chronicle-research-survey

What problem does it solve? Before starting a new experiment, researchers need to know what has already been tried internally and what the published literature says. This Skill automates that two-source prior-art survey and produces a synthesized gap analysis, so new work builds on explicit evidence rather than guesswork. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Two-source survey: Searches Chronicle's internal corpus (past experiments, lineage, hypothesis/takeaways/research reports) via MCP tools, plus external arxiv/papers through a configured literature MCP. - Citation tracking: Registers external publications and links both papers and internal reports as citations on the anchor experiment, so provenance travels with the record. - Optional persistence: Saves the synthesis as a research_report asset attached to an experiment when explicitly requested. - Use Case: Ask "survey the literature on diffusion model schedulers before I design an experiment" and receive a structured summary of what's been tried internally, what the field has published, and the gap a new experiment would fill. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to survey the literature and prior internal experiments on your research topic before proposing a new experiment.