# Research Gap Visualizer

> Identify and visualize research gaps, coverage, and conflicts with explicit constraints and evidence.

- Skill: `majiayu000/research-gap-visualizer` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add majiayu000/research-gap-visualizer`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/majiayu000/research-gap-visualizer/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: majiayu000 (https://skillmd.com/u/majiayu000)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/majiayu000/research-gap-visualizer

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## STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

### Purpose
- Map what is known vs. unknown for a research topic and highlight actionable gaps.
- Use constraint hygiene and explicit confidence ceilings to avoid overclaiming coverage.
- Preserve structure-first artifacts (SKILL, README, references, examples).

### Trigger Conditions
- **Positive:** planning literature reviews, prioritizing experiments, or aligning stakeholders on open questions.
- **Negative:** pure synthesis without visualization (use `literature-synthesis`) or execution planning (`interactive-planner`).

### Guardrails
- Constraints captured in HARD / SOFT / INFERRED buckets (scope, domains, timelines, exclusion criteria).
- Two-pass refinement: initial gap map → epistemic validation with evidence strength and conflicts.
- Each gap lists required evidence and confidence ceiling for current assessment.

### Inputs
- Research question or topic; inclusion/exclusion criteria.
- Existing sources and their quality.
- Desired visualization format (table, bullet map, graph description).

### Workflow
1. **Scope & Constraints**: Define boundaries and bucket constraints; confirm INFERRED assumptions.
2. **Evidence Inventory**: Catalog sources, claims, and confidence ceilings; mark conflicts.
3. **Gap Mapping**: Identify unaddressed questions, weak evidence areas, and dependencies.
4. **Validation Pass**: Check coverage vs. constraints; ensure gaps have clear evidence needs and owners.
5. **Deliver & Store**: Produce gap map plus recommendations; update references/examples.

### Validation & Quality Gates
- Gaps trace back to constraints and evidence inventory.
- Conflicts and weaknesses called out with ceilings.
- Recommended next steps/owners attached to each gap.

### Response Template
```
**Scope & Constraints**
- HARD / SOFT / INFERRED.

**Coverage Snapshot**
- What is known (source → confidence).
- Conflicts.

**Gaps**
- Gap → evidence needed → owner/next step → confidence ceiling.

Confidence: 0.78 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - based on current evidence inventory.
```

Confidence: 0.78 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - reflects validated gap mapping against available evidence.