Table Schema (two layers: index vs Appendix)

Triggers & routing

• Trigger: table schema, schema-first tables, table design, 表格 schema, 先 schema 后填充.
• Use when: you want survey tables that are verifiable and fillable before LaTeX (typically Stage C4, after evidence packs exist).

Tables are not decorations; they are compression.

A common failure mode in this pipeline: the first table that gets generated looks like an internal index. So we separate tables into two layers:

1. outline/tables_index.md (internal)

• purpose: coverage/debugging + fast evidence scan
• allowed to be more exhaustive
• should NOT be inserted into the paper