deep-dive - Investigate causes and crystallize requirements
Investigates a problem through parallel causal trace lanes, then conducts an evidence-grounded interview to crystallize requirements and hand off a spec.
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Updated: 2026-10-19Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- Parse problem arguments
- Detect project type
- Generate trace hypotheses
- Confirm investigation lanes
- Investigate causal hypotheses
- Rank supporting evidence
- Run rebuttal analysis
- Inject trace findings
- Conduct requirements interview
- Persist workflow state
- Write trace and spec artifacts
- Hand off execution plan
Inputs
- Problem or exploration target
- Working directory
- User lane confirmation
- Existing source code
- Package files
- Git history
Outputs
- Trace report
- Requirements specification
- Persisted workflow state
- Plan handoff
- User-facing lane confirmation
- User-facing interview questions
Requirements
- Claude built-in team mode or sequential fallback
- Explore agent with Haiku model
- state_write capability
- Trace skill contract
- Deep-interview skill contract
- Write access to .omc/specs