refactor(skills): slim down research skill and fix create-pr branch handling

[baleen37]

Slims the research skill and fixes a UX issue in create-pr.

Changes

• research/SKILL.md: 1957 → ~180 words (90% reduction) — removed duplicated content, merged redundant sections, dropped references/ directory
• research/references/: deleted (content was duplicated in SKILL.md)
• research/test-scenarios.md: deleted (internal testing artifact)
• create-pr/SKILL.md: auto-create branch when on main/master instead of stopping to ask

Verified

• SKILL.md reads cleanly end-to-end
• No conflicts with origin/main

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated PR creation workflow to include enhanced automation features and clearer stopping conditions for improved efficiency.
  • Streamlined research skill guidance from verbose handbook into action-oriented reference format with simplified tool selection, verification standards, and evidence guidelines.
  • Reorganized research documentation structure for better user navigation and accessibility.

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ℹ️ Recent review info

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Review profile: CHILL

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📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 1ec67a6 and 9443761.

📒 Files selected for processing (6)

• plugins/me/skills/create-pr/SKILL.md
• plugins/me/skills/research/SKILL.md
• plugins/me/skills/research/references/evidence-standards.md
• plugins/me/skills/research/references/rationalization-guide.md
• plugins/me/skills/research/references/subagent-guide.md
• plugins/me/skills/research/test-scenarios.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Updates PR workflow documentation to automate branch creation from commit messages when on main/master, revises stop conditions, and consolidates research skill documentation from verbose handbook format to streamlined reference style. Multiple research reference documents are deleted and their content merged into the main SKILL.md.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
PR Workflow Documentation plugins/me/skills/create-pr/SKILL.md	Pre-flight step redefined to describe automated branch creation workflow when on main/master instead of a check guideline. Stop conditions changed from "On main/master" and "No changes to commit" to "No changes to commit and no unpushed commits."
Research Skill Restructuring plugins/me/skills/research/SKILL.md	Major documentation refactor condensing verbose handbook into streamlined reference. Quick Reference and strategy sections replaced with Tool Selection. Extensive tables simplified. Evidence Standards and Rationalization blocks moved to compact Red Flags—STOP section and verification prompts.
Research Reference Consolidation plugins/me/skills/research/references/evidence-standards.md, rationalization-guide.md, subagent-guide.md, test-scenarios.md	Four reference documents deleted. Content consolidated into main research SKILL.md. Removed: evidence standards definitions, rationalization guidance, subagent strategy guide, and test scenarios documentation.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• feat(skills): add pr-pass skill and refactor create-pr workflow #540 — Modifies create-pr skill documentation; overlapping changes to pre-flight branch creation and verification workflows
• feat(create-pr): split verify and sync workflows #489 — Updates create-pr SKILL.md with overlapping workflow changes to pre-flight and stop conditions
• feat(skills): add skills system and absorb git-guard into hooks #496 — Affects create-pr skill documentation and associated scripts; related refactoring of conflict-check and preflight logic

Poem

🐰 Branch creation now springs from the commit's wise tale,
Stop conditions tightened, no shortcuts prevail.
Research docs distilled from verbose prose,
To streamlined wisdom—efficiency grows!
Reference files merged with purposeful care, 🌟

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Post copyable unit tests in a comment
• Commit unit tests in branch refactor/slim-research-skill

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