# Research Plan Checklist

Use this checklist before calling the deepresearch tool.

## Scope and Questions
- Define the primary research question
- Break into 3-7 subquestions
- Define scope boundaries and exclusions
- Define time range and geography

## Evidence Strategy
- Identify primary sources needed
- Identify secondary sources needed
- Define inclusion and exclusion criteria
- Define minimum number of sources per section

## Query Set
- Create query variants per subquestion
- Include synonyms and alternate terms
- Add disambiguating keywords

## Query Log Template
- Query:
- Intended section:
- Date run:
- Notes:
