources
- <source, date, relevance>
```

## Section prompts

- Keep each finding atomic.
- Put evidence and confidence beside the claim.
- List sources as reviewable bullets.
- Do not hide limitations in footnotes.

## Renderer moves

Catalog: ../building-artifacts.md#what-each-file-type-becomes - md doc reader sections; table cell anchors.