deep-insight-gap-identification

name	deep-insight-gap-identification
description	Identify research gaps via PICOS frameworks, concept matrices, evidence gap maps, keyword extraction, citation analysis, and topic modeling. Systematic discovery of what is missing in the literature.
dependencies	{"tactics":["evidence-mapping"],"sops":["concept-matrix-construction","egm-construction","gap-keyword-extraction"]}

Gap Identification

Discover where gaps exist in the research landscape.

When to Use

User has a research area and needs to find what's missing — uncharted territory, under-explored intersections, or absent evidence.

Budget

Base SOP	Target	±10% Range
web-search	60	54–66
web-research	10	9–11
paper-overview	80	72–88
paper-search	30	27–33
paper-research	5	4–6

State Ledger

Print before every iteration:

<HARD-GATE>
| SOP | Done | Target | % |
|-----|------|--------|---|
| web-search | ? | 60 | ? |
| web-research | ? | 10 | ? |
| paper-overview | ? | 80 | ? |
| paper-search | ? | 30 | ? |
| paper-research | ? | 5 | ? |
Budget Gate: OPEN/CLOSED (>=80% required to exit)
</HARD-GATE>

Available Tactics

• evidence-mapping

Available SOPs

Import: web-search, web-research, paper-overview, paper-search, paper-research Subagent: gap-keyword-extraction, concept-matrix-construction, egm-construction

Execution Guidance

Start with broad web-search + paper-overview to map the landscape. Use gap-keyword-extraction to identify gap-indicating sentences. Build concept-matrix to visualize coverage. Construct EGM for structural view of where evidence is dense vs absent.

Output Format

Gap Candidate List with evidence pointers — each candidate includes: gap description, evidence source, confidence level, and location in concept matrix.

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Tactic	When to use
evidence-mapping	Systematic evidence map construction — search, classify, locate gaps, visualize. Combines concept-matrix-construction, gap-keyword-extraction, evidence-grading, and egm-construction SOPs.

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
concept-matrix-construction	Build articles × concepts coverage matrix to visualize research landscape and identify empty cells as gap candidates.
egm-construction	Build structured Evidence Gap Maps — define axes (intervention × outcome or method × domain), place gaps in cells, annotate with evidence density and quality.
gap-keyword-extraction	Extract gap-indicating sentences and phrases from papers/reviews. Identifies linguistic markers of research gaps (e.g., "remains unclear", "has not been explored", "limited understanding").