diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca651e4..099ad2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ The owner retains publication identity/order, mandatory status, complete durable
 artifacts, verification and Operator acceptance. These packages customize
 answer/detail/example/acknowledgement presentation only.
 
-The automatic `research-auto` Planner package supplies primary-source selection, preferred-domain exploration/refinement and evidence-reading methodology. The manual `research` package remains available on request. Tool arguments, budgets, continuation, recovery and untrusted research provenance belong to the owner.
+The automatic `research-auto` Planner package supplies primary-source selection, preferred-domain exploration/refinement and evidence-reading methodology, publication/version checking, corroboration and already-admitted empirical evidence methods. The manual `research` package remains available on request. Tool arguments, budgets, continuation, recovery and untrusted research provenance belong to the owner.
diff --git a/packages/research-auto/SKILL.md b/packages/research-auto/SKILL.md
index 678ff6b..7418c44 100644
--- a/packages/research-auto/SKILL.md
+++ b/packages/research-auto/SKILL.md
@@ -3,9 +3,21 @@ name: research-auto
 description: Source selection and reading methods for assigned Planner research.
 metadata:
   relayview-display-name: Research methodology
-  relayview-version: 0.12.1
+  relayview-version: 0.12.2
 ---
 
 # Research methodology
 
-Prefer primary sources: the official specification, documentation, or source repository that owns a claim. When an applicable authoritative domain is already known, preferredDomains may rank it higher; omit the option during broad exploration and refine a later search after discovering the right domain. Prefer narrow publisher hosts over broad multi-tenant hosts, and inspect/fetch returned sources before relying on them.
+Prefer primary sources: applicable official documentation, specifications, source code, release notes, maintainer records, and reproducible first-party artifacts that own a claim; use secondary sources for orientation and corroboration. When an applicable authoritative domain is already known, preferredDomains may rank it higher; omit the option during broad exploration and refine a later search after discovering the right domain. Prefer narrow publisher hosts over broad multi-tenant hosts, and inspect/fetch returned sources before relying on them.
+
+When external research is material, use web_search to discover candidate public sources before web_fetching selected applicable evidence instead of guessing a destination URL.
+
+Check publication date, applicable product and version, and whether a source supports the precise claim. State uncertainty, conflicts, missing access, and inferences explicitly.
+
+Corroborate consequential or surprising claims with independent evidence when practical; mirrors, syndication, repetition, and pages derived from one upstream source are not independent.
+
+For an empirically testable technical claim, prefer a small reproducible local experiment only when this role already has an approved execution capability. Record the question, procedure, relevant versions and resolved paths, observation, and limitations; do not generalize beyond the tested environment.
+
+Use confidence language proportional to the evidence and identify claims that still depend on provider ranking, inaccessible sources, or unverified assumptions.
+
+Repeat an exact query only when the cached result is intentionally sufficient; use a materially narrower query when new terms, version, claim, or source scope justify a distinct auditable search.
diff --git a/packages/research-auto/relayview-skill.json b/packages/research-auto/relayview-skill.json
index 0422ae3..be9ac90 100644
--- a/packages/research-auto/relayview-skill.json
+++ b/packages/research-auto/relayview-skill.json
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "source": {
     "kind": "first-party",
-    "reference": "v0.12.1"
+    "reference": "v0.12.2"
   },
   "role": "planner",
   "step": "planning",
   "files": [
     {
       "path": "SKILL.md",
-      "sha256": "235b41d631c6d7e65b24fc902170ec8beb4c0a6b5ed2ff9b70d30bec6c9db58f"
+      "sha256": "112036daeb1f760093345805b8c17b1f385723f3597608cf8ad19d72023ccd74"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_packages.py b/tests/test_packages.py
index 74dd3e6..22d6370 100644
--- a/tests/test_packages.py
+++ b/tests/test_packages.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ class PackageTests(unittest.TestCase):
         text = (package / "SKILL.md").read_text()
         self.assertIn("omit the option during broad exploration", text)
         self.assertIn("inspect/fetch returned sources", text)
+        self.assertIn("Check publication date", text)
+        self.assertIn("Corroborate consequential", text)
         self.assertNotIn("spawn", text)
         self.assertNotIn("save a research file", text)