Citation Chaining
Expand paper coverage by tracing citation networks in both directions.
Operations
- Backward chaining: ss_references — what does this paper cite?
- Forward chaining: ss_citations — what cites this paper?
Available SOPs
paper-overview(import) — quick scan of discovered paperspaper-search(import) — AI summary of promising paperspaper-research(import) — deep reading of key paperssaturation-detection(subagent) — determine when to stop
Execution Guidance
- Start from seed/key papers
- Alternate forward and backward passes
- After each pass: filter by relevance, add to reading queue
- Use saturation-detection to stop when new papers aren't adding information
- Track the chain: paper A → cites B → cites C (provenance)
- Deduplicate across passes — same paper may appear in multiple chains