research-survey-loop

Research Survey Loop

Survey topic: $ARGUMENTS

Overview

Use this skill for long-running survey work with a primary focus on robotics, embodied AI, computer vision, world models, spatial intelligence, navigation, manipulation, and 3D perception.

The workflow can extend to adjacent computer science topics, but the bundled search priorities, venue choices, and writing templates are optimized for robotics and embodied AI communities rather than for all research domains equally.

The default working style is:

1. Create or resume one task directory under survey_tasks/<topic-slug>/
2. Keep task.md stable unless the user explicitly changes the task itself
3. Append round_log.md every round
4. Rewrite current_task.md every round so the next unattended run has a precise entry point
5. Grow one long survey.md by category paragraphs rather than per-paper cards
6. Move task-absorbed local PDFs out of the root papers/ pool into the task's own sources/papers/

This skill is academic-first. Only include industry_report/ when the user explicitly wants industry or market material mixed into the survey.

Directory Contract

Every survey task lives under:

survey_tasks/<topic-slug>/
  task.md
  round_log.md
  current_task.md
  survey.md
  sources/
    papers/
    supplementary/

Rules:

• Treat the root papers/ directory as an unsorted staging pool, not as the long-term citation location.
• Once a local PDF is truly used by a task, move it into that task's sources/papers/.
• If another task later needs the same paper, copy it from the first task's sources/papers/ into the new task instead of pointing back to the old path.
• Use relative local links from survey.md, such as ./sources/papers/example.pdf.
• If a source cannot be downloaded locally, cite the canonical web URL instead.

Required Resources

Read these bundled files before acting:

• references/source-priority.md for the fixed search order and venue priorities
• references/writing-rules.md for reading depth, citation format, migration rules, and round-closing discipline