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Use when doing serious research on any topic - chains literature scan, parallel research, structured review, and citation verification
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| name | general-research-loop |
| description | Use when doing serious research on any topic - chains literature scan, parallel research, structured review, and citation verification |
| kind | workflow |
| audience | anyone |
| ai-tools | any |
| complexity | chained |
| time | 1-3 days |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| source | bundled |
| composes | ["literature-scan","researching-five-things-in-parallel","structured-literature-review","verifying-before-citing"] |
The default chain for serious research on any topic. Runs four bundled spells in sequence: scan the field, parallelize deep-dives on the canonical 5-8 sources, synthesize into a structured review, and verify every citation before publishing. Equivalent in spirit to a discipline-rigorous research workflow.
A verified, structured research document: scope, methods, themes, evidence, gaps, and a bibliography where every citation has been opened.
This is a chain of 4 spells. Each stage hands an artifact to the next.
literature-scanresearching-five-things-in-parallelstructured-literature-review — invoked from Stage 5 (Synthesize) onward, since Stages 1-4 of that skill are already done by Stages 1-2 of this chainverifying-before-citingInput: "Produce a research brief on the effectiveness of carbon border adjustment mechanisms for an executive audience, ~6 pages, this week."
Flow:
Output: 6-page executive brief with verified bibliography.