autoresearch

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name: autoresearch description: Stateful single-mission improvement loop with strict evaluator contract, markdown decision logs, and max-runtime stop behavior argument-hint: "[--mission-dir ] [--max-runtime ] [--cron ] [--resume ]" level: 4

<Use_When>

• You already have a mission and evaluator from /deep-interview --autoresearch
• You want persistent single-mission improvement with strict evaluation
• You need durable experiment logs under .omc/autoresearch/
• You want a supported path for periodic reruns via Claude Code native cron </Use_When>

<Do_Not_Use_When>

• You need evaluator generation at runtime — use /deep-interview --autoresearch first
• You need multiple missions orchestrated together — v1 forbids that
• You want the deprecated omc autoresearch CLI flow — it is no longer authoritative </Do_Not_Use_When>

<Required_Artifacts> Canonical persistent storage lives under .omc/autoresearch/<mission-slug>/ and/or .omc/logs/autoresearch/<run-id>/.

Minimum required artifacts:

• mission spec
• evaluator script or command reference
• per-iteration evaluation JSON
• markdown decision logs

Recommended canonical shape:

.omc/autoresearch/<mission-slug>/
  mission.md
  evaluator.json
  runs/<run-id>/
    evaluations/
      iteration-0001.json
      iteration-0002.json
    decision-log.md

Reuse existing runtime artifacts when available rather than duplicating them unnecessarily. </Required_Artifacts>

<Cron_Integration> Claude Code native cron is a supported integration point for periodic mission enhancement. In v1, prefer documenting/configuring cron inputs over building a large scheduler UI.

If cron is used:

• keep one mission per scheduled job
• preserve the same mission/evaluator contract
• append new run artifacts rather than overwriting prior experiments </Cron_Integration>

<Execution_Policy>

• Do not hand execution back to omc autoresearch
• Do not create multi-mission orchestration
• Prefer reusing src/autoresearch/* runtime/schema helpers where they already match the stricter contract
• Keep logs useful to humans, not only machines </Execution_Policy>