structural-analysis

The second level of Adler's reading methodology. Builds on inspectional-reading: now that the document is classified and worth reading further, this skill maps its structure — what it's about as a whole, how the parts relate, what problems it solves.

Invoked autonomously by an agent. The agent reads the document with the structural questions in mind and produces the structured output described below.

Workflow

- [ ] Step 1: Classify content (practical vs theoretical; structure type; completeness 1-5)
- [ ] Step 2: State the unity in one sentence
- [ ] Step 3: Enumerate major parts and identify organizational pattern
- [ ] Step 4: Define the problems the document tries to solve
- [ ] Step 5: Output structured findings

Time budget: 20-40 minutes for a typical paper / methodology document. Comes after inspectional-reading (Level 1), before component extraction (Level 3).

Inputs