Evidence First Research

Overview

Use a research-before-starting workflow. Search existing evidence, tools, datasets, and established patterns before drafting an analysis plan, recommending a method, or producing scientific content.

Default to reuse or adaptation of validated approaches. Only introduce a novel method, pipeline, or claim of novelty after establishing that the gap is real.

Core Workflow

1. Define the task precisely.

• Restate the objective, target deliverable, domain, and decision stakes.
• Identify whether the task is literature synthesis, study design, data analysis, protocol drafting, manuscript support, tool selection, or interpretation.
• For medical work, identify the population, setting, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcomes, and time horizon when applicable.