| name | research-extractor |
| description | Systematically extract and document insights from research sources (papers, articles, documentation, talks). Trigger when user analyzes academic papers, reviews technical content, reads industry articles, or mentions "this paper", "according to research", "the article discusses". Capture concepts, evidence, hypotheses, and bibliography entries with proper attribution. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Grep, Glob, Write |
Research Extractor
Extract concepts, evidence, hypotheses, and bibliography entries from sources with proper attribution and evidence tier classification.
Trigger Conditions
Activate: Analyzes papers/articles, mentions "this paper", "according to research", references publications, extracts concepts from sources
Skip: Implementing code, quick factual lookup, "quick summary only", personal notes
Evidence Tiers
| Tier | Criteria | Examples |
|---|
| 1 | Production deployments, measured outcomes | Company engineering blog with metrics |
| 2 | Peer-reviewed, reproducible | Academic journal, conference paper |
| 3 | Expert consensus, documented reasoning | NIST, expert blogs |
| 4 | Vendor claims, unvalidated | Marketing white papers |
| 5 | Speculation, no data | Opinion pieces |
Steps
- Identify Source: Capture metadata (title, author, publication, date, URL/DOI, type)
- Classify Tier: Apply evidence tier based on source type and validation
- Extract: Concepts, evidence, hypotheses, contradictions
- Integrate: Link to existing knowledge, note contradictions, identify gaps
Output Format
# Research Extraction: [Source Title]
## Source Metadata
- **Title**: [Full title]
- **Author(s)**: [Complete list]
- **Publication**: [Venue]
- **Date**: [Date]
- **URL/DOI**: [Link]
- **Evidence Tier**: [1-5] - [Rationale]
## Concepts Extracted
### [Concept Name]
**Summary**: [1-2 sentences]
**Evidence Tier**: [X]
**Related To**: [Existing concepts]
## Evidence Collected
### [Claim supported]
**Finding**: [What demonstrated]
**Data**: [Specific numbers]
**Tier**: [X]
## Contradictions
**This Source**: [Position A]
**Existing Knowledge**: [Position B]
## Bibliography Entry
[Author], "[Title]," [Venue], [Date]. [URL]
Evidence Tier: [X]
Don't
- Accept claims without noting evidence tier
- Treat vendor claims as Tier 1-2 evidence
- Extract without proper attribution
- Skip contradiction checking
- Cherry-pick supporting evidence only
