Workspace

Research

Adds the IBIS decision-analysis method to the Research substrate — weigh options with evidence and record the decision, not just the winner.

Record types

The structured data this adds to your pod.

Question
The open question being decided.
Status
Option
A candidate option under consideration — argued for and against by sources.
Stance
Decision
A resolved decision — the recommendation, why it won, and the alternatives that lost (and why).
Summary
Rationale
Alternatives considered
Status

Repeatable runs your agent can start for this project.

Decision AnalysisStructure an open question as a decision via IBIS — enumerate the options, argue each with evidence (keeping the rejected sources), weigh against explicit criteria, and record the…

ResearchDecision Analysis is a research method — it needs the Research substrate (question / source / hypothesis / finding) to work over.

Other ways to install

Opens the Synap app with this install filled in. You confirm it there.

From your terminal

synap market install research-decision

Runs against the pod your CLI is connected to.

Installs as a proposal on pods that review changes. Nothing gets a standing permission to write. How this works

Package details

Kind: Workspace
Identifier: research-decision
Version: h-09e2ac74d4A content hash — it changes when the package does.
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Publisher: Synap