# Research the topic Before you start writing your outline, you must research your topic first to ensure you fully understand all the details about it. * **Check the official docs**: Check out the official documentation/sample projects on your topic. * **Review open-source software** and popular apps using technologies related to your topic, to see how this framework/API/technology is used in practice. * **Find common questions**: Search on StackOverflow to see what common questions are related to your subject, and ask developers you know what they’d like to learn about your topic. * **Play around**: Play around with some code demos to try out things related to your topic - consider this throwaway code, just for testing. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://playbook.wednesday.is/communications/content/processes/articles/write-your-outline/research-the-topic.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.