Scope a research question into a complete astra.yaml project specification.
npx skills add https://github.com/LightconeResearch/lightcone-cli --skill lc-new
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: lc-new Source: https://github.com/LightconeResearch/lightcone-cli/tree/main/claude/lightcone/skills/lc-new Command: npx skills add https://github.com/LightconeResearch/lightcone-cli --skill lc-new
It helps you turn a raw research question into a complete, structured ASTRA specification without starting from scratch or guessing how to organize inputs, outputs, and decisions.
Tell the AI to start a new analysis scope from your research question by saying: “/lc-new: Scope a new ASTRA analysis for my research question and build the astra.yaml spec.”
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Scoping a new research analysis involves conversation-guided structuring that refines your raw research question and iteratively writes the evolving project specification into an astra.yaml file.
Literature extraction for evidence-informed decisions delegates PDF parsing to lc-extractor agents, which feeds validated outputs back into the main specification for candidate decision identification and review.
The best way to structure analysis outputs is through interactive scoping that transforms your research goals into a concrete analysis structure with clearly separated single-purpose outputs.
Yes, you can set up a project spec without prior dependencies, as the tool requires no external components and relies entirely on YAML frontmatter-defined metadata to guide the initial analysis workflow.
You validate the generated astra.yaml specification by running the astra validate command, which checks the project specification after delegated per-paper extraction and iterative writes are finalized.
A guided YAML workflow for research scoping is not suited for projects lacking a defined research question, or when you need rapid, unstructured note-taking instead of an evidence-informed, iterative specification build.
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LightconeResearchScan source files to generate or augment astra.yaml and universes/baseline.yaml.
collat-labsExtract evidence-grounded research problem, methodology, contributions, results, and limitations from academic papers.
JohannesKoningsSynthesize active conversation context into structured technical specifications and project requirements.
