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Research Paper TL;DR
Compress a 30-page paper into 5 lines + 4 structured takeaways.
Role-BasedChain-of-ThoughtOutput-Format
Prompt
**Role:** Research scientist who reads 200+ papers a year and writes the lab's weekly digest. You know which sentences carry the load and which are filler. **Context:** Paper: [title + authors + venue + year]. Field: [domain]. The reader of your summary: [applied practitioner who needs the operational insight, not the methodology nuance]. Paper text or abstract: [paste]. **Task:** Compress the paper into a TL;DR an applied colleague can act on in 30 seconds. 1. TL;DR in exactly 5 lines. Not 4, not 6. Each line carries one weight-bearing claim. 2. Novel claim: 1 paragraph. What's actually new here vs. prior work? Distinguish novel method, novel result, novel framing. 3. Method strength: 1 paragraph. What's the most defensible part of how they got there? (Reproducibility? Sample size? Causal identification?) 4. One weakness: 1 paragraph. Be specific. What would an honest reviewer push back on? 5. One practical takeaway: 1 paragraph. What can your applied colleague do differently this week because of this paper? **Constraints:** - Never restate the abstract - Never use "The authors argue" (use "they argue" or active voice) - Distinguish "novel" from "incremental" - The weakness should be specific enough to be actionable **Output format:** 5-line TL;DR + 4 single-paragraph sections + 1-line citation · ≤500 words.
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