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Produce a structured close-reading report from a paper's full PDF-to-Markdown text (with `## Page XX` pagination and image references) when you need to systematically extract background, research questions, methods, results, limitations, and reproducible experimental details.

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> **Source**: [https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills](https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills)


# Literature Close Reading

## When to Use

- When you have a full paper converted from PDF to Markdown and need a structured, in-depth interpretation rather than a brief abstract-style summary.
- When you must extract reproducible experimental details (datasets, settings, controls, metrics, statistics) for replication or reimplementation.
- When you need to map the paper's logical chain (motivation → problem → method → experiments → conclusions) and identify missing links or ambiguities.
- When you want a systematic list of limitations, threats to validity, and follow-up research questions grounded strictly in the text.
- When figures/tables are referenced via Markdown images and you need them incorporated into the interpretation without guessing beyond what is shown.

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