diff --git a/RubricScoring-2.jsx.txt b/RubricScoring-2.jsx.txt
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+import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  ChevronDown,
+  CircleAlert,
+  Gauge,
+  Minus,
+  Plus,
+  RotateCcw,
+} from "lucide-react";
+
+/**
+ * RubricScoring
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Weighted rubric scoring panel for evaluating a submission against
+ * a set of criteria. Each criterion carries a weight (%) and is
+ * scored 1–5; the total is the weighted average, shown as a
+ * percentage and a letter-style band.
+ *
+ * Design notes:
+ * - High-density technical layout (compact rows, thin borders,
+ *   monospace numerics) suited to an evaluation/dashboard context
+ *   rather than a marketing surface.
+ * - No emoji anywhere — status is conveyed with lucide-react icons.
+ * - Full interactive-state coverage: hover, focus-visible, disabled,
+ *   and an empty state when no score has been given yet.
+ */
+
+const DEFAULT_CRITERIA = [
+  {
+    id: "req",
+    label: "ความครบถ้วนของ Requirement",
+    description: "ครอบคลุมทุกเงื่อนไขที่ระบุใน spec หรือ user story",
+    weight: 30,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "code",
+    label: "คุณภาพโค้ด",
+    description: "โครงสร้างชัดเจน อ่านง่าย มี error handling ที่เหมาะสม",
+    weight: 25,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "test",
+    label: "การทดสอบ",
+    description: "มี test ครอบคลุม edge case และรันผ่านจริง",
+    weight: 20,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "doc",
+    label: "เอกสารประกอบ",
+    description: "README / comment เพียงพอให้คนอื่นเข้าใจและต่อยอดได้",
+    weight: 15,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "perf",
+    label: "ประสิทธิภาพ",
+    description: "ไม่มี bottleneck ที่ชัดเจน ใช้ resource อย่างสมเหตุสมผล",
+    weight: 10,
+  },
+];
+
+const SCORE_LABELS = {
+  1: "ต้องแก้ไขมาก",
+  2: "ต้องปรับปรุง",
+  3: "ผ่านเกณฑ์",
+  4: "ดี",
+  5: "ดีเยี่ยม",
+};
+
+function bandForPercent(pct) {
+  if (pct >= 90) return { label: "ดีเยี่ยม", tone: "band-excellent" };
+  if (pct >= 75) return { label: "ดี", tone: "band-good" };
+  if (pct >= 60) return { label: "ผ่านเกณฑ์", tone: "band-pass" };
+  return { label: "ต้องปรับปรุง", tone: "band-low" };
+}
+
+function ScoreStepper({ value, onChange, disabled }) {
+  const clamp = (n) => Math.min(5, Math.max(1, n));
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={[
+        "flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md border border-slate-700 bg-slate-900/60 p-1",
+        disabled ? "opacity-50" : "",
+      ].join(" ")}
+    >
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        disabled={disabled || value === null}
+        onClick={() => onChange(clamp((value ?? 1) - 1))}
+        aria-label="ลดคะแนน"
+        className="flex h-7 w-7 items-center justify-center rounded text-slate-400 transition-colors hover:bg-slate-800 hover:text-slate-100 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-teal-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-slate-900 disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-40"
+      >
+        <Minus className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
+      </button>
+
+      <div className="flex w-24 flex-col items-center">
+        <span className="font-mono text-sm font-semibold tabular-nums text-slate-100">
+          {value ?? "—"}
+          <span className="text-slate-500">/5</span>
+        </span>
+        <span className="text-[10px] leading-tight text-slate-500">
+          {value ? SCORE_LABELS[value] : "ยังไม่ให้คะแนน"}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        disabled={disabled || value === 5}
+        onClick={() => onChange(clamp((value ?? 0) + 1))}
+        aria-label="เพิ่มคะแนน"
+        className="flex h-7 w-7 items-center justify-center rounded text-slate-400 transition-colors hover:bg-slate-800 hover:text-slate-100 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-teal-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-slate-900 disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-40"
+      >
+        <Plus className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default function RubricScoring({
+  title = "แบบประเมิน Rubric",
+  criteria = DEFAULT_CRITERIA,
+  onSubmit,
+}) {
+  const [scores, setScores] = useState({});
+  const [notes, setNotes] = useState({});
+  const [openNoteId, setOpenNoteId] = useState(null);
+
+  const totalWeight = useMemo(
+    () => criteria.reduce((sum, c) => sum + c.weight, 0),
+    [criteria]
+  );
+
+  const scoredCount = Object.keys(scores).length;
+  const isComplete = scoredCount === criteria.length;
+
+  const weightedPercent = useMemo(() => {
+    if (scoredCount === 0) return null;
+    const earned = criteria.reduce((sum, c) => {
+      const s = scores[c.id];
+      if (s == null) return sum;
+      return sum + (s / 5) * c.weight;
+    }, 0);
+    const weightScored = criteria.reduce(
+      (sum, c) => (scores[c.id] != null ? sum + c.weight : sum),
+      0
+    );
+    if (weightScored === 0) return null;
+    // Show progress against total possible weight, not just what's scored,
+    // so the number reflects the whole rubric rather than a partial subset.
+    return Math.round((earned / totalWeight) * 100);
+  }, [scores, criteria, totalWeight, scoredCount]);
+
+  const band = weightedPercent != null ? bandForPercent(weightedPercent) : null;
+
+  const handleScore = (id, value) => {
+    setScores((prev) => ({ ...prev, [id]: value }));
+  };
+
+  const handleReset = () => {
+    setScores({});
+    setNotes({});
+    setOpenNoteId(null);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="w-full max-w-2xl rounded-lg border border-slate-800 bg-slate-950 text-slate-100">
+      {/* Header */}
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 border-b border-slate-800 px-5 py-4">
+        <div>
+          <h2 className="text-sm font-semibold tracking-wide text-slate-100">
+            {title}
+          </h2>
+          <p className="mt-0.5 text-xs text-slate-500">
+            {criteria.length} เกณฑ์ · น้ำหนักรวม {totalWeight}%
+          </p>
+        </div>
+
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={handleReset}
+          disabled={scoredCount === 0}
+          className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border border-slate-700 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-xs text-slate-400 transition-colors hover:border-slate-600 hover:text-slate-100 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-teal-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-slate-950 disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-40"
+        >
+          <RotateCcw className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
+          ล้างคะแนน
+        </button>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Criteria rows */}
+      <ul className="divide-y divide-slate-800">
+        {criteria.map((c) => {
+          const value = scores[c.id] ?? null;
+          const noteOpen = openNoteId === c.id;
+
+          return (
+            <li key={c.id} className="px-5 py-4">
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap items-start justify-between gap-3">
+                <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+                  <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                    <span className="rounded border border-slate-700 bg-slate-900 px-1.5 py-0.5 font-mono text-[10px] text-slate-400">
+                      {c.weight}%
+                    </span>
+                    <h3 className="truncate text-sm font-medium text-slate-100">
+                      {c.label}
+                    </h3>
+                  </div>
+                  <p className="mt-1 text-xs leading-relaxed text-slate-500">
+                    {c.description}
+                  </p>
+
+                  <button
+                    type="button"
+                    onClick={() => setOpenNoteId(noteOpen ? null : c.id)}
+                    className="mt-2 flex items-center gap-1 text-[11px] text-slate-500 transition-colors hover:text-teal-400 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-teal-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-slate-950"
+                  >
+                    <ChevronDown
+                      className={[
+                        "h-3 w-3 transition-transform",
+                        noteOpen ? "rotate-180" : "",
+                      ].join(" ")}
+                      aria-hidden="true"
+                    />
+                    {noteOpen ? "ซ่อนความเห็น" : "เพิ่มความเห็น"}
+                  </button>
+
+                  {noteOpen && (
+                    <textarea
+                      value={notes[c.id] ?? ""}
+                      onChange={(e) =>
+                        setNotes((prev) => ({ ...prev, [c.id]: e.target.value }))
+                      }
+                      placeholder="เหตุผลประกอบคะแนนข้อนี้..."
+                      rows={2}
+                      className="mt-2 w-full resize-none rounded-md border border-slate-700 bg-slate-900/60 px-3 py-2 text-xs text-slate-200 placeholder:text-slate-600 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-teal-500"
+                    />
+                  )}
+                </div>
+
+                <ScoreStepper
+                  value={value}
+                  onChange={(v) => handleScore(c.id, v)}
+                />
+              </div>
+            </li>
+          );
+        })}
+      </ul>
+
+      {/* Summary */}
+      <div className="border-t border-slate-800 px-5 py-4">
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-4">
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs text-slate-500">
+            <Gauge className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+            <span>
+              ให้คะแนนแล้ว {scoredCount}/{criteria.length} เกณฑ์
+            </span>
+          </div>
+
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+            {band && (
+              <span
+                className={[
+                  "rounded-full px-2.5 py-1 text-[11px] font-medium",
+                  band.tone === "band-excellent" &&
+                    "bg-emerald-500/10 text-emerald-400",
+                  band.tone === "band-good" && "bg-teal-500/10 text-teal-400",
+                  band.tone === "band-pass" && "bg-amber-500/10 text-amber-400",
+                  band.tone === "band-low" && "bg-rose-500/10 text-rose-400",
+                ]
+                  .filter(Boolean)
+                  .join(" ")}
+              >
+                {band.label}
+              </span>
+            )}
+            <span className="font-mono text-2xl font-semibold tabular-nums text-slate-100">
+              {weightedPercent != null ? `${weightedPercent}%` : "—"}
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Progress bar */}
+        <div className="mt-3 h-1.5 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-slate-800">
+          <div
+            className="h-full rounded-full bg-teal-500 transition-all duration-300"
+            style={{ width: `${weightedPercent ?? 0}%` }}
+          />
+        </div>
+
+        {!isComplete && (
+          <div className="mt-3 flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[11px] text-amber-400/90">
+            <CircleAlert className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
+            ยังเหลือ {criteria.length - scoredCount} เกณฑ์ที่ยังไม่ได้ให้คะแนน
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          disabled={!isComplete}
+          onClick={() =>
+            onSubmit?.({
+              scores,
+              notes,
+              percent: weightedPercent,
+              band: band?.label ?? null,
+            })
+          }
+          className="mt-4 w-full rounded-md bg-teal-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-teal-500 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-teal-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-slate-950 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:bg-slate-800 disabled:text-slate-500"
+        >
+          บันทึกผลการประเมิน
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/example_fastapi_endpoint.py b/example_fastapi_endpoint.py
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+"""
+Example endpoint following the fastapi-research skill conventions.
+Use case: submit a research document, kick off background embedding,
+and expose paginated results — matches the doc_embeddings / pgvector
+pipeline noted for CrystalCastle.
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Annotated
+from uuid import UUID, uuid4
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, BackgroundTasks, Depends, HTTPException, Query
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/research-docs", tags=["research-docs"])
+
+
+# --- 1. Separate Create / Response schemas (never reuse one model) -------
+
+class ResearchDocCreate(BaseModel):
+    title: str = Field(..., min_length=1, max_length=200)
+    content: str = Field(..., min_length=1, description="Raw markdown/text to embed")
+    source_url: str | None = Field(default=None, description="Origin of the document, if any")
+
+
+class ResearchDocResponse(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+
+    id: UUID
+    title: str
+    status: str  # "queued" | "embedded" | "failed"
+    created_at: datetime
+
+
+# --- 2. Dependency injection for shared resources ------------------------
+
+async def get_db_session():
+    # Replace with your actual Supabase/asyncpg session factory.
+    session = await create_session()
+    try:
+        yield session
+    finally:
+        await session.close()
+
+
+DbSession = Annotated[object, Depends(get_db_session)]
+
+
+# --- 3. Background task for the actual embedding work --------------------
+
+async def embed_document(doc_id: UUID, content: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Runs after the response is sent. Generates the embedding
+    (e.g. sentence-transformers all-MiniLM-L6-v2) and upserts it
+    into the pgvector `doc_embeddings` table. Anything over a couple
+    seconds belongs here, not in the request/response cycle.
+    """
+    try:
+        vector = await generate_embedding(content)
+        await upsert_embedding(doc_id=doc_id, vector=vector)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        await mark_doc_failed(doc_id, reason=str(exc))
+
+
+# --- 4. Route handlers ----------------------------------------------------
+
+@router.post("", response_model=ResearchDocResponse, status_code=202)
+async def create_research_doc(
+    payload: ResearchDocCreate,
+    background_tasks: BackgroundTasks,
+    db: DbSession,
+) -> ResearchDocResponse:
+    doc_id = uuid4()
+    now = datetime.utcnow()
+
+    await db.execute(
+        "insert into research_docs (id, title, content, source_url, status, created_at) "
+        "values ($1, $2, $3, $4, 'queued', $5)",
+        doc_id, payload.title, payload.content, payload.source_url, now,
+    )
+
+    background_tasks.add_task(embed_document, doc_id, payload.content)
+
+    return ResearchDocResponse(id=doc_id, title=payload.title, status="queued", created_at=now)
+
+
+@router.get("", response_model=list[ResearchDocResponse])
+async def list_research_docs(
+    db: DbSession,
+    limit: int = Query(default=20, ge=1, le=100),
+    offset: int = Query(default=0, ge=0),
+) -> list[ResearchDocResponse]:
+    rows = await db.fetch(
+        "select id, title, status, created_at from research_docs "
+        "order by created_at desc limit $1 offset $2",
+        limit, offset,
+    )
+    return [ResearchDocResponse.model_validate(dict(r)) for r in rows]
+
+
+@router.get("/{doc_id}", response_model=ResearchDocResponse)
+async def get_research_doc(doc_id: UUID, db: DbSession) -> ResearchDocResponse:
+    row = await db.fetchrow(
+        "select id, title, status, created_at from research_docs where id = $1",
+        doc_id,
+    )
+    if row is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="research document not found")
+    return ResearchDocResponse.model_validate(dict(row))
+
+
+# --- Placeholders for the imports referenced above (wire up for real) ----
+async def create_session(): ...
+async def generate_embedding(text: str) -> list[float]: ...
+async def upsert_embedding(doc_id: UUID, vector: list[float]) -> None: ...
+async def mark_doc_failed(doc_id: UUID, reason: str) -> None: ...
diff --git a/example_langchain_rag.py b/example_langchain_rag.py
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+"""
+Example RAG chain following the langchain-research skill conventions.
+Use case: answer a question against the same pgvector doc_embeddings
+store the FastAPI endpoint above populates.
+"""
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential
+
+from langchain_core.output_parsers import PydanticOutputParser
+from langchain_core.prompts import ChatPromptTemplate
+from langchain_core.runnables import RunnablePassthrough
+from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
+from langchain_community.vectorstores import SupabaseVectorStore
+from langchain_openai import OpenAIEmbeddings
+
+
+# --- 1. Structured output instead of freeform text ------------------------
+
+class ResearchAnswer(BaseModel):
+    answer: str = Field(description="Direct answer to the question")
+    sources: list[str] = Field(description="Titles or URLs of documents cited")
+    confidence: float = Field(ge=0, le=1, description="Model's self-rated confidence")
+
+
+parser = PydanticOutputParser(pydantic_object=ResearchAnswer)
+
+
+# --- 2. Prompt kept out of the orchestration logic -------------------------
+# In a real project this lives in prompts/research_qa.yaml, not inline.
+
+SYSTEM_PROMPT = """\
+You are a research assistant answering questions strictly from the provided
+context. If the context does not contain the answer, say so explicitly —
+never fabricate a citation.
+
+{format_instructions}
+"""
+
+prompt = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(
+    [
+        ("system", SYSTEM_PROMPT),
+        ("human", "Context:\n{context}\n\nQuestion: {question}"),
+    ]
+).partial(format_instructions=parser.get_format_instructions())
+
+
+# --- 3. Retriever over the shared pgvector store ---------------------------
+
+def build_retriever(supabase_client, table_name: str = "doc_embeddings", k: int = 5):
+    store = SupabaseVectorStore(
+        client=supabase_client,
+        embedding=OpenAIEmbeddings(model="text-embedding-3-small"),
+        table_name=table_name,
+        query_name="match_doc_embeddings",  # matching SQL function in Supabase
+    )
+    return store.as_retriever(search_kwargs={"k": k})
+
+
+def format_docs(docs) -> str:
+    return "\n\n".join(f"[{d.metadata.get('title', 'untitled')}] {d.page_content}" for d in docs)
+
+
+# --- 4. Retry wrapper for the flaky-provider case --------------------------
+
+@retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(3), wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=2, max=10))
+async def _invoke_llm(chain, inputs: dict) -> ResearchAnswer:
+    return await chain.ainvoke(inputs)
+
+
+# --- 5. Assemble the LCEL chain --------------------------------------------
+
+def build_research_qa_chain(supabase_client, model: str = "gpt-4o-mini"):
+    retriever = build_retriever(supabase_client)
+    llm = ChatOpenAI(model=model, temperature=0)
+
+    chain = (
+        {
+            "context": retriever | format_docs,
+            "question": RunnablePassthrough(),
+        }
+        | prompt
+        | llm
+        | parser
+    )
+    return chain
+
+
+async def answer_research_question(supabase_client, question: str) -> ResearchAnswer:
+    chain = build_research_qa_chain(supabase_client)
+    try:
+        return await _invoke_llm(chain, question)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        # Surface a typed failure instead of letting a raw provider error
+        # propagate — the FastAPI layer maps this to a clean 502/503.
+        raise RuntimeError(f"research QA chain failed after retries: {exc}") from exc
diff --git a/fastapi-research-SKILL.md b/fastapi-research-SKILL.md
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+---
+name: fastapi-research
+description: This skill should be used when the user asks to "build an API endpoint", "design a FastAPI route", "add a Pydantic schema", "implement async data processing", or write FastAPI middleware, dependencies, or research-service integrations.
+when_to_use: Apply when creating or modifying FastAPI endpoints, request/response schemas, background tasks, or API-level error handling in research or data-service codebases.
+argument-hint: [endpoint-or-component-name]
+disable-model-invocation: false
+user-invocable: true
+allowed-tools: Read Edit Write Glob Grep Bash(pytest *) WebFetch
+disallowed-tools: AskUserQuestion
+paths:
+  - "api/**/*.py"
+  - "services/**/*.py"
+  - "research/**/*.py"
+  - "models/**/*.py"
+  - "schemas/**/*.py"
+effort: high
+---
+
+# FastAPI Research API Development
+
+Expert instructions for building scalable, high-performance research APIs using FastAPI.
+
+## Core principles
+
+- **Type safety**: use Pydantic models for rigorous request/response validation.
+- **Async first**: use `async def` for I/O-bound work to maximize throughput.
+- **Dependency injection**: use FastAPI's `Depends` for modularity and testability (DB sessions, auth, config).
+- **Self-documenting**: give every route a clear docstring and type hints so Swagger/OpenAPI stays accurate.
+
+## Implementation standards
+
+### 1. Endpoint design
+- Follow REST conventions: `GET` for retrieval, `POST` for creation, `PATCH` for partial updates, `DELETE` for removal.
+- Group related routes with `APIRouter`, using consistent tags and prefixes.
+- Paginate every list endpoint (`limit`/`offset` or cursor-based).
+
+### 2. Pydantic schemas
+- Define separate `Create`, `Update`, and `Response` models per resource — never reuse one model across all three.
+- Use `Field(...)` to document constraints and units for research parameters.
+- Set `model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)` for ORM integration.
+
+### 3. Error handling & security
+- Raise `HTTPException` with precise status codes (404 missing resource, 409 conflict, 422 validation, 500 unhandled).
+- Register a global exception handler so error responses share one JSON shape across the API.
+- Protect research endpoints with API keys or OAuth2 scopes as appropriate; never leave internal-only routes unauthenticated.
+
+### 4. Integration & storage
+- Manage DB connections through lifespan events or dependency injection — not module-level globals.
+- Use `BackgroundTasks` for long-running simulations or exports; move anything over a few seconds off the request/response cycle.
+
+## Code style & testing
+
+- Follow PEP 8; type-hint every function signature.
+- Write tests with `TestClient` (or `httpx.AsyncClient`) and `pytest`.
+- Mock external research services and databases in the test suite — no live network calls in unit tests.
+
+## Workflow
+
+1. Define the Pydantic schema for the request/response.
+2. Implement the `async` route handler that accepts it.
+3. Delegate business logic to a service/repository layer, not the route function itself.
+4. Return a validated Pydantic response model.
+5. Run `pytest` to confirm nothing regressed before finishing.
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+---
+name: langchain-research
+description: This skill should be used when the user asks to "build a RAG pipeline", "orchestrate an LLM chain", "add a vector store", "write a research agent", or design prompt templates and multi-step reasoning workflows with LangChain.
+when_to_use: Apply when creating or modifying document-retrieval systems, prompt templates, vector-store integrations, or agentic research workflows built on LangChain.
+argument-hint: [chain-or-research-task]
+disable-model-invocation: false
+user-invocable: true
+allowed-tools: Read Edit Write Glob Grep Bash(pytest *) WebFetch
+disallowed-tools: AskUserQuestion
+paths:
+  - "chains/**/*.py"
+  - "research/**/*.py"
+  - "prompts/**/*.txt"
+  - "prompts/**/*.yaml"
+  - "vectorstores/**/*.py"
+effort: high
+---
+
+# LangChain Research Orchestration
+
+Expert instructions for building robust LLM-powered research tools using LangChain.
+
+## Core principles
+
+- **Modularity**: compose chains from discrete components using LCEL (LangChain Expression Language).
+- **Traceability**: enable verbose logging or LangSmith tracing so reasoning steps can be audited.
+- **Prompt decoupling**: keep prompt templates in versioned files, separate from orchestration logic.
+- **State management**: use the memory component that matches the conversation shape — don't default to full-history buffers for long research sessions.
+
+## Pipeline architecture
+
+### 1. RAG (retrieval-augmented generation)
+- **Ingestion**: use recursive character splitting sized for research-paper structure (respect section boundaries where possible).
+- **Retrieval**: query the vector store (Chroma, Pinecone, etc.) with semantic search; add re-ranking when precision matters more than recall.
+- **Context assembly**: format retrieved chunks clearly (source, section) so the LLM can cite them.
+
+### 2. Chain & agent construction
+- Use `SequentialChain` (or LCEL pipes) for multi-step literature reviews: extract → summarize → synthesize.
+- Give agents scoped research tools (search, Arxiv/PubMed lookups) rather than unrestricted web access.
+- Use `OutputParsers` (or structured output via Pydantic) so research findings return in a predictable JSON shape.
+
+### 3. Prompt engineering
+- Use few-shot examples for complex extraction tasks where format matters.
+- Write an explicit system message defining the assistant's role and constraints — don't rely on the default persona.
+- Inject research context through input variables, not string concatenation.
+
+### 4. Performance & reliability
+- Add retry logic (exponential backoff) for flaky LLM providers.
+- Use `astream` / `astream_events` for real-time feedback in research UIs.
+- Summarize long-running research history before it re-enters the prompt, to control token cost.
+
+## Example usage
+
+- **Document QA**: load a PDF, chunk and embed it, answer technical questions with citations.
+- **Synthesis agent**: search multiple sources and compile a structured summary report.
+
+## Evaluation
+
+- Build an evaluation chain that grades outputs against ground-truth answers.
+- Watch for hallucinated citations or claims not present in retrieved context — flag them rather than silently passing.