ieee-search

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ieee-search

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Search, verify, and organize literature for IEEE communications manuscripts: JSAC, TWC, TCOM, WCL, CL, IEEE conference papers, arXiv preprints, DOI/Crossref metadata, BibTeX, related-work matrices, novelty checks, and citation-gap audits. Use this when the user asks to "find papers", "latest IEEE papers", "related work", "verify DOI", "make BibTeX", "查文献", "找IEEE论文", "补参考文献", or compare a manuscript's claims against prior work. Use live search or available connectors for current facts; never fabricate bibliographic metadata.

IEEE Literature Search and Verification

Use this skill to gather and verify literature evidence before writing the Introduction, Related Work, citations, or cover-letter significance claims. It is a search-and-verification skill, not a license to pad references.

Core stance

• Search live for current literature. For "latest", "recent", venue policy, DOI, metadata, or title verification, use available web/connectors rather than memory.
• Prefer primary sources. Publisher pages, IEEE Xplore, arXiv records, DOI/Crossref pages, and authors' accepted manuscripts beat blog summaries.
• Verify before formatting. Title, author order, venue, year, volume/issue/pages, DOI, and arXiv ID must come from a source. Missing fields stay missing.
• Organize by mechanism and gap. Related work should help the paper argue a technical gap, not become a chronological bibliography.
• Do not overclaim novelty. Search can support "differs from" and "to the best of our checked sources", but not universal first-ever claims without strong evidence.

When to open extra files

File	Open when
references/search-strategy.md	Planning queries, source selection, venue/time filters, keyword expansion, or novelty checks
references/verification-and-bibtex.md	Verifying metadata, DOI/arXiv records, BibTeX, citation keys, and IEEE reference fields

Use ieee-citation after search to format final references, and ieee-writing to turn the related-work map into manuscript prose.

Workflow

1. Extract the search intent: background survey, related-work paragraph, novelty check, DOI verification, BibTeX export, or citation-gap audit.
2. Build query families: system/task, method, metric, venue, and synonyms/acronyms.
3. Search primary sources and note exact source URLs/DOIs/arXiv IDs. For recent work, include the date range searched.
4. Screen for relevance: same system model, same metric, same assumption, or same method family.
5. Verify metadata before creating BibTeX or numbered references.
6. Build a related-work matrix: paper -> problem -> method -> limitation -> how the user's work differs.
7. Return gaps and confidence: what was searched, what remains uncertain, and which claims need softer language.

Output format

1. Search strategy: query families, venues/sources, date range, inclusion criteria.
2. Verified references: citation-ready metadata with DOI/arXiv/source links and missing fields.
3. Related-work matrix: Paper -> problem/method -> key result -> limitation -> relevance.
4. Citation/BibTeX notes: fields to pass to ieee-citation, including uncertain abbreviations.
5. Novelty and gap note: what can be claimed safely and what needs more evidence.