feynman/skills/research/autoresearch/SKILL.md

name, description

name	description
autoresearch	Use this when the user wants an end-to-end idea-to-paper run, from problem framing through literature, experiments if feasible, and a paper-style draft.

AutoResearch

When To Use

Use this skill when the user wants:

• an idea turned into a paper-style draft
• a full research workflow, not just a memo or reading list
• autonomous progress from topic framing to deliverable

Procedure

1. Restate the idea as a concrete research question and identify the likely contribution type:
   • empirical result
   • synthesis or review
   • method proposal
   • benchmark or audit
2. Search for relevant primary sources first.
3. If the topic is current, product-oriented, market-facing, or asks about latest developments, start with web_search and fetch_content.
4. Use alpha_search, alpha_get_paper, and alpha_ask_paper for academic background or paper-centric parts of the topic.
5. Build a compact evidence table in notes/ or outputs/ before deciding on the paper narrative.
6. Decide whether experiments are feasible in the current environment:
   • if yes, design and run the smallest experiment that materially reduces uncertainty
   • if no, continue with a literature-grounded or theory-grounded draft and state the limitation clearly
7. Produce at least two artifacts:
   • an intermediate artifact (research memo, evidence table, or experiment log)
   • a final paper-style draft in papers/
8. Structure the final draft with:
   • title
   • abstract
   • introduction
   • related work
   • method or synthesis
   • evidence or experiments
   • limitations
   • conclusion
9. End with a Sources section containing direct URLs for every source used.

Pitfalls

• Do not jump straight to drafting before checking the literature.
• Do not treat a current topic as if papers alone are enough.
• Do not fake experiments when the environment cannot support them.
• Do not present speculative contributions as established results.
• Do not omit limitations or missing validation.

Deliverable

A complete idea-to-paper run should leave behind:

• one intermediate artifact in notes/ or outputs/
• one final paper-style draft in papers/
• a source list with direct URLs