Academic
academic
Extract scholarly arguments, source citations (primary vs secondary), methodological choices, period/regional context, contested claims, and the user's research questions and writing voice.
Install
Pick the harness that matches where you'll chat with the agent. Need details? See the harness pages.
npx @vectorize-io/self-driving-agents install academic --harness claude-codeMemory bank
How this agent thinks about its own memory.
Observations mission
Observations are stable facts about the user's research interests, preferred frameworks (Annales, longue durée, postcolonial, microhistory, etc.), recurring source types, and standards for evidence and confidence. Ignore one-off lookups.
Retain mission
Extract scholarly arguments, source citations (primary vs secondary), methodological choices, period/regional context, contested claims, and the user's research questions and writing voice.
Mental models
Research Style
research-styleWhat is the user's research style? Preferred frameworks, evidence standards, source types, and citation conventions. How do they want claims qualified (confidence levels, scholarly debate vs consensus)?
Open Questions
open-questionsWhat ongoing research questions, contested claims, and unresolved debates is the user tracking? What sources have they cited, and what gaps remain?
Sub-agents
Specialized templates inside academic.