diff --git a/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json b/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
index 943f790..1d04ab2 100644
--- a/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
+++ b/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "task_file": "dev/tasks/DEV-000284-live-generic-synthesis-evidence.json",
-  "task_id": "DEV-000284",
+  "task_file": "dev/tasks/DEV-000285-semantic-research-routing-fix.json",
+  "task_id": "DEV-000285",
   "task_revision": 1
 }
diff --git a/dev/tasks/DEV-000285-semantic-research-routing-fix.json b/dev/tasks/DEV-000285-semantic-research-routing-fix.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1edde1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tasks/DEV-000285-semantic-research-routing-fix.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "task_id": "DEV-000285",
+  "task_revision": 1,
+  "architecture_revision": "ADR-0018",
+  "base_repo_revision": "5c98bc3",
+  "risk_tier": "E",
+  "intent": "Route semantically source-dependent current-fact questions to the existing provider-neutral WEB_RESEARCH capability instead of returning an unverified fallback.",
+  "requirement_ids": ["truth-first source routing", "no entity-specific keyword branches", "local deterministic fallback remains honest"],
+  "allowed_change_scope": {"modules": ["interaction"], "paths": ["dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json", "dev/tasks/DEV-000285-semantic-research-routing-fix.json", "modules/interaction/domain/chat.go", "modules/interaction/domain/chat_test.go"]},
+  "forbidden_change_scope": {"paths": ["architecture/**", "security/**", "database/**", "cmd/**", "deploy/**", "LLM-local/**"]},
+  "allowed_architecture_delta": {"new_cross_module_dependencies": 0, "new_canonical_owners": 0, "new_privileges": 0, "new_third_party_dependencies": 0, "new_database_owner_roles": 0},
+  "contracts": {"consume": ["interaction semantic candidate contract", "capability WEB_RESEARCH hint"], "may_change": []},
+  "semantic_owner": "interaction",
+  "canonical_state": ["no new canonical state; only semantic interpretation hints change"],
+  "state_transitions": ["source-dependent question -> WEB_RESEARCH hint -> existing research runtime"],
+  "side_effects_and_privileges": ["existing read-only research connector may be selected by downstream runtime"],
+  "persistence_and_migrations": ["none"],
+  "failure_retry_restart": ["if research is unavailable, existing truthful unverified response remains"],
+  "assumptions": ["lexical cues represent semantic classes such as currentness and observed external state, not named entities"],
+  "acceptance_scenarios": ["weather-like current fact routes to WEB_RESEARCH without city-specific code", "ordinary model mention does not route to research", "non-research factual question remains honest when no source-dependent cue exists"],
+  "required_tests": ["go test ./modules/interaction/domain", "go vet ./modules/interaction/domain", "preflight", "check-diff", "check-architecture", "independent", "git diff --check", "CI", "production health smoke"],
+  "terminal_gap_states": ["BLOCKED_BY_SPEC_GAP", "BLOCKED_BY_ARCHITECTURE_GAP", "BLOCKED_BY_MISSING_CAPABILITY"]
+}
diff --git a/modules/interaction/domain/chat.go b/modules/interaction/domain/chat.go
index a126dad..7989f64 100644
--- a/modules/interaction/domain/chat.go
+++ b/modules/interaction/domain/chat.go
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ func capabilityHintsFor(primary, secondary interaction.SpeechAct, tokens []strin
 	if primary == interaction.SpeechActQuestion || primary == interaction.SpeechActRequestToInvestigate || secondary == interaction.SpeechActQuestion || secondary == interaction.SpeechActRequestToInvestigate {
 		add("COGNITIVE_REASONING")
 	}
+	if sourceDependentQuestion(primary, secondary, tokens) {
+		add("WEB_RESEARCH")
+	}
 	if containsToken(tokens, "напомни") || containsToken(tokens, "напомин") {
 		add("SCHEDULE_REMINDER")
 	}
@@ -446,6 +449,20 @@ func capabilityHintsFor(primary, secondary interaction.SpeechAct, tokens []strin
 	return values
 }
 
+// sourceDependentQuestion identifies semantic classes whose answer depends on
+// a current or externally observed source. It intentionally uses no named
+// place, person or one-off question branch; when the cue is absent the
+// truth-first fallback remains in force.
+func sourceDependentQuestion(primary, secondary interaction.SpeechAct, tokens []string) bool {
+	inquiry := primary == interaction.SpeechActQuestion || primary == interaction.SpeechActRequestToInvestigate || secondary == interaction.SpeechActQuestion || secondary == interaction.SpeechActRequestToInvestigate
+	if !inquiry {
+		return false
+	}
+	currentCue := containsStemInTokens(tokens, "сейчас", "сегодня", "текущ", "актуаль", "последн", "прямо")
+	observedStateCue := containsStemInTokens(tokens, "погод", "температур", "осад", "ветер", "курс", "цен", "стоим", "новост", "распис", "событ", "статус", "доступен", "работает", "запущен", "срок")
+	return currentCue || observedStateCue
+}
+
 func informationRequestKind(message string, candidate interaction.SemanticCandidate) interaction.InformationRequestKind {
 	tokens := semanticTokens(message)
 	if len(tokens) == 0 {
diff --git a/modules/interaction/domain/chat_test.go b/modules/interaction/domain/chat_test.go
index b20efe9..d6c9660 100644
--- a/modules/interaction/domain/chat_test.go
+++ b/modules/interaction/domain/chat_test.go
@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@ func TestInformationRequestsAreClassifiedOnceByInteraction(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSourceDependentQuestionRequestsWebResearchWithoutEntityBranch(t *testing.T) {
+	candidate := BuildDeterministicCandidate("какая погода в Киеве?", "", time.Unix(10, 0).UnixMilli())
+	seen := false
+	for _, hint := range candidate.CapabilityHints {
+		if hint == "WEB_RESEARCH" {
+			seen = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !seen {
+		t.Fatalf("source-dependent question was not routed to WEB_RESEARCH: %+v", candidate)
+	}
+	ordinary := BuildDeterministicCandidate("что такое гравитация?", "", time.Unix(10, 0).UnixMilli())
+	for _, hint := range ordinary.CapabilityHints {
+		if hint == "WEB_RESEARCH" {
+			t.Fatalf("ordinary conceptual question was incorrectly routed to WEB_RESEARCH: %+v", ordinary)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDeterministicCandidateKeepsFirstPersonCompletedWorkAsAssertion(t *testing.T) {
 	candidate := BuildDeterministicCandidate("Я всё уже настроил.", "", time.Unix(10, 0).UnixMilli())
 	if candidate.PrimarySpeechAct != interaction.SpeechActAssertion {