discovery-design-taskslisted

# Discovery Task Design > **This skill produces a markdown task design file and must never overwrite an existing `task-design.md`.** ## What This Skill Does Generates a `task-design.md` document that describes a Discovery investigation using one or all of the three patterns from the [Microsoft Discovery advanced investigation patterns](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-advanced-investigation-patterns) documentation: - **Deterministic Investigation** — fully specified parent + numbered subtasks with explicit agents and dependencies. - **Guided Exploration** — high-level phases with broad validation; cognition picks agents inside each phase. - **Autonomous Research** — single root-task prompt with validation requirements only. The full canonical markdown example is embedded in **Appendix A** at the bottom of this file — use it as the byte-for-byte structural reference. ## Inputs to Collect Before generating anything, gather these inputs (use the ask-questions tool if any are missing or ambiguous — do NOT guess). Reuse values already present in the conversation or active editor when possible. Collect the Discovery target first by itself; if the user chooses **Discovery cloud service**, ask the cloud workspace, project, and investigation name in the next question before asking for the objective, pattern, or output folder. | Input | Required | Notes | |---|---|---| | **Discovery target** | Yes | Ask whether the task design is for the **Dis