Table Schema (two layers: index vs Appendix)

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

2. outline/tables_appendix.md (reader-facing)

• purpose: publishable survey tables (clean layout + high information density)
• can be inserted into the final PDF as Appendix

This skill designs both layers before filling.

Default mode: semantic (LLM-first)