Project Evidence Synthesis

This skill turns multiple sources into project-level understanding. It is not a literature review for humans. It is an agent-facing synthesis step before delta proposals.

Boundary

Do not approve sources. Do not mark sources project-core/global-core. Do not mutate strict graph truth directly.

Allowed:

• compare sources;
• extract agreement/conflict;
• identify evidence pressure;
• record normal project memory updates;
• propose strict-review graph deltas only when needed;
• recommend natural next prompts.

Required Reads

Read:

$WORKSPACE/wiki/projects/$PROJECT/project-query-pack.md
$WORKSPACE/wiki/projects/$PROJECT/project-understanding-graph.md if present
$WORKSPACE/wiki/_system/workflows/project-evidence-synthesis.md
$WORKSPACE/wiki/_system/workflows/delta-update-protocol.md

Then query current graph:

python3 "$PLUGIN_ROOT/tools/graph_query_cli.py" summary --repo "$WORKSPACE" --project "$PROJECT" --json
python3 "$PLUGIN_ROOT/tools/graph_query_cli.py" open --repo "$WORKSPACE" --project "$PROJECT" --json

Use project-local paper dossiers when available:

$WORKSPACE/wiki/projects/$PROJECT/papers/<paper-id>/index.md

Synthesis Model

Separate:

• Question: what project question each source affects.
• Claim: what project judgment becomes stronger, weaker, narrower, or obsolete.
• Evidence: result, benchmark, dataset, metric, qualitative finding, or experimental observation.
• Warrant: why the evidence supports the claim.
• Limitation: boundary that blocks overclaim.
• Evidence Need: missing proof required before the claim should strengthen.
• Next Action: search, deep read, experiment, delta, or park.

Evidence Strength

Use conservative labels:

• direct: source directly tests the project claim.
• analogical: source supports a similar mechanism or setting.
• enabling: source provides method/dataset/tool needed to test.
• negative: source challenges or bounds claim.
• weak: useful but indirect, qualitative, or under-specified.

Required Output Sections

# Project Evidence Synthesis

## Current Project State
## Source Set
## Agreement and Conflict
## Claim/Evidence Table
## Evidence Pressure
## Project Understanding Update
## Optional Strict Review
## Human Gate
## Next Natural Prompts

Stop Point

Stop before applying strict-review graph changes unless the human explicitly accepts a D* delta.