What problem does it solve?
Converts raw research artifacts into a single, strict JSON outline that downstream agents can parse, ensuring the paper's plotting plan, introduction/related-work strategy, and section-level writing plan are coherent and venue-compliant.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Deterministic Outline Generation: Reads idea.md, experimental_log.md, template.tex, and conference_guidelines.md and synthesizes them into workspace/outline.json.
- Schema Validation & Guardrails: Cross-checks output against references/outline_schema.json and enforces hierarchy, citation, and plotting rules via scripts/validate_outline.py.
- Use Case: Ideal for automated multi-agent paper pipelines where a host agent must produce a validated, machine-readable outline for plotting, literature review, and section writing agents.
Quick Start
Produce a validated outline.json from idea.md and experimental_log.md using the outline-agent skill.