# docs/research/_archive — historical research reviews

This directory holds **research-flavored, point-in-time** documents: the
cross-model adversarial wave reviews and recon audits that critiqued the
framework at a specific commit. They are preserved **verbatim for provenance**
and are **not** maintained as current truth.

> **What's current instead.** For live research/methodology, read
> [`docs/METHODOLOGY.md`](../../METHODOLOGY.md), the standing reconnaissance and
> landscape notes still in [`docs/research/`](../), and the accepted ADRs under
> [`docs/adrs/`](../../adrs/README.md). For the live framework state, see
> [`docs/OVERVIEW.md`](../../OVERVIEW.md) and [`BACKLOG.md`](../../../BACKLOG.md).
> Where an archived review and a current doc disagree, the current doc wins.

Each archived `WAVE_*_FINAL_REVIEW.md` file's original path under
`docs/research/` still contains a one-line **redirect stub** so older prose
references (e.g. ADR-007's citation of Wave-13 "Finding 2") keep resolving.

## Contents

| Archived file | Original path | What it is | Superseded by |
|---|---|---|---|
| [`WAVE_7_10_FINAL_REVIEW.md`](WAVE_7_10_FINAL_REVIEW.md) | `docs/research/WAVE_7_10_FINAL_REVIEW.md` | Cross-model adversarial check of Waves 7–10 | `docs/METHODOLOGY.md`; `docs/V1_V8_COVERAGE.md` |
| [`WAVE_13_FINAL_REVIEW.md`](WAVE_13_FINAL_REVIEW.md) | `docs/research/WAVE_13_FINAL_REVIEW.md` | Wave 13 adversarial cross-model review (ADR-007 cites Finding 2) | ADR-007; `BACKLOG.md` |
| [`WAVE_14_FINAL_REVIEW.md`](WAVE_14_FINAL_REVIEW.md) | `docs/research/WAVE_14_FINAL_REVIEW.md` | Wave 14 adversarial cross-model review | `docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md`; `BACKLOG.md` |
| [`WAVE_15_FINAL_REVIEW.md`](WAVE_15_FINAL_REVIEW.md) | `docs/research/WAVE_15_FINAL_REVIEW.md` | Wave 15 multi-angle self-critique + fix wave | `docs/V1_V8_COVERAGE.md`; `BACKLOG.md` |
| [`WAVE_16_RECON_AUDIT.md`](WAVE_16_RECON_AUDIT.md) | (already archived here) | Wave 16 reconnaissance audit of the recon/landscape docs | the recon/landscape docs it audited |

## Why archive instead of delete

These reviews are the framework's adversarial audit trail — they record which
claims were challenged, which were fixed, and which were left open. Several
accepted ADRs cite them by path. Archiving (rather than deleting) preserves the
provenance and keeps those citations resolvable, while signalling that the
reviews are snapshots superseded by the current methodology and coverage docs.

> Non-research point-in-time artifacts (wave logs, the dated cross-family /
> final-verify review bundles) live in the sibling
> [`docs/_archive/`](../../_archive/README.md) instead.