How gannok/gts-ai-research-system-template works
This repository is a document-based framework for rigorous, AI-assisted research, not a software runtime. Its principal workflow frames a question, plans and retrieves sources, evaluates them, records evidence and claims, challenges interpretations, then produces a synthesis and traceable decisions. Prompts, templates, checklists, and guidance support that work. The tree and README establish these capabilities, but workflow-document contents were not sampled, so edges represent the documented stages rather than verified program calls.
Main entry points: 50_SOURCE_REGISTER.md Source register · 70_CLAIMS_LEDGER.md Claims ledger · 03_SOURCE_SCREENING.md Source screening · 07_WRITE_A_SYNTHESIS.txt Research synthesis
Components 23
Research framing
- Research question
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/10_RESEARCH_QUESTION.md - Scope and definitions
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/20_SCOPE_AND_DEFINITIONS.md - Method and profile
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/30_METHOD_AND_PROFILE.md
Evidence gathering
- Search strategy
03_PROMPTS/02_BUILD_A_SEARCH_STRATEGY.txt - Search and retrieval
04_RESEARCH_WORKFLOW/02_SEARCH_AND_RETRIEVAL.md - Source criteria
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/40_SOURCE_CRITERIA.md - Source screening
04_RESEARCH_WORKFLOW/03_SOURCE_SCREENING.md - Source register
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/50_SOURCE_REGISTER.md - Evaluate source
03_PROMPTS/03_EVALUATE_A_SOURCE.txt - Evidence extraction
04_RESEARCH_WORKFLOW/04_EVIDENCE_EXTRACTION.md - Evidence ledger
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/60_EVIDENCE_LEDGER.md
Analysis and decisions
- Claims ledger
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/70_CLAIMS_LEDGER.md - Claim building
04_RESEARCH_WORKFLOW/05_CLAIM_BUILDING.md - Conflicts and uncertainty
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/80_CONFLICTS_AND_UNCERTAINTIES.md - Challenge conclusion
03_PROMPTS/06_CHALLENGE_THE_CONCLUSION.txt - Research synthesis
03_PROMPTS/07_WRITE_A_SYNTHESIS.txt - Recommendations
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/100_RECOMMENDATIONS.md - Accepted decisions
02_RESEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_TEMPLATE/110_ACCEPTED_DECISIONS.md - Provenance and handoff
04_RESEARCH_WORKFLOW/08_REPRODUCIBILITY_AND_PROVENANCE.md
Method and safeguards
- Source quality guidance
05_EVIDENCE_AND_SOURCE_QUALITY - AI and RAG safeguards
06_AI_AND_RAG_RESEARCH - Research audit
08_CHECKLISTS/04_FINAL_RESEARCH_AUDIT.md
Other components
- Researcher
Connections 23
- Researcher → Research question: frames question
- Research question → Scope and definitions: defines scope
- Scope and definitions → Method and profile: sets rigor
- Method and profile → Search strategy: guides planning
- Search strategy → Search and retrieval: plans retrieval
- Source criteria → Source screening: sets criteria
- Search and retrieval → Source screening: finds sources
- Source screening → Source register: records sources
- Source register → Evaluate source: supports review
- Evaluate source → Evidence extraction: supports extraction
- Evidence extraction → Evidence ledger: records evidence
- Evidence ledger → Claim building: supports claims
- Claim building → Claims ledger: records claims
- Claims ledger → Conflicts and uncertainty: identifies conflicts
- Conflicts and uncertainty → Challenge conclusion: informs challenge
- Challenge conclusion → Research synthesis: tests conclusions
- Claims ledger → Research synthesis: supports synthesis
- Research synthesis → Recommendations: informs recommendations
- Recommendations → Accepted decisions: supports decisions
- Accepted decisions → Provenance and handoff: preserves rationale
- Source register → Source quality guidance: applies guidance
- Researcher → AI and RAG safeguards: consults safeguards
- Provenance and handoff → Research audit: supports audit