Research Paper Deep Dive

Treat the paper as knowledge to install in the reader's mind, not a document to summarize.

The default result must let an unfamiliar reader answer four questions without reopening the paper:

1. What problem made this work necessary?
2. What did the authors do differently?
3. Why should I believe it helped?
4. What idea can I reuse elsewhere?

Accuracy is a backstage constraint. The main explanation must feel like a good advisor at a whiteboard: calm, concrete, and easy to retell.

For a full report, read references/report-template.md before drafting.

Optimize for cognitive compression

Use three reader layers. Do not merge them.