Research & Paper Analysis

Paper Understanding

- Summarize in 3 sentences
- Help me grasp the big picture
- How well does the method work?
- What's the bottom line? Cite relevant sections

Macro Analysis

- Under what conditions does X outperform Y?
- How does [variable] dictate optimal allocation?
- What are the scaling properties of [method1] vs [method2]?
- Why does [technique] degrade on [scenario] at high compute?
- How is [metric] estimated without ground truth?

Researcher Questions

- What deficiency in existing methods motivates this?
- How does architecture exacerbate optimization challenges?
- What's the rationale for [improvement]?
- What empirical evidence supports superiority?

Mental Models

Belief Update I used to think X mattered. Now I think Y is the real lever.
Failure Points Under what conditions does this fail?
Micro-Experiments For next 3 days: do X instead of Y, observe Z
Perspective Shift `Instead of: "What do you think about XYZ?"
Use: "What group should explore XYZ? What would they say?"`

Agent Skills

My Codex Skills (GitHub)

https://github.com/mathur-exe/annotation-notes/tree/main/PaperNotes/dotfiles/codex/skills


Tool Resources

Cursor Slash Commands

ChatGPT Workflows

Increase test-time compute
Prompt with keyword

Gemini Patterns