research-report

name	research-report
description	Research technical projects/papers and generate comprehensive reports with PDF export. Modes: lite (analysis + writing) or full (+ environment setup + experiments). Params: iterations, mode, project-path, output. Use for paper analysis, code review, technical reports, research documentation.
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Research Report Generator

Analyze technical projects/papers and produce comprehensive reports with PDF export.

Modes

Lite Mode (default)

• Literature search + paper analysis
• Code reading (local or remote)
• Multi-iteration report writing
• PDF generation via md2pdf skill
• No environment setup or experiment runs

Full Mode

• Everything in lite mode +
• Conda/virtualenv setup
• Dependency installation
• Experiment execution
• Result analysis

Usage

bash {baseDir}/scripts/research-report.sh \
  --topic "Spatial Forcing" \
  --mode lite \
  --iterations 3 \
  --output both

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
--topic	(required)	Paper/project name or arXiv ID
--mode	lite	lite or full
--iterations	3	Report revision iterations
--output	both	md, pdf, or both
--project-path	(auto)	Local code directory (optional)
--workspace	(current)	Workspace directory

Workflow

Phase 1: Discovery

1. Search arXiv + project pages
2. Fetch related papers (citations + references)
3. Identify key technologies and dependencies

Phase 2: Analysis

1. Read source code (if --project-path provided)
2. Analyze architecture from docs/code
3. Map technology stack

Phase 3: Report Writing (× iterations)

1. Draft outline
2. Write sections iteratively
3. Add diagrams (Mermaid/ASCII)
4. Refine explanations

Phase 4: Export (Full mode only)

1. Setup conda env
2. Install dependencies
3. Run experiments
4. Append results to report

Phase 5: PDF Generation

1. Call md2pdf skill
2. Send to user via Telegram

Output Structure

<workspace>/
├── reports/
│   ├── <topic>_report_v1.md
│   ├── <topic>_report_v2.md
│   ├── <topic>_report_final.md
│   └── <topic>_report_final.pdf
├── memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md (appended)
└── logs/<topic>_research.log

Report Template

The generated report follows this structure:

1. Executive Summary - 100-word overview
2. Motivation - Problem statement + why it matters
3. Background - Prerequisites explained intuitively
4. Core Method - Technical details with analogies
5. Code Analysis - Key files walkthrough
6. Experiments - Setup + results (full mode)
7. Troubleshooting - Common issues + fixes
8. References - Papers + repos + docs

Dependencies

Required:

• pandoc (for PDF export)
• texlive-xetex (CJK + math support)

Full mode only:

• conda/miniconda
• CUDA toolkit (if GPU experiments)

Integration

This skill automatically:

• Uses md2pdf skill for PDF conversion
• Appends to memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md
• Creates structured report directory

Examples

Lite mode, 5 iterations:

research-report --topic "VGGT" --iterations 5 --mode lite

Full mode with local code:

research-report --topic "Spatial Forcing" \
  --project-path ~/Spatial-Forcing/openvla-SF \
  --mode full \
  --iterations 3

PDF only output:

research-report --topic "OpenVLA" --output pdf

Troubleshooting

Issue	Fix
PDF generation fails	Check pandoc --version, install texlive-xetex
CJK characters missing	Install fonts-noto-cjk, verify with fc-list :lang=zh
Math formulas not rendered	Ensure markdown uses $...$ / $$...$$ syntax
Full mode conda fails	Run conda update -n base conda first