CD paper-three-pass-extraction
Domain-neutral methodology for autonomously extracting structured notes from a single academic paper via three escalating passes. Pass 1 (inspectional, ~10-15 min) reads title, abstract, intro, section headings, conclusion, references at a glance, then applies the Five Cs framework (Category, Context, Correctness, Contributions, Clarity). Pass 2 (content grasp, ~30-60 min) reads the full paper skipping proofs, answers main-argument / Big-Question / hypotheses / figure-by-figure / references / confusions. Pass 3 (deep understanding, ~1-4 hours, reserved for important papers) virtually re-implements, challenges every assumption, identifies what is NOT said, asks the falsifiability question. The methodology is internal to the agent applying it - questions are answered against the paper's content, never asked of the operator. Use when an extraction agent needs to convert dense academic prose into structured machine-and-human-readable notes - bio papers, CS papers, ML papers, statistics, math, any field.
Domain-neutral methodology for autonomously extracting structured notes from a single academic paper via three escalating passes.
As a process D 45/100 · Unfinished process — References files that are not bundled: ../layered-reasoning/SKILL.md, ../scientific-clarity-checker/SKILL.md, ../research-claim-map/SKILL.md
How to improve
- The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../layered-reasoning/SKILL.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../scientific-clarity-checker/SKILL.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../research-claim-map/SKILL.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../hypotheticals-counterfactuals/SKILL.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../negative-contrastive-framing/SKILL.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../skill-creator/resources/inspectional-reading.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../skill-creator/resources/synthesis-application.md
Process rating: all ten parameters 45/100
- 0Tools and files. 7 referenced file(s) missing: ../layered-reasoning/SKILL.md, ../scientific-clarity-checker/SKILL.md, ../research-claim-map/SKILL.md
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 3 mutating operations with no state check
- 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Steps. 34 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 3493 tokens
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low 10 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Description length 1014: 120–800 characters recommended
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Structure: 21 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 34 items
- +4Has examples (2 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 69.