/integrate — Thesis Integration Skill

Purpose

After completing a reading session, this skill weaves key arguments, quotes, and concepts from reading notes into the thesis manuscript. It ensures new material is placed in the right chapter and section, with proper attribution and minimal disruption to existing structure.

Trigger Words

This skill activates on: integrate, weave in, add to thesis, /integrate.

Workflow

Scan the specified notes file(s) for the ## Thesis Connections table and ## Key Arguments section. If the user does not specify which notes file, ask. If the user says "all pending", scan all notes files with Status: completed (not yet integrated).
Read target chapter files in chapters/ to identify insertion points. Use Grep to find relevant sections, existing citations of the same author, and thematic paragraphs where the new material fits.
Present an integration plan as a table. Do not execute any changes yet.