research-frontmatter

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Enforce standard YAML frontmatter on research documents in docs/research/. Use when creating, editing, or promoting research files, when user mentions "research metadata", "research frontmatter", or "research staleness".

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Research Frontmatter Standard

Ensure all research files in docs/research/ have standard YAML frontmatter so GitHub renders metadata as a table and readers can judge staleness.

Required Frontmatter

Every research file MUST have these 5 fields at the top of the YAML block:

---
title: "Human-readable title"
version: "1.0.0"
status: Published           # Published | Draft | Living Document
created: YYYY-MM-DD
last_updated: YYYY-MM-DD
---

Additional fields (slug, tags, aliases, promoted_at, last_refreshed, sources) MAY follow the standard fields.

Field Definitions

Field	Required	Format	Description
`title`	Yes	Quoted string	Human-readable document title
`version`	Yes	Semver string	Content maturity version
`status`	Yes	Enum	`Published`, `Draft`, or `Living Document`
`created`	Yes	`YYYY-MM-DD`	Date first authored (from git or inline)
`last_updated`	Yes	`YYYY-MM-DD`	Date of last substantive content change

When to Increment Version

Patch (1.0.0 -> 1.0.1): Typo fixes, formatting, minor clarifications
Minor (1.0.0 -> 1.1.0): New sections added, examples updated
Major (1.0.0 -> 2.0.0): Complete rewrite, fundamental scope change

README Index

The docs/research/README.md table MUST use these columns:

| Topic | Version | Status | Created | Last Updated |

When adding a new entry, append a row matching this format.

Template

New research files should follow docs/research/TEMPLATE.md.

Validation Checklist

When triggered, verify:

File has YAML frontmatter (starts with ---)
All 5 required fields are present
status is one of the 3 allowed values
Dates use ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)
Standard fields appear before any extra fields
README.md entry exists and columns match