Step 2: Detailed Research
This step runs a deeper pass and updates context/clarifications.json with follow-up questions. It may be skipped from Gate 1 after Step 1.
What you see after the run finishes
The main completion surface is the clarifications editor.
Questions marked with a red must badge must be answered before you can continue.
The toolbar shows answer progress, review state, and the continue action.
Answer and continue
Same pattern as Step 1 — expand a card, select a choice or type freely, answer any nested Refinements inside the card. Answer all must questions, then click Continue. The button shows Evaluating answers... while the gate check runs, and the screen shows Analyzing Responses while answers are reviewed.
Answer review
After you click Continue, the app evaluates answer completeness, specificity, and consistency.
Possible outcomes:
- The workflow advances to Step 3 when answers are good enough.
- The editor remains open when required answers are missing, vague, or contradictory.
Use the inline feedback and toast message to revise answers before continuing again.
Re-run Step 2
Click Re-run at the bottom left. The Reset Step dialog warns that resetting Step 2 also resets Step 1, because both steps share the same clarifications file. Click Delete N files & Reset to confirm.