name: method-discovery
description: Identify all relevant methods via literature, leaderboards, citation chains
execution: subagent
prompt: ./prompt.md
input: task_name, domain, known_methods
used-by: baseline-establishment
Method Discovery
Purpose
Discover the complete set of methods that have been proposed and evaluated for a given task. Uses a multi-pronged search strategy combining leaderboard scraping, academic search, citation chain traversal, and survey paper mining.
Input Schema
| Field |
Type |
Description |
| task_name |
string |
The target task (e.g., "text summarization", "node classification") |
| domain |
string |
Research domain (e.g., "NLP", "graph learning", "computer vision") |
| known_methods |
string[] |
Already-known methods to seed citation chain traversal |
Output Schema
{
"methods": [
{
"name": "string",
"aliases": ["string"],
"year": 2024,
"authors": "string",
"venue": "string",
"family": "string",
"key_innovation": "string",
"paper_id": "string",
"source": "leaderboard|paper|citation_chain|preprint|survey"
}
],
"search_log": {
"leaderboards_checked": ["string"],
"queries_issued": ["string"],
"citation_chains_from": ["string"],
"surveys_consulted": ["string"]
}
}
1---2name: method-discovery-23description: ---4---5---6name: method-discovery7description: Identify all relevant methods via literature, leaderboards, citation chains8execution: subagent9prompt: ./prompt.md10input: task_name, domain, known_methods11used-by: baseline-establishment12---1314# Method Discovery151617## Purpose1819Discover the complete set of methods that have been proposed and evaluated for a given task. Uses a multi-pronged search strategy combining leaderboard scraping, academic search, citation chain traversal, and survey paper mining.2021## Input Schema2223| Field | Type | Description |24|-------|------|-------------|25| task_name | string | The target task (e.g., "text summarization", "node classification") |26| domain | string | Research domain (e.g., "NLP", "graph learning", "computer vision") |27| known_methods | string[] | Already-known methods to seed citation chain traversal |2829## Output Schema3031```json32{33 "methods": [34 {35 "name": "string",36 "aliases": ["string"],37 "year": 2024,38 "authors": "string",39 "venue": "string",40 "family": "string",41 "key_innovation": "string",42 "paper_id": "string",43 "source": "leaderboard|paper|citation_chain|preprint|survey"44 }45 ],46 "search_log": {47 "leaderboards_checked": ["string"],48 "queries_issued": ["string"],49 "citation_chains_from": ["string"],50 "surveys_consulted": ["string"]51 }52}53```
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