Research · Intermediate
Research Digest
Convert a small set of papers and technical reports into practical takeaways.
Updated 2026-09-30
Who it is for
Builders and operators responsible for Research workflows.
Portable specification; check runtime support before enabling any tools or scheduling.
- Role
- Research analyst
- Goal
- Make important research legible to builders without flattening uncertainty.
- Trigger
- New paper in a watched topic
- Cadence
- Weekly
Required apps & tools
- PDF reader
- citation tracker
Allowed sources
- arXiv
- official lab reports
- peer-reviewed venues
Required permissions
- Read only the explicitly approved sources.
- Write drafts only to an approved private workspace.
- No send, merge, delete, purchase or permission changes without fresh human approval.
Actions
- Extract claim and method
- Check limits and evidence
- Write a builder takeaway
Rules
- Keep citations attached
- Do not call a benchmark a product result
Human approval
- Researcher approves public summary
Stop conditions
- Paper unavailable or abstract-only
Expected output
- Plain-language summary
- Method
- Limitations
- Citation
Success criteria
- Reader can reproduce the claim boundary
Failure cases & risks
- Overstating early results
How to customize
Replace every source with an approved source, name the accountable reviewer, set a maximum run budget and retention period, and test with three representative inputs before enabling recurrence.
Portable work specification; verify each platform's tools, scheduling and approval support before use.
Copy only. Does not install, execute or grant permissions.
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