skills/research-init/assets/PROJECT_CHARTER.template.md

# Project charter

## Main question

{{MAIN_QUESTION}}

## Current deliverable

{{CURRENT_DELIVERABLE}}

## Success and valuable failure

- **Success:** {{SUCCESS_CRITERION}}
- **Valuable fallback/obstruction:** {{FALLBACK_RESULT}}
- **Out of scope:** {{OUT_OF_SCOPE}}

## Standing assumptions

{{STANDING_ASSUMPTIONS}}

## Manuscript constraints

Delete this section when the deliverable is not a manuscript or submission.
Leave unresolved fields explicitly unknown; do not infer them from the draft.

- **Venue/template/category:** {{MANUSCRIPT_VENUE}}
- **Language and audience:** {{MANUSCRIPT_LANGUAGE_AUDIENCE}}
- **Deadline/timezone/status:** {{MANUSCRIPT_DEADLINE}}
- **Page/count limit and convention:** {{PAGE_COUNT_CONVENTION}}
- **Front-matter budget:** {{FRONT_MATTER_BUDGET}}
- **Main-exposition budget:** {{MAIN_TEXT_BUDGET}}
- **Figures/tables budget:** {{FIGURES_TABLES_BUDGET}}
- **Bibliography budget:** {{BIBLIOGRAPHY_BUDGET}}
- **Appendix/supplement budget:** {{APPENDIX_BUDGET}}
- **Contingency:** {{PAGE_CONTINGENCY}}

## Work packages and gates

{{WORK_PACKAGES}}