feat(wayfinder): run research inline as a subagent, not as a ticket

Research is fully AFK and yields a fact, not a decision, so it never
earns a ticket's session boundary. Drop `research` from the
`wayfinder:<type>` set and reframe it as inline fuel: any session
spins up a `/research` subagent the moment it hits a knowledge gap,
captures the findings on a throwaway `research/<name>` branch, and
leaves a context pointer on the ticket it informs (or the map's Notes).

Updates the SKILL, the GitHub/GitLab/local tracker type lists, and the
docs page, plus a changeset.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Matt Pocock
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co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
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Reframe how **`wayfinder`** handles research: it's no longer a ticket type — it runs **inline as a subagent**. Research is fully AFK (no human gates it) and produces a *fact*, not a decision, so it never earns a ticket's session boundary. Instead, any session — charting or resolving — spins up a `/research` subagent the moment it hits a knowledge gap, keeps working while it reads, and folds the findings straight into the decision it's making. The findings are captured as a primary source on a throwaway `research/<name>` branch (mirroring how `/prototype` captures prototypes), with a context pointer left on the ticket the research informs, or in the map's Notes if it informs the whole effort. Drops `research` from the `wayfinder:<type>` label set (`prototype`/`grilling`/`task`) across the GitHub, GitLab, and local trackers, and re-syncs the docs page.