# Gap Finder

> gap-finder

- Skill: `45ck/gap-finder` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add 45ck/gap-finder`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/45ck/gap-finder/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: 45ck (https://skillmd.com/u/45ck)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/45ck/gap-finder

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# gap-finder

## Purpose
Identify unresolved questions, weak evidence areas, contradictions, and underexplored spaces.

## Trigger this skill when
- You are doing literature review, related work, comparative research, or evidence-driven design.
- The user needs structured research outputs instead of scattered notes or ad hoc summaries.
- You need traceable justification for claims, gaps, methods, or future directions.

## Expected inputs
- theme map
- screened sources
- research goal
- known practical constraints

## Deliverables
- gap list
- gap rationale
- candidate opportunity statements

## Operating procedure
1. Clarify the research objective, boundary, and decision the output is meant to support.
2. Distinguish source evidence from inference, synthesis, or speculation.
3. Produce the skill-specific artifact in a structured, reusable form.
4. Preserve source-to-theme, theme-to-gap, or claim-to-evidence traceability where relevant.
5. Recommend the next best handoff instead of collapsing the whole literature workflow into one output.

## Quality gates
- The output is scoped to the actual research question rather than generic background.
- Contradictions, uncertainties, and evidence limitations are surfaced explicitly.
- The structure is reusable in a report, review, appendix, or research memo.
- The synthesis adds value beyond a paper-by-paper summary.

## Handoff targets
- future-work-generator
- critical-analysis-writer
- methodology-comparer

## Output style
- Prefer matrices, theme groupings, claim-evidence structures, and explicit comparison criteria.
- Keep facts, synthesis, and speculation distinct.
- Preserve traceability from conclusions back to sources or evidence buckets.
- Surface missing evidence and unresolved questions instead of smoothing them over.

## Failure modes to avoid
- Do not confuse summary volume with analytical depth.
- Do not treat all sources as equally credible or equally relevant.
- Do not fabricate consensus where the literature is mixed or thin.
- Do not hide exclusion reasons, scope limits, or methodological weaknesses.