Radar Init

Radar Init

Scaffold a radar/freshness sidecar for a REF. The radar sidecar tracks GRADE re-assessment, refresh cadence, and signal-gathering history for a paper — the read side (by-grade, radar-stale-queue, by-trajectory views) is rendered by aiwg index build (#1492); this skill creates the sidecars those views consume.

How to run

aiwg corpus radar-init --ref REF-614                 # dry-run (prints what it would write)
aiwg corpus radar-init --ref REF-614 --write         # actually write the sidecar
aiwg corpus radar-init --ref REF-614 --cadence annual --cluster vla-robotics --write
aiwg corpus radar-init --all-missing --write         # every REF with a citation sidecar but no radar

• Dry-run by default. Add --write to create files. Existing radars are skipped.
• Cadence defaults from the analysis doc's GRADE: A→quarterly, B/C→biannual, D→on-demand. Override with --cadence monthly|quarterly|biannual|annual|on-demand.
• GRADE is read from the analysis doc (documentation/references/REF-XXX-*.md): the **Quality**: A- form the canonical/expanded reference templates use, or a **GRADE:** A form. The +/- sign is preserved.
• Cluster is resolved from the corpus-local cluster map (below). Override with --cluster.

Cluster map (corpus-local, no hardcoded ranges)

Cluster tagging is data-driven: create documentation/radar/clusters.yaml in the corpus mapping cluster tags to REF-number singletons and inclusive ranges:

self-evolving-agents:
  - "599"
  - "615-619"
pid-control:
  - "600-605"
vla-robotics:
  - "629-635"

If the file is absent, scaffolded radars get no cluster (you can set --cluster explicitly). The literal REF ranges live in the corpus, never in AIWG.

Corpus root

The corpus root resolves as AIWG_CORPUS_ROOT env > research.corpusRoot in .aiwg/aiwg.config > the current directory (#1497) — same as aiwg index build.

Triggers

• "scaffold a radar for REF-XXX"
• "create radar sidecars for all missing refs"
• "init the freshness tracker for this paper"
• /radar-init

References

• @$AIWG_ROOT/src/artifacts/corpus-tools/radar-init.ts — implementation
• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/frameworks/research-complete/templates/radar-sidecar.md — sidecar template
• radar-status / radar-report skills — the report side