Scientist Ideation

scientist-ideation

Convert a workshop / topic Markdown into an AI-Scientist-compatible ideas JSON. The model output MUST be produced by Copilot in-session.

Execution model

This is a Copilot-native model task. Copilot reads the topic, brainstorms ideas, generates the JSON, and writes to a workspace file when the user requests it.

Workflow

1. Read the user-supplied workshop / topic Markdown.
2. If needed, check an existing ideas JSON to avoid duplicate directions.
3. Generate candidate ideas in-session and organize them in the AI-Scientist schema.
4. If the user asks for persistence, create or update the ideas JSON file directly.

JSON schema

• Name
• Title
• Short Hypothesis
• Related Work
• Abstract
• Experiments
• Risk Factors and Limitations

Input

• workshop_file or topic Markdown path
• Existing ideas JSON (if any)
• Directional / dataset / resource constraints the user wants preserved

Output

• AI-Scientist-style ideas JSON
• Written directly to a workspace file if requested
• Explicit output path, idea count, and a list of duplicates filtered out

Forbidden

• NEVER call any workspace-custom ideation pipeline.
• NEVER call a model SDK from workspace code to generate ideas.

Failure handling

• If the topic file's structure is too thin, surface the gap and ask for supplementation first.
• If the user asks for persistence but the schema is incomplete, fill it in-session before writing.