yogsoth-ai Systematic Survey
Purpose: Deep and exhaustive — exhaustive coverage of all related work on a specific question. PRISMA-style rigor.
When to use: User needs to demonstrate comprehensive literature coverage (e.g., for a survey paper's related work section, or gap analysis requiring complete picture).
Budget
| Base SOP | Target | ±10% Range |
|---|---|---|
| web-search | 50 results | 45–55 |
| web-research | 5 pages | 4–6 |
| paper-overview | 60 papers | 54–66 |
| paper-search | 40 papers | 36–44 |
| paper-research | 30 papers | 27–33 |
State Ledger
Print this table before each major iteration decision:
| SOP | Target | Current | % Complete |
|----------------|--------|---------|------------|
| web-search | 50 | ??? | ???% |
| web-research | 5 | ??? | ???% |
| paper-overview | 60 | ??? | ???% |
| paper-search | 40 | ??? | ???% |
| paper-research | 30 | ??? | ???% |
Do not exit the strategy until all rows reach ≥90%.
Available Tactics
prisma-screening— multi-stage filtering (identification → screening → eligibility → inclusion)citation-chaining— forward/backward citation expansion until saturation
Available SOPs
Import (strict protocol execution):
web-search→ web-browsing/skills/web-search/SKILL.mdweb-research→ web-browsing/skills/web-research/SKILL.mdpaper-overview→ literature-engine/skills/literature-overview/SKILL.mdpaper-search→ literature-engine/skills/literature-search/SKILL.mdpaper-research→ literature-engine/skills/literature-research/SKILL.md
Subagent (CC decides when to invoke):
define-search-protocol— formalize queries + inclusion/exclusion criteriaextract-data— structured comparison tables from deep-read papersquality-assessment— methodological rigor scoringprisma-flowchart— PRISMA-compliant flow documentationsaturation-detection— determine when to stop expandinggap-identification— find what the literature hasn't addressedsurvey-synthesis— produce final structured output
Execution Guidance
- Start with define-search-protocol (formalize queries + inclusion/exclusion criteria)
- Use prisma-screening tactic for multi-stage filtering
- citation-chaining to catch papers missed by keyword search
- saturation-detection to know when to stop expanding
- extract-data for structured comparison tables
- quality-assessment for methodological rigor scoring
- This is the most resource-intensive strategy — budget reflects depth
Output Format
Comprehensive Systematic Review containing:
- PRISMA flow diagram (identification → screening → eligibility → inclusion counts)
- Structured comparison tables (method × dataset × metric)
- Quality assessment scores per paper
- Identified gaps with evidence
- Synthesis narrative connecting findings
Available Tactics
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| Tactic | When to use |
|---|---|
| citation-chaining | Forward and backward citation tracing tactic — expand paper coverage by tracing citation networks in both directions from seed/key papers. Alternates forward (who cited this) and backward (what this cited) passes until saturation. |
| prisma-screening | Multi-stage PRISMA screening tactic — progressively filter papers from a large candidate pool to a focused set for deep reading. Four stages (identification, title/abstract screening, full-text screening, inclusion) with documented counts at each stage. |
Available SOPs
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| SOP | When to use |
|---|---|
| define-search-protocol | Formalize search queries and inclusion/exclusion criteria for systematic surveys. Produces a reproducible search protocol document. Used by systematic-survey. |
| extract-data | Structured data extraction from deep-read papers — produces comparison tables (method, dataset, metrics, results, limitations). Used by systematic-survey and deep-survey. |
| knowledge-acquisition-gap-identification | Identify what the literature has NOT addressed — missing methods, untested combinations, unexplored applications, contradictions without resolution. Used by all strategies. |
| knowledge-acquisition-paper-overview | Abstract-level paper scanning for broad coverage. Import of literature-engine/literature-overview skill. Abstract-level only — no methodology conclusions from abstracts. |
| knowledge-acquisition-paper-research | Full-depth paper reading with raw text extraction. Import of literature-engine/literature-research skill. Must read fullText (true) — equations, hyperparameters, specific claims extracted. |
| knowledge-acquisition-paper-search | AI-summarized paper reading for intermediate depth. Import of literature-engine/literature-search skill. Must call get_paper_content for every analyzed paper. |
| knowledge-acquisition-saturation-detection | Determine when additional searching yields diminishing returns. Analyzes the latest expansion batch against existing corpus to judge continue/near-saturation/saturated. Used by snowball and systematic-survey. |
| knowledge-acquisition-web-research | Full-page web reading for non-academic perspectives — blogs, tech reports, product pages, industry analysis. Import of web-browsing/web-research skill. Must fetch full page via apify for every analyzed page. |
| knowledge-acquisition-web-search | Quick web scanning for landscape understanding. Import of web-browsing/web-search skill. Snippets only — no conclusions from snippets alone. |
| prisma-flowchart | Generate PRISMA-compliant flow data documenting the screening funnel — counts at each stage (identification, screening, eligibility, inclusion) with exclusion reasons. Used by systematic-survey via prisma-screening tactic. |
| quality-assessment | Methodological rigor scoring for papers — evaluates bias risk, reproducibility, sample adequacy using established frameworks. Used by systematic-survey. |
| survey-synthesis | Final synthesis step — weave all gathered evidence (reading notes, extracted data, categorizations) into a coherent structured output appropriate to the strategy type. Used by all 5 strategies as the final step. |