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description: Top-level Research Operations router. Classifies an enterprise research inquiry (clinical study design / R&D finance / market research / product research) and forks context to the right sub-skill via the research-ops-skills orchestrator, returning a ≤200-word digest with a named owner and one grill challenge. argument-hint: "<research inquiry: study design, R&D budget, market size, user research, etc.>"

/cs:research-ops — Research Operations router

Route this inquiry through the research-ops-skills orchestrator:

$ARGUMENTS

Routing (deterministic, two-signal threshold)

Signal class	Keywords	Sub-skill
CLINICAL	clinical trial, study design, protocol, endpoint, sample size, power, phase, biostatistics, feasibility	clinical-research
RD_FINANCE	R&D budget, program budget, burn, runway, F&A, indirect rate, capitalize vs expense, portfolio ROI	research-finance
MARKET	TAM, SAM, SOM, market sizing, survey, sampling, margin of error, segmentation, competitive intelligence	market-research
PRODUCT	user interview, JTBD, usability, concept test, discovery research, research repository, insight, saturation	product-research

1. Explore the workspace first — a resolving filename routes silently.
2. Single signal or tie → one clarifying question with a recommended answer.
3. Genuine multi-lane → highest-confidence first, run in fork, ask before chaining. Never silently chain.

Output (≤200-word digest)

• What was analyzed
• Top 3 findings, each anchored to a canon citation
• Top 3 next actions with a named human owner where applicable
• Artifact path
• One grill challenge for the user

Hard rules

• Clinical output is an estimate + named clinical owner — never fact.
• Finance output surfaces assumptions; capex-vs-opex routes to a named finance owner.
• Market size shows method (both ways) + assumptions — never a single number.
• Product insight surfaces confidence + source count; singletons are anecdotes.

Distinct from

• research/ (academic) — finds literature/grants/patents. This plans/funds/scopes/synthesizes.
• ra-qm-team — regulatory submission. finance/ — corporate close. marketing-skill — campaign analytics.