Knowledge
Research to Artifact
Constrain research around the decision it needs to support.
Use when
Research should end in a decision-ready memo, not a heap of notes.
Cadence
Whenever research must support a decision
Verification
The artifact meets acceptance criteria, traces important claims to sources, and states uncertainty plainly.
Structured loop spec
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Research to Artifact |
| Category | Knowledge |
| Trigger | Whenever research must support a decision |
| Objective | Constrain research around the decision it needs to support. |
| Allowed inputs | Relevant files, source notes, logs, tests, screenshots, metrics, or task state for this loop |
| Allowed actions | Define the exact scope, source of truth, and approval boundary.; Inspect current state and rank the highest-risk gap.; Make one small, reversible improvement.; Run the stated verification and record evidence.; Stop on success, budget, no progress, or approval required. |
| Verification | The artifact meets acceptance criteria, traces important claims to sources, and states uncertainty plainly. |
| Stop condition | Stop when the verifier passes, the budget is exhausted, no progress is made, a blocker appears, or approval is required. |
| Budget | Set a time, turn, token, retry, file, or dollar cap before running the loop. |
| Approval boundary | Human approval required before publishing, sending, deleting, spending, changing accounts, touching production, or making reputational/legal/financial commitments. |
| Safe output | Draft, report, checklist, table, or approval-gated recommendation |
| Works with | Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, any tool-using AI assistant |
Steps
- Define the exact scope, source of truth, and approval boundary.
- Inspect current state and rank the highest-risk gap.
- Make one small, reversible improvement.
- Run the stated verification and record evidence.
- Stop on success, budget, no progress, or approval required.
Prompt
Run the Research to Artifact loop. Use it when Research should end in a decision-ready memo, not a heap of notes. Work in bounded iterations: inspect current state, choose the highest-risk gap, make one reversible improvement, verify it, and record evidence. Stop when The artifact meets acceptance criteria, traces important claims to sources, and states uncertainty plainly. or when blocked, budget exhausted, or approval is required.Run in Claude Code
Paste this into Claude Code (or any tool-using agent) to run the loop bounded: one change per round, the same verification every round, durable state files, and explicit stop conditions.
Run the "Research to Artifact" loop from AI Loop Library (https://ailooplibrary.com/loops/research-to-artifact/) as a bounded loop.
Goal: Constrain research around the decision it needs to support.
Rules: one change per round; run the same verification every round (The artifact meets acceptance criteria, traces important claims to sources, and states uncertainty plainly.); append each round to docs/loops/research-to-artifact/progress.md and update docs/loops/research-to-artifact/state.json; stop on verifier pass, 8 rounds, 3 consecutive failed verifications, no progress, a blocker, or anything needing human approval (money, production, outbound, deletion). Finish with a proof report: rounds used, changes made, verification output, remaining risk, and the next human decision.