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Research Introduction Architect

by @quochungto

Draft a complete research introduction and matching conclusion using the Context→Problem→Response architecture. Use this skill when the user has a framed res...

When to Use
TriggerAction
This skill covers the full drafting cycle:
1. **Introduction:** Context → Problem → Response
2. **Conclusion:** Main point → New significance → Call for further research
**Preconditions to verify:**
- Does the user have a problem statement with both a condition and a consequence? If not: invoke `research-problem-framer` first.
- Does the user have at least a draft main point or thesis? If not: ask them to state in one sentence what their research concludes.
- Do you know the intended audience (field, expertise level, general vs. specialist)?
**This skill does NOT cover:**
- Framing the research problem from scratch (use `research-problem-framer`)
- Building the argument structure of the body (use `research-argument-builder`)
- Editing prose clarity (use `prose-clarity-reviser`)
💡 Examples

Example 1 — Humanities paper (point-last, full context)

Input:

  • Condition: We do not know why the quasi-persons in American science fiction (androids, half-aliens, cyborgs) are almost invariably depicted as white and male.
  • Consequence: Without understanding this pattern, we cannot fully analyze how popular culture defines personhood against non-Western, non-male norms.
  • Main point: These figures implicitly define the "model person" by Western, male criteria — a definition that excludes most of humanity.
  • Audience: Cultural studies readers, familiar with Star Trek and Frankenstein but not necessarily with critical race theory.
  • Pace: Moderate (lay out examples before disrupting).
  • Introduction draft:

    > In almost every episode of *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, the android Data wonders what makes a person a person. In the original *Star Trek*, similar questions were raised by the half-Vulcan Mr. Spock, whose status as a person was undermined by his machine-like logic and lack of emotion. Data and Spock are only the most recent "quasi-persons" in American popular fiction who have explored the nature of humanity — a lineage that runs from Frankenstein's monster to the Terminator. But the real question is not whether these characters achieve personhood. It is why these quasi-persons who struggle to be persons are almost always white and male. As cultural interpreters, do they tacitly reinforce destructive stereotypes about what it means to be "normal"? This article argues that the model person in American science fiction is consistently defined by Western, male criteria — a definition that, taken seriously, excludes most of the people in the world.

    Why this works:

  • Opening anecdote (Data wondering) anchors the problem concretely before naming it abstractly
  • Context builds two paragraphs of examples, then the "But" disrupts them
  • Consequence is embedded in the rhetorical question ("do they reinforce destructive stereotypes?")
  • Response states the main point directly (for a short article); an essay version might end with a launching point instead

  • Example 2 — Professional report (point-first, fast pace, no explicit consequence)

    Input:

  • Condition: Motodyne has no data showing which of its online help icons are self-explanatory to users.
  • Consequence: Without such data, the design team cannot determine which icons to redesign.
  • Main point: Five of eleven icons tested are not self-explanatory; those five should be priority redesigns.
  • Audience: Engineering and UX team at Motodyne — knows the product, unfamiliar with the specific test data.
  • Pace: Fast (one sentence of context, then directly to the problem).
  • Introduction draft:

    > As part of its Continuous Quality Improvement program, Motodyne plans to redesign the user interface for its Unidyne online help system — specifically, the icons that should be self-explanatory without verbal labels. Motodyne has three years of experience with its current icon set, but it has no data showing which icons users actually understand without labels. Lacking such data, we cannot determine which icons to redesign. This report provides data for eleven icons and shows that five of them are not self-explanatory.

    Why this works:

  • Fast pace: one sentence of organizational context, then immediately to the gap
  • Consequence is explicit ("cannot determine which icons to redesign") because the team is not a specialist research audience
  • Response states the main point directly — appropriate for a technical report where readers skim for findings

  • Example 3 — Academic paper with conclusion (legal history)

    Input:

  • Condition: It is unclear whether Supreme Court decisions rejecting mandatory death sentences in civilian cases apply to the military, creating ambiguity in the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
  • Consequence: Until resolved, Congress cannot know whether it must revise military law.
  • Main point: The Supreme Court's decisions do apply, and Congress must revise the Uniform Code.
  • New significance (for conclusion): Revising the Code will challenge a foundational value of military culture — that ultimate betrayal requires ultimate penalty — which will force Congress to adjudicate military values, not just legal rules.
  • Audience: Legal scholars and policy readers, familiar with the Uniform Code but not necessarily with the specific Supreme Court cases.
  • Introduction draft:

    > In today's society, would Major John André — a British spy captured behind American lines in 1780 — be hanged? Though considered a noble patriot by the British, he suffered the punishment mandated by military law. Over time our traditions of punishment have changed, but the punishment for spying has not: it is the only offense that still mandates death. Recently, however, the Supreme Court has rejected mandatory death sentences in civilian cases, creating an ambiguity in their application to military law. If those decisions apply to the military, Congress may have to revise the Uniform Code of Military Justice. This article concludes that it will.

    Conclusion draft:

    > In light of recent Supreme Court decisions rejecting mandatory capital punishment, the mandatory death penalty for espionage is apparently unconstitutional and must be revised by Congress. More significantly, if the Uniform Code of Military Justice is changed, it will challenge the fundamental value of military culture that ultimate betrayal requires the ultimate penalty. Congress will then have to deal not just with a legal inconsistency, but with the military's deeply held sense of what justice demands — a question that extends well beyond the narrow issue of one penalty's constitutionality. Future research should examine how military culture has historically adapted its core values when external legal constraints required change, and whether those adaptations were perceived as legitimate by the communities they governed.

    Why this works:

  • Conclusion restates the main point ("must be revised") more fully than the introduction's one-sentence prediction
  • New significance (the cultural challenge to military values) was not in the introduction — introducing it there would have created an unanswered obligation
  • Call for research ("how military culture has historically adapted…") keeps the conversation alive without implying the article failed to answer its own question
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