research-architect-draft

Research Architect Draft

Draft from verified research decisions and evidence; do not use prose to conceal missing research work.

Required inputs

Before new prose drafting, require:

paper_output/confirmed_research_spine.md
paper_output/evidence_bank.md
paper_output/claim_register.md
paper_output/citation_support_bank.md
paper_output/terminology_ledger.md            # when terms or object identities can drift
paper_output/display_system_plan.md           # for multi-display manuscripts
paper_output/evidence_display_map.md
paper_output/exemplar_adaptation_plan.md      # when target references exist
recorded MANDATORY Gate 3 evidence readiness

If evidence is incomplete, create or update paper_output/execution_plan.md from ../research-architect/templates/execution_plan.md and return to evidence/design; do not draft around the gap.

Read ../research-architect/references/first-draft-architecture.md and ../research-architect/references/evidence-first-drafting.md. Read ../research-architect/references/terminology-and-object-identity.md when a ledger is needed but absent or unresolved. Use ../research-architect/templates/promise_resolution_map.md, ../research-architect/templates/section_blueprints.md, and ../research-architect/templates/writing_rationale_matrix.csv; write tabular artifacts as Markdown under paper_output/.

Evidence-first phases and outputs

1. Lock objects. Create or refresh paper_output/terminology_ledger.md when recurring terms, metrics, datasets, cohorts, model states, conditions, or symbols can drift. Resolve material collisions before prose.
2. Map promises. Create paper_output/promise_resolution_map.md. Give every material question, hypothesis, capability, comparison, mechanism, contribution, or scope promise a stable Promise ID and map it to Claim IDs, evidence/citation/display IDs, bounded closure, and any remaining gap. Produce evidence, narrow, or remove an unresolved central promise.
3. Order evidence. For empirical work, draft Results/findings first, then frame the Introduction around what those results resolve, draft Discussion around the supported answer and alternatives, finalize Methods from the approved/executed record, and write the title and abstract after the argument stabilizes. For other design families, draft the claim-bearing analysis, synthesis, case, or argument blocks first and adapt the architecture.
4. Blueprint. Create paper_output/section_blueprints.md and paper_output/writing_rationale_matrix.md. Each unit identifies its Promise IDs, Object IDs, research-spine link, reference-derived function, project-specific adaptation, evidence/citation/display anchors, planned move, closure or remaining gap, claim boundary, and draft sequence.
5. Prose. Create paper_output/first_draft/main.md and paper_output/final_artifact_manifest.md; create main.tex only when useful.