concept-validation

To validate a research concept, submit your concept.md file for structural section checks and novelty scoring. This confirms hypothesis testability and ensures required sections like Background and Methods Overview are present before drafting begins.

Research concept validation requires your concept.md file to contain Background, NOVELTY STATEMENT, Research Question, Methods Overview, and KEY SELLING POINTS sections. Missing any of these structural components results in a validation failure.

Novelty scoring during validation performs three independent scoring rounds and enforces a minimum threshold score of 75. Your research concept must achieve this threshold across all rounds to pass the novelty assessment.

Concept validation works for medical research projects including original research, reviews, case reports, meta-analyses, and technical notes. It applies structural and novelty checks to any of these concept document types.

If your research concept fails novelty validation, your options are to revise the concept, proceed accept-with-risk, or invoke CGU for idea strengthening. These actionable failure options guide your next draft workflow steps.

You should run novelty and structural checks on your concept document before writing an Introduction or Methods section. This prevents wasted effort on low-novelty or incomplete ideas by confirming readiness early in the research process.