{
  "name": "Research Loop (research -> verify -> approve -> act -> learn -> monitor)",
  "description": "A self-supervising research loop: gathers evidence, verifies it against an independent check, then stops at a human approval gate before anything leaves the sandbox. Draft template - wire tool_slug values to your own tools.",
  "min_tier": "growth",
  "steps": [
    {
      "stage": "research",
      "tool_slug": "web-research",
      "params": {"query": "<your research question>", "max_sources": 8},
      "hil": false,
      "note": "Broad gather. No side effects. Runs unattended."
    },
    {
      "stage": "verify",
      "tool_slug": "evidence-checker",
      "params": {"require_independent_source": true, "min_sources": 2},
      "hil": false,
      "note": "Cross-check the research stage's claims against at least one independent source before anything is proposed. A single self-reported source is not evidence."
    },
    {
      "stage": "propose",
      "tool_slug": "draft-proposal",
      "params": {"format": "one-paragraph recommendation + evidence links"},
      "hil": false,
      "note": "Drafting is free - still no side effects."
    },
    {
      "stage": "approve",
      "tool_slug": "approval-gate",
      "params": {
        "surface": "act.outward",
        "scope": "<name the exact target this run may act on>",
        "ttl_minutes": 60,
        "reason_required": true
      },
      "hil": true,
      "note": "APPROVAL GATE. Nothing downstream of this step runs without a scoped, time-limited, human-granted permission naming this exact target. This step alone blocks on a person."
    },
    {
      "stage": "act",
      "tool_slug": "execute-action",
      "params": {"mode": "paper_or_draft_first"},
      "hil": false,
      "note": "Only reachable once the approval-gate step above has granted a live, matching permission. Prefer a reversible/paper mode over the real action wherever one exists."
    },
    {
      "stage": "learn",
      "tool_slug": "outcome-scorer",
      "params": {"attribute_to_run_tag": true},
      "hil": false,
      "note": "Score the outcome and tag it to this exact run, so it can be re-graded later under updated logic."
    },
    {
      "stage": "monitor",
      "tool_slug": "loop-watchdog",
      "params": {"alert_on_silence_minutes": 120},
      "hil": false,
      "note": "A monitor that stops reporting is itself an alert-worthy event, not silence-as-health."
    }
  ]
}