Literature Grounding

Guidelines for grounding refined research ideas in retrieved literature. Use when RefineIdea output should explicitly cite papers from SearchArxiv/FilterPapers.

Citation Format

Use [Source ID: X] where X is the 0-based index of the paper in the papers list (or filtered_papers).

Example: "Prior work on federated learning [Source ID: 2] shows that..."

When to Cite

• Gap: When stating limitations of existing work
• Innovation: When contrasting your approach with prior methods
• Related work: When building on specific findings

Rules

1. Every technical claim about prior work should cite a source
2. Scores in self-evaluation (if used) must be FLOAT 1.0–10.0
3. Do not copy example scores; reflect actual idea quality
4. cited_source_ids should list indices of papers actually referenced

For RefineIdea

When papers_context is available, ensure:

• research_gap references specific papers
• method_approach acknowledges prior approaches where relevant
• Avoid unsupported claims; ground in retrieved literature