Lamina Research

Lamina Research

Reference-loading protocol

• Match the request's primary research decision to one row below.
• Open that linked reference before answering. Add another only when a second

decision materially changes the answer; do not preload the directory.

• Start the response with Using lamina-research: <topic path(s)> so the

selected evidence lens is auditable.

Topic index

| Decision signal | Read | Adds |

|---|---|---|

| Need to plan who or what a verification pass will exercise | Simulation Planning | actors, probes, parallel groups, and success criteria |

| Need to distinguish known evidence, assumptions, and evidence gaps | Evidence Scoping | source inventory and confidence labels |

| Need to merge several walkthrough results into non-duplicative findings | Simulation Synthesis | clustering, root causes, severity, and traceability |

| Need to hand research findings to a designer or implementer | Findings Communication | reproducible evidence and actionable finding structure |

| Need to inspect an existing repository, running product, capture, or ticket | Live Product Grounding | grounded surface and behavior claims |

| Need to define what each actor should attempt in a walkthrough | Actor-Walk Script Design | goals, starting state, stress probes, and observable success |

| Need to record a walkthrough so another person can reproduce it | Walkthrough Evidence | per-step expected/observed evidence |

| Need to learn from a user-supplied competitor, screenshot, or reference | Reference Patterns | borrowed patterns and deliberate differences without market theater |

| Need to define evidence-backed Personas, Actors, permissions, or constraints | User Modeling | provenance-aware user and authority models |

| Need to decompose an actor goal into operations and workflow steps | Task Analysis | outcome-oriented task structure and working sets |

Working rule

Use the smallest sufficient reference set. Common pairs are evidence scoping +

live grounding before a study, and actor-walk design + walkthrough evidence for

a reproducible session. Preserve permissions, states, failures, recovery,

relationships, and evidence limits. Route elsewhere only when another

capability's decision materially changes the research plan.