{
  "name": "conditional-research",
  "description": "Triage a topic, route to a deep or quick research branch (conditional `when` + OR-join), gate the result, and report.",
  "version": 1,
  "args": {
    "topic": { "description": "The subject to research" }
  },
  "concurrency": 4,
  "agentScope": "user",
  "budget": { "maxUSD": 1.0 },
  "phases": [
    {
      "id": "triage",
      "type": "agent",
      "agent": "analyst",
      "task": "Decide how much research the topic \"{args.topic}\" needs. Output ONLY JSON: {\"route\": \"deep\"} for broad/ambiguous topics, or {\"route\": \"quick\"} for narrow/well-defined ones.",
      "output": "json"
    },
    {
      "id": "deep",
      "type": "agent",
      "agent": "explorer",
      "when": "{steps.triage.json.route} == deep",
      "dependsOn": ["triage"],
      "task": "Do a thorough, multi-angle investigation of \"{args.topic}\". Cover background, key players, trade-offs, and open questions.",
      "retry": { "max": 2, "backoffMs": 500, "factor": 2 }
    },
    {
      "id": "quick",
      "type": "agent",
      "agent": "explorer",
      "when": "{steps.triage.json.route} == quick",
      "dependsOn": ["triage"],
      "task": "Give a concise, focused answer on \"{args.topic}\" with the 3 most important points.",
      "retry": { "max": 2, "backoffMs": 500, "factor": 2 }
    },
    {
      "id": "review",
      "type": "gate",
      "agent": "critic",
      "join": "any",
      "from": ["deep", "quick"],
      "dependsOn": ["deep", "quick"],
      "task": "Review the research below for unsupported claims. If it is solid, end with 'VERDICT: PASS'; if it is too thin, end with 'VERDICT: BLOCK' and one reason.\n\n{steps.deep.output}{steps.quick.output}"
    },
    {
      "id": "report",
      "type": "reduce",
      "from": ["review"],
      "dependsOn": ["review", "deep", "quick"],
      "agent": "doc-writer",
      "task": "Write a clean markdown brief on \"{args.topic}\" from the validated research:\n\n{steps.deep.output}{steps.quick.output}",
      "final": true
    }
  ]
}