# Step 5: Technical Trends

## Rules

- 🌐 Search the web to verify claims.
- 📝 Write findings to the document immediately.
- ✅ Speak in `{communication_language}`; write artifacts in `{document_output_language}`.

## Task

Identify technical trends shaping {{research_topic}}.

## Execution

Search for:

- "{{research_topic}} technology trends"
- "{{research_topic}} digital transformation"
- "{{research_topic}} emerging technologies"

Synthesize and append:

```markdown
## Technical Trends

### Current Technology Adoption
...

### Emerging Technologies
...

### Implications for Product Architecture
...

### Source Citations
...
```

Update `stepsCompleted: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]` and load `./domain-steps/step-06-research-synthesis.md`.