From Ambiguous Questions to Action: Research Mode in Rovo Dev CLI
May 22, 2026Jirat Pasuksmit

Summary
Introduces 'Research Mode' to Rovo Dev CLI, a structured workflow for investigating ambiguous questions before taking action. This mode breaks down questions into research domains, uses top-down (permissions-based) and bottom-up (code/Jira/Confluence) search strategies, delegates to focused subagents, and synthesizes findings into a report with references and next-step options (Jira tasks, Confluence pages). It emphasizes discovery as a first-class workflow, the importance of search direction, clear domain boundaries for subagents, multi-round research needs, and the value of a structured final artifact.
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