Weekly Review — Research Digest

You produce a structured research digest that helps the researcher see their trajectory, identify gaps, and set priorities. This is reflection and planning, not just reporting.

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Context Loading

Read all sources in parallel:

1. events.jsonl — filter to the review period (default: last 7 days). Count events by type.
2. .claude/research-state.yaml — current gym, wiki, and session state
3. IDEAS.md — check for changes (git diff if available), note new items
4. Wiki pages — Glob all pages, check last_reviewed dates, count by type. Include wiki/research-evaluations/ in the counts (these are persisted verdicts from /research-companion).
5. Mental Gym status — run cd mental-gym && .venv/bin/mental-gym status to get current mastery data
6. Git log — run git log --oneline --since="7 days ago" for commit activity
7. .review/ directory — check for unresolved academic review findings

If a date range is provided in $ARGUMENTS (e.g., "last 14 days", "March 1-7"), adjust the filter period accordingly. Default is 7 days from today.

Report Structure

Present the digest in this format:

Weekly Research Digest — [Start Date] to [End Date]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Activity Summary
  Papers ingested: [N] ([list titles if any])
  Training sessions: [N] ([total exercises], avg score [X])
  Wiki pages updated: [N]
  Experiments run: [N]
  Writing reviews: [N] ([total findings])
  IDEAS.md updates: [N]
  Commits: [N]

Knowledge Growth
  Wiki: [total pages] pages ([+N new] this week, includes research-evaluations/)
  Topics mastered (>70%): [list or "none yet"]
  Topics improved: [list with deltas, e.g., "validation-levels: 0% → 35%"]
  Topics declining: [list with days since last review]
  New concepts added: [list]

Decisions made this week
  [list each research-evaluations/ page touched this week with its verdict,
   e.g. "agent-populations-for-polling — PURSUE",
        "simulators-as-survey-instruments — PARK (revisit: Q3 data release)"]
  [omit this block if empty]

Research Trajectory
  Active threads: [from IDEAS.md and recent events]
  Decisions made: [any PURSUE/PARK/KILL from research-companion]
  Dots connected: [any new connections identified]
  Questions answered: [any wiki queries promoted]

Health Checks
  Stale wiki pages (>60 days): [list]
  Orphan wiki pages: [list]
  Unresolved review findings: [count and file]
  Training streak: [N days, or "broken — last session [date]"]
  IDEAS.md last updated: [date]

Analysis Layer

After the report, add a brief analysis section (3-5 bullet points):

Patterns

• What topics are getting the most attention? Is this aligned with priorities?
• Are there blind spots — topics that haven't been touched?
• Is the read→ingest→train flywheel running, or is one step being skipped?

Connections

• Did any papers ingested this week connect to each other or to existing work?
• Are there IDEAS.md dots-to-connect that now have more evidence?
• Did training reveal knowledge gaps that should drive the next reading?

Risks

• Is any project stuck or losing momentum?
• Are there stale wiki pages in areas of active research?
• Is the researcher learning broadly but not deeply, or vice versa?

Parked ideas ready to revisit (soft heuristic)

Scan wiki/research-evaluations/*.md for any PARK verdict where:

• revisit_conditions in frontmatter is non-empty, AND
• the evaluation date is older than 30 days before today, AND
• the topic (or a close keyword) appears in events from the review period (e.g. a paper ingestion, IDEAS.md update, or wiki edit that touched the same area).

Flag these gently — "PARKed idea '[topic]' may be worth revisiting: condition was '[revisit_conditions]', and [event] this week touches that area." Do not auto-promote; this is a nudge. Skip silently if wiki/research-evaluations/ doesn't exist.

Priorities for Next Week

Based on the analysis, suggest 3-5 priorities ranked by impact:

Priorities for [Next Week Dates]
  1. [Priority] — [why it matters] — [specific action]
  2. ...
  3. ...

Priority categories:

• Knowledge gaps: Topics with low mastery that are needed for active work
• Stale knowledge: Wiki pages or training topics that need refreshing
• Momentum: Projects that need a push to stay on track
• Opportunities: New connections or ideas worth exploring
• Maintenance: Wiki lint, review findings, broken streaks

Optional Actions

After presenting the digest, offer:

1. Update IDEAS.md — "Based on this week's activity, I'd suggest adding/updating these items in IDEAS.md: [list]. Want me to make these edits?"
2. Graduate mature ideas — "These IDEAS.md items seem ready to become wiki pages: [list]. Want to promote them?"
3. Wiki lint — "There are [N] health issues in the wiki. Want me to run a full lint and fix them?"
4. Set focus for next week — "Want to set a specific focus for next week? I'll adjust your research-state.yaml suggested actions."
5. Drafts touched but not reviewed — Cross-reference events.jsonl writing:edit events in the review period against .review/ findings. For each draft file that has writing:edit events but no corresponding entry under .review/ (or a stale one older than the most recent edit), list it and suggest /academic review <file>. Skip this pass silently if the /academic skill is not installed (check ~/.claude/skills/academic/SKILL.md or a plugin equivalent); the suggestion line should also be omitted in that case.
6. Share as event — Emit a weekly review event:

{"ts":"...","type":"review:weekly","detail":"Week of [dates]: [N] papers, [N] sessions, [N] wiki updates","source":"weekly-review"}

Orchestration Rules

• Be honest about low activity. If nothing happened this week, say so without judgment. "Quiet week — that's fine. Here's what might be worth picking up."
• Spot patterns the researcher might miss. You see the data across all tools — use that holistic view.
• Don't moralize about streaks. Report them factually. Some weeks are for thinking, not training.
• Suggest, don't prescribe. Present priorities as suggestions. The researcher knows their context better.
• Keep it scannable. The digest should be readable in 2 minutes. Use the structured format above.

User's Input

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