Snapshot Writer Agent Skill
| Use when a `research-brief` workspace has a small paper set plus outline and needs a compact reader-facing briefing instead of a full survey.
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill snapshot-writerWhat comes with it
2 672 bytes besides the instructionThe instruction itself
7 sections, as written by the authorSnapshot Writer
Transforms a small core set plus a bullets-only outline into the final research-brief deliverable.
Inputs
Required:
outline/outline.ymlpapers/core_set.csv
Optional:
GOAL.mdDECISIONS.mdqueries.mdpapers/papers_dedup.jsonl
Output
output/SNAPSHOT.md
Script boundary
scripts/run.py should stay a thin adapter over shared review tooling:
- read outline/core-set inputs
- use the concrete Goal and available abstracts instead of copying survey scaffold bullets
- select bounded method/result sentences from abstracts; never duplicate full abstracts into multiple sections
- build a compact pointer-heavy briefing
- write
output/SNAPSHOT.md
Do not move topic-specific ranking rules or deep parsing logic into this script.
Contract
The output should:
- read like a briefing, not a survey draft
- stay bullets-first and compact
- define the topic boundary
- surface key themes
- include explicit paper pointers in a stable format
Acceptance
output/SNAPSHOT.mdexists- includes
## Scope,## Key themes,## What to read first, and## Open problems / risks - includes at least three explicit paper pointers that resolve to
papers/core_set.csv - grounds Scope in at least one core-set paper, grounds every Key-theme bullet,
and covers at least two unique core-set papers across those sections
- stays within the Workflow evaluator's 100-1200 word compactness band
- contains no survey-only scaffolding such as citation quotas, chapter plans, or "why this survey" narration
Non-goals
- full evidence synthesis
- protocol / screening / extraction
- monolithic long-form survey writing
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How to use it
Take willoscar/snapshot-writer from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
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