Paper-to-Exemplar
Family File Contract
Before file work, reuse canonical paths and one task/artifact working directory; default to project-root ccfa-workfiles/<purpose>/<artifact-id>/. Update in place, preserve inputs, and use UTF-8 with Chinese-text checks. Apply artifact-contracts.md for naming, ownership, and task-created cleanup; handoffs inherit these paths.
Collaboration Contract
Before specialist execution, read and apply ccf-humanization first, then ccf-common. At every handoff, reuse their applicable active rules or refresh missing/changed ones. Both preflights are required even without prose; detailed editing, experiment, and maintenance modes run only when relevant.
Integrate necessary specialist contributions under one owner; reuse valid prerequisites and verify affected results. Follow the cooperation routes without duplicate reports.
Scope And Shared Controls
Distill supplied paper PDFs into reusable writing patterns, preserving source attribution and scientific meaning. This skill owns exemplar cards; manuscript drafting belongs to ccf-paper-writer, visual reconstruction to ccf-visual-composer, and scientific review to ccf-paper-reviewer.
Follow ../ccf-common/references/handoff-modes.md, ../ccf-common/references/task-modes.md, and ../ccf-common/references/artifact-contracts.md. Resolve existing card/library and cache paths before writing. Preserve no-new-files requests by editing a named existing card or returning the analysis in context. Conversion alone does not authorize global library/default changes.
Workflow
- Identify PDF paths, source versions, desired writing patterns, optional venue, and authorized destination. Reuse a completed card and extraction when they match the same source and requested scope; a new source version requires checking the affected analysis.
- If extraction is needed, run
scripts/convert.pywith explicit--output-dir,--full-text, and--full-text-dirpointing to the chosen working cache. For a new project, the shared default isccfa-workfiles/exemplars/<source-id>/, with extraction incache/; preserve established paths. The converter preserves existing cards and creates only missing skeletons.--full-text-diris optional; omitting it preserves the legacy output layout. Python withpymupdfis required for extraction, not for reusing a valid existing card. - Check extraction success and page markers. Analyze the relevant full source in coherent sections; use search and targeted ranges for a local card update. Inspect actual PDF pages when equations, figures, or reading order affect interpretation. Do not substitute an abstract-only analysis for a full-paper exemplar or treat empty extraction as complete.
- Recover the source's story, abstract/introduction/method/evidence moves, citation patterns, and reusable techniques. Do not force a limitations ending. Use
../ccf-paper-writer/references/prose-quality-guardrails.mdto exclude defensive habits, artificial labels, formula dumping, unsupported hype, and mechanical prose from the advice. - Fill or revise the existing card in place using the section headings generated by
scripts/convert.pyand established cards: Story Pattern, Abstract Moves, Introduction Moves, Method Moves, Evidence Moves, Citation Patterns, Reusable Techniques, and Do-Not-Copy Boundary. Record title, venue/year when verified, source identity/version, and relevant page/section anchors. Add Excluded Anti-Patterns only when the source supplies a material example. Keep writing moves separate from source claims and distinctive wording. - When library registration is requested, use
../ccf-paper-writer/references/exemplars/cards/or the user's existing library and update../ccf-paper-writer/references/exemplars/index.mdwithout duplicate entries. Preserve unrelated cards; a matching filename alone does not prove the same source. Keep raw extraction in the working cache, outside the reusable card library. - Update
../ccf-paper-writer/references/custom-format/default-user-format.mdonly when default selection is requested. A venue-only request can select an existing relevant card through the index instead of extracting another PDF. Load../ccf-paper-writer/references/venue-guides/index.mdonly when venue-family classification is unclear. - Verify that completed cards have no
[ANALYZE]or[MANUAL]placeholders, source references are accurate, and output/cache paths are orderly. Return the canonical card paths and the useful writing patterns; report actual registration/default changes only when performed. Do not echo the full PDF extraction or add generic next-action menus.
Writer Handoff
Pass the selected card path, source identity, and relevant writing moves. The writer decides whether a style reference is needed for its task; a paragraph edit does not automatically load default or venue card bundles. For full manuscripts or explicit style adaptation, select from ../ccf-paper-writer/references/exemplars/index.md and load only matching sections/cards. Preserve existing user defaults without treating them as mandatory reading for every writing request.
