Comment by XenophileJKO

So the only quasi disagreement I have is that "research" is one of the strengths of the models, and you should lean on them where possible.

In Claude Code for example I define a research sub-agent and let it do the majority of "research" type tasks. Especially when the research is tangential to what ever my objective is. Even if it is critical, I'll usually ask to have it do a first pass.