Paper Spine Research

PaperSpine Research

Use this skill before motivation confirmation and before any scene-specific writing. No target-scene research means no venue-specific writing advice.

Inputs

Read paper_rewriting_output/paper_spine_config.json when available. The important fields are scene, tier, target_name, official_urls, materials_dir, draft_path, and output_language.

Reference Materials Workspace

Create and use this folder before writing:

paper_rewriting_output/reference_materials/
  source_index.md
  official_requirements/
  target_examples/
  field_sota/
  templates/
  figures_images/
  extracted_notes/

Store downloaded or extracted materials here, including target journal papers, conference papers, competition reference papers, official rules/guidelines, LaTeX or Word templates, reference figures/images, and extracted notes. Do not mix these external examples with user evidence. External examples teach writing logic only.

source_index.md must record every reference item:

Tier Rules

• flash: collect 3 target-scene examples and 3 recent high-quality field/SOTA examples.
• pro: collect 6 target-scene examples and 6 recent high-quality field/SOTA examples.

Users may override counts explicitly, but do not invent that override.

Scene Routes

• journal: read references/scenario-journal.md.
• conference: read references/scenario-conference.md.
• report_review: read references/scenario-report-review.md.
• competition: read references/scenario-competition.md.

For current official requirements, use current web sources when available: author guidelines, CFPs, rubrics, school or department pages, competition rules, templates, and official announcements.

Motivation Comes After Research

Do not finalize the motivation before learning SOTA and target-scene examples. If the user provides a motivation early, treat it as a hypothesis.

Create sota_gap_map.md:

Then create motivation_options_after_research.md:

Rules:

• Each option must be concise. Prefer one controlling contribution over a list of generic benefits.
• If the real novelty is narrow, say so. For example, if the contribution is a conservation score, do not inflate the motivation into long-range context, profile jitter, and many unrelated claims unless user evidence proves them.
• Stop and ask the user to choose, revise, or write their own motivation.
• Only after the user confirms, write confirmed_motivation.md with:
  • exact confirmed motivation,
  • user confirmation status,
  • rejected options and why,
  • scope limits and forbidden overclaims.

Required Outputs

Create:

• paper_rewriting_output/reference_materials/source_index.md
• paper_rewriting_output/research_dossier.md
• paper_rewriting_output/exemplar_learning_dossier.md
• paper_rewriting_output/style_profile.md
• paper_rewriting_output/sota_gap_map.md
• paper_rewriting_output/motivation_options_after_research.md
• paper_rewriting_output/confirmed_motivation.md only after user confirmation

The dossier must separate official requirements, target-scene examples, field SOTA examples, reusable rhetorical moves, and constraints that affect the user's manuscript. Do not borrow claims, data, or results from examples into the user's paper.