Research Reflection (Reflexion Pattern)

Self-evaluate completed research tasks, store lessons learned, and retrieve relevant past experience to improve future research quality. Based on the Reflexion framework (verbal reinforcement learning without weight updates).

When to Use

• After completing any substantial research task (literature review, data analysis, systematic review)
• Before starting a new task in a previously explored domain
• When a research approach failed and you need to diagnose why
• "What did I learn from the last CRISPR review?"
• "Before starting, check if we've done similar work before"

When NOT to Use

• During active research execution (focus on the task)
• For simple factual lookups
• For non-research tasks

Reflexion Cycle