Paper Positioning Planner

Decide what the paper is selling, to whom, against which closest work, and with what evidence.

Use this skill when:

• a project has enough idea/literature/evidence to ask what the paper should be
• results are mixed and the contribution type may need to change
• a draft feels unfocused or overclaims beyond evidence
• figure review or reviewer simulation suggests the paper story is wrong
• the user needs a primary claim, secondary claims, title/abstract direction, intro thesis, or related-work boundary
• the paper may be a method paper, theory-guided method, empirical analysis, benchmark, diagnostic paper, systems paper, or negative/limitation paper
• the user is deciding between target audiences or venues before polishing the text

Do not use this skill as a paragraph-level writing adapter. Use conference-writing-adapter after the positioning decision is clear.

Pair this skill with:

• research-idea-validator when the whole project may need pursue/revise/park/kill