| name | cultural-research |
| description | Use this to autonomously populate Martinique_DB. Takes a cultural topic from the 6 CoT circles, runs a deep research loop using gpt-researcher or web search, structures findings into DB-ready entries, and loops until coverage is sufficient. |
Cultural Research Loop — Martinique_DB Population
Autonomously research and populate a cultural knowledge circle in Martinique_DB. This skill applies the Karpathy autoresearch pattern to knowledge base construction: run overnight, wake up to a populated DB.
The 6 Cultural Circles (from reflexion_structuree_cot.md)
Priority order for population:
- Cercle 1 — L'individu (daily life, demographics, habits)
- Cercle 2 — La communauté (family, social structure, annual traditions)
- Cercle 3 — La culture profonde (language, music, food, arts)
- Cercle 4 — Le territoire (geography, communes, flora/fauna)
- Cercle 5 — Histoire & identité (historical timeline, intellectual thought)
- Cercle 6 — Économie & enjeux contemporains (economy, current issues, health)
Research Loop
LOOP FOREVER (until manually stopped or coverage target met):
1. Check coverage report — which sub-topics in the target circle are empty or thin?
2. Pick the thinnest sub-topic
3. Run research (gpt-researcher / web search / Wikipedia FR)
4. Structure findings into DB entries (see Entry Format below)
5. Write entries to martinique_db/data/<circle>/<topic>.json
6. Update coverage report
7. If circle coverage >= 80%, advance to next circle
Entry Format
Every entry in Martinique_DB must include these metadata fields:
{
"id": "unique slug",
"title": "string",
"content": "string — the actual knowledge, 100-500 words",
"category": "cercle_1 | cercle_2 | cercle_3 | cercle_4 | cercle_5 | cercle_6",
"sub_category": "string — e.g. 'gastronomie', 'musique', 'commune'",
"language": "fr | creole | bilingual",
"source": "oral | web | institutional | wikipedia",
"reliability": "verified | tradition | estimate",
"temporality": "historical | current | evolving",
"geo": "string — commune, zone (nord/sud/centre), or 'all'",
"entities": ["list of named entities — people, places, events"],
"relations": [{"entity": "string", "relation": "string", "target": "string"}],
"created_at": "ISO date"
}
Research Sources Priority
- Wikipedia FR (Martinique pages) — structured, reliable
- Collectivité de Martinique official site
- France-Antilles archives
- Academic sources (CNRS, université Antilles)
- ATV / RCI / Martinique La 1ère
- YouTube: transcribe via faster-whisper for oral/musical content
Coverage Metric
Coverage = number of non-empty sub-topics / total sub-topics in circle × 100.
Target: 80% coverage per circle before advancing. Store in martinique_db/coverage.json.
NEVER STOP rule
Once the loop has started, do NOT pause to ask if you should continue. The human may be asleep. Run until manually interrupted or 80% coverage is reached for all 6 circles.