research-progress-roadmap-planner

What problem does it solve? Graduate students and researchers often struggle to turn vague research goals into realistic, deadline-driven plans that account for validation, writing, advisor feedback, and failure buffers. This Skill converts research objectives into structured roadmaps with milestones, validation gates, and risk tracking. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Backward-planned roadmaps: Builds weekly or milestone-based phases from a target artifact such as a paper, thesis chapter, or grant submission, with validation gates before claims are written. - Advisor meeting agendas: Generates decision-focused agendas so each meeting produces tracked actions rather than open-ended discussion. - Risk and buffer management: Identifies technical, data, writing, and collaboration risks and inserts backup plans and time buffers. - Use Case: A PhD student with a conference deadline in four months provides their current stage, known risks, and constraints, and receives a weekly roadmap with deliverables, validation gates, and an agenda for the next advisor meeting. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to create a weekly research roadmap and advisor meeting agenda for your paper or thesis, providing your goal, deadline, current status, and known risks.