/classify-research-gap

name: classify-research-gap
description: "Classify a candidate research gap by type (evidence, method, mechanism, population, theory, measurement, contradiction, boundary, translation, etc.) and record implications for next actions."

classify-research-gap

Purpose

Classify a candidate research gap by type and record implications for the next research action.

Input contract

required: [gap_statement, supporting_evidence]
optional: [domain_scope, candidate_gap_types]
constraints: [gap type must be supported by evidence and distinguished from absence of search]

Procedure

1. Compare the gap claim with the declared evidence and scope. 2. Test evidence, method, mechanism, population, theory, measurement, contradiction, boundary, and translation categories. 3. Assign one or more justified types and map each to a next action.

Output contract

produces: [typed_gap, classification_rationale, action_implications]
delta_fields: [findings, evidence_updates, uncertainties, decisions, recommended_jumps]

Quality gates

• Classification names the evidence boundary and does not treat unsearched space as a confirmed gap.

Failure and counterexamples

Return `unsubstantiated_gap` when the claimed absence is caused by inadequate retrieval or incompatible scope.

Provenance map

• `deep-insight/gap-classification`: resolved.