literature-grounding

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name: literature-grounding description: Guidelines for citing literature in refined ideas. Use [Source ID: X] format when referencing papers. Apply when RefineIdea output should be grounded in retrieved papers.

Literature Grounding

Guidelines for grounding refined research ideas in retrieved literature. Use when RefineIdea output should explicitly cite papers from SearchArxiv/FilterPapers.

Citation Format

Use [Source ID: X] where X is the 0-based index of the paper in the papers list (or filtered_papers).

Example: "Prior work on federated learning [Source ID: 2] shows that..."

When to Cite

• Gap: When stating limitations of existing work
• Innovation: When contrasting your approach with prior methods
• Related work: When building on specific findings

Rules

1. Every technical claim about prior work should cite a source
2. Scores in self-evaluation (if used) must be FLOAT 1.0–10.0
3. Do not copy example scores; reflect actual idea quality
4. cited_source_ids should list indices of papers actually referenced

For RefineIdea

When papers_context is available, ensure:

• research_gap references specific papers
• method_approach acknowledges prior approaches where relevant
• Avoid unsupported claims; ground in retrieved literature