| name | research-papers |
| description | Use when the user wants a literature review, paper summary, research landscape, or sourced synthesis from papers, reports, abstracts, or converted PDFs. |
Axon Research Papers
Use this to create a sourced literature review.
Onboarding Interview
Infer the topic, source constraints, target count, and output format from context. If the topic is clear, proceed immediately.
Ask at most 1-3 concise questions only if blocked, such as the topic, target paper count, or required venue/date/method constraints.
Axon Collection Plan
Use Axon research/search for discovery, scrape/summarize for individual sources,
ingest/embed for larger corpora, and ask/query for synthesis over indexed
content. Prefer primary sources, official HTML/abstract pages, PDFs that Axon
can fetch as readable markdown, or user-provided converted text artifacts.
Core tools:
axon research "<topic> papers literature review" for broad
discovery plus cited synthesis.axon search "<paper/topic query>" --json to gather candidate URLs.axon scrape <url> or axon summarize <url> for one
paper, report, abstract page, HTML page, or readable PDF landing page.axon <source> --wait true when the user provides a corpus to index — one
command covers repos, feeds, local directories of papers, and URLs. Add
--scope site for a whole publication section.axon ask "<question>" and axon query "<topic>" after
indexing to synthesize or inspect retrieved chunks.
Match the approach to the query:
- Single named paper: search/scrape the canonical paper page, then summarize or
ask targeted questions over the scraped/indexed content.
- Paper by description, method, or topic family: search multiple framings, keep
strong anchors, and follow citations or related-work links when available.
- Enumeration queries, such as papers that do a task or benchmark a method:
search multiple framings, expand several strong anchors, and re-seed from
newly found relevant papers.
- Papers that use or exhibit a property: start from the defining paper or
strongest anchor, follow similar/citing/reference pages when available, and
verify the property in the paper body before keeping the candidate.
- Superlatives and leaderboards: use general web search or scrape to find the
ranking, then map top entries back to papers with paper search.
- Author, organization, venue, date, or methodology constraints: verify metadata
and body text before keeping a candidate.
- If a direct PDF fails, scrape the abstract/HTML landing page, locate an
accessible HTML version, or ask for/provide converted local text before
embedding.
Target source types:
- academic papers from arXiv, university sites, ACM/IEEE pages where accessible
- industry reports and whitepapers
- company research blogs
- technical articles and conference summaries
Principles:
- When in doubt, include the relevant paper family rather than only the single
best result.
- Follow references, citations, and related-work sections to avoid stopping at
one strong hit.
- Verify load-bearing constraints in the source text; do not summarize every
candidate in depth.
- Drop only clearly off-topic papers.
Parallel Work
If appropriate, use sub-agents or equivalent parallel task runners:
- Academic Papers researcher
- Industry Reports researcher
- Technical Articles researcher
- Synthesis and citation reviewer
Final Deliverable
# Literature Review: [Topic]
## Abstract
[2-3 paragraph summary]
## Key Papers
[Title, authors, year, venue, DOI/arXiv ID, peer-review status, source URL, key findings, methodology, relevance, fully-read vs abstract-only]
## Themes And Consensus
[What sources agree on]
## Open Questions And Debates
[Disagreements and unresolved questions]
## Emerging Trends
[Recent developments]
## Sources
[Organized by paper/report/article]
## Inclusion Criteria
[Date range, venues/source types, exclusion rules, and related-work/citation notes]
## Rerun Inputs
workflow: research-papers
topic: [topic]
target_count: [number]
output: [markdown/brief]
Quality Bar
- Every major claim should trace to a source.
- Note inaccessible or failed PDFs.
- Distinguish peer-reviewed work from blogs and vendor reports.
- For current Axon capture patterns, see capture-recipes.md.
