---
name: research-to-publication
description: Turn a topic or question into a source-backed publication, optionally an editable Xiaohongshu carousel, by composing claim-led research, synthesis, and deterministic visual production. Use for publishable research or social content. Do not use for a quick factual lookup.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  compatibility: Codex, Kimi Code, and Grok Build; web or browser access improves source coverage.
  author: Lei Huang
  version: "0.1.0"
  status: experimental
---

# Research to Publication

Build the publication from verified claims. Do not decorate weak research into apparent authority.

## Route

1. Define audience, decision or reader promise, scope, freshness requirement, and publication format.
2. Invoke `research-claims` to create the research brief and claim ledger.
3. Separate established facts, reported experience, interpretation, and open questions.
4. Build a narrative spine: reader tension, claim sequence, counterevidence, practical implication, and conclusion.
5. For Xiaohongshu, invoke `rednote-carousel`. For another format, preserve the same claim identifiers in the draft.
6. Run a citation audit: each material factual claim must point to a ledger entry that directly supports it.
7. Run a publication audit for wording, source independence, quotation limits, visual integrity, and disclosure of uncertainty.

## Source hierarchy

- Official docs, standards, papers, code, filings, and first-party announcements support exact factual behavior.
- Named experts support their own experience, interpretation, or position.
- Reputable secondary sources provide synthesis and context.
- Viral or anonymous content is a discovery lead until verified.
- Social posts are primary evidence only when the discourse itself or the author’s statement is the subject.

## Publication invariants

- No citation laundering: multiple articles repeating one original claim count as one source chain.
- No source-shaped decoration: a bibliography does not excuse unsupported adjacent text.
- No invented precision, quotes, statistics, dates, screenshots, or access.
- Preserve publication and access dates because web claims decay.
- Label conflicts and uncertainty where the reader encounters the claim.
- Generated imagery cannot introduce factual detail absent from the research.

## Evidence packet

Return the publication, claim ledger, source list, citation audit, visual or export manifest, and a limits section. Record sites that were inaccessible, claims downgraded or removed, and whether authenticated browser research required user intervention.