# 01-RESEARCH

Investigations that have not yet hardened into design.

## Structure

Each effort lives in `NNN-descriptive-name/` and **must** contain `status.md` with:

- a short summary of the effort
- who initiated it
- the areas it touches
- current status: `ONGOING`, `GRADUATED`, or `ABANDONED`

An effort graduates by producing an ADR and a `02-DESIGN` entry. It is abandoned in
place — never deleted. What was rejected, and why, is the more expensive half to
rediscover.