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+# Research Agent Spawning
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+## Overview
+System for spawning isolated sub-agents to handle research tasks asynchronously
+
+## Status
+🔄 **In Progress** — Designing spawn and report workflows
+
+## Goals
+- Spawn sub-agents for independent research tasks
+- Parallel execution for multiple research queries
+- Automatic summarization and reporting back
+- Resource management (don't overwhelm system)
+
+## Architecture Ideas
+
+### Option 1: Cron-Based Research
+- Spawn agents via cron jobs
+- Results delivered via Discord
+- Good for: scheduled research, news monitoring
+
+### Option 2: On-Demand Spawning
+- User triggers: "/research [topic]"
+- Spawns isolated session
+- Reports back when complete
+- Good for: deep dives, ad-hoc questions
+
+### Option 3: Persistent Research Channel
+- Dedicated Discord channel
+- All research requests go there
+- Agent monitors and spawns workers
+- Good for: continuous research, collaborative
+
+## Current Exploration
+Testing in #projects channel (1468257895152881796)
+
+## Questions to Answer
+- [ ] How many concurrent agents?
+- [ ] How to handle long-running research?
+- [ ] Where to store results? (Obsidian? SQLite?)
+- [ ] How to prevent spawn loops?
+- [ ] Cost tracking per agent?
+
+## Related
+- [[Multi-User Agent Architecture]] — multi-user considerations
+- [[Memory System]] — where research results might go
+
+---
+
+*Created: 2026-02-25*
+*Next: Test spawning mechanisms*