Attempt 1: Try solution
            │
            ▼
         Failed?
            │
     ┌──────┴──────┐
     │             │
    Yes           No → Done
     │
     ▼
Attempt 2: Try different approach
            │
            ▼
         Failed?
            │
     ┌──────┴──────┐
     │             │
    Yes           No → Done
     │
     ▼
    STOP
     │
     ▼
  RESEARCH ← You are here
     │
     ▼
Attempt 3: Try with new knowledge

## Failed Attempts

### Attempt 1
**Approach:** [What was tried]
**Result:** [What happened]
**Error:** [Error message if any]

### Attempt 2
**Approach:** [What was tried]
**Result:** [What happened]
**Error:** [Error message if any]

### Pattern
[What do these failures have in common?]

# Check README
cat README.md

# Check docs directory
ls -la docs/
cat docs/[relevant-topic].md

# Check CONTRIBUTING
cat CONTRIBUTING.md

# Search for relevant docs
grep -r "[keyword]" docs/

# Find similar patterns
grep -r "[pattern]" src/

# Find how others solved similar problems
git log --all --oneline --grep="[keyword]"

# Look at test files for usage examples
grep -r "[function/class]" **/*.test.ts

Search queries to try:
- "[exact error message]"
- "[library name] [problem description]"
- "[framework] [what you're trying to do]"

## Research Findings

### From Repository Docs
- [Finding 1]
- [Finding 2]

### From Codebase
- [Pattern found]
- [Example found]

### From Online
- [Solution found]
- [Workaround found]

### New Approach
Based on research, the new approach is:
1. [Step 1]
2. [Step 2]
3. [Step 3]

gh issue comment [ISSUE_NUMBER] --body "## Research After Failed Attempts

### What Was Tried
1. [Attempt 1]
2. [Attempt 2]

### Research Findings
[Summary of findings]

### New Approach
[How this will be solved now]
"

## Escalation: Need Human Input

**Issue:** #[NUMBER]

**Attempted:**
1. [Approach 1] - [Result]
2. [Approach 2] - [Result]
3. [Approach 3 after research] - [Result]

**Researched:**
- [Sources checked]
- [Findings]

**Current Understanding:**
[What we know now]

**Blocking Question:**
[Specific question that needs human insight]