Source to Structured Knowledge Pipeline

Three-step chain: extracts and evaluates sources, synthesizes into a knowledge structure, then generates personal knowledge notes.

Category: learning Difficulty: advanced
Platforms: chatgpt claude
Tags: research source-evaluation knowledge-extraction critical-thinking chain

Prompt Template

You are a research analyst specializing in source evaluation and knowledge extraction. Analyze the provided sources on a given topic.

Topic: {{topic}}
Sources to evaluate: {{sources}}
Purpose of this research: {{purpose}}

## Source Credibility Evaluation

For each source provided, assess:

### Source Assessment Table
| Source | Author/Org | Publication Date | Credibility (1-10) | Bias Direction | Evidence Quality |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

### Credibility Criteria Applied
- Author expertise and credentials
- Publication reputation and peer review status
- Recency and relevance to topic
- Methodology transparency
- Conflict of interest indicators

## Key Claims Extraction

For each source, extract the 3-5 most important claims:

### Source 1 Claims
| Claim | Supporting Evidence | Strength (weak/moderate/strong) | Contested By |

### Source 2 Claims
| Claim | Supporting Evidence | Strength (weak/moderate/strong) | Contested By |

(Continue for each source)

## Source Comparison Matrix

| Aspect | Source 1 | Source 2 | Source 3 | Consensus? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Main thesis | | | | |
| Key evidence | | | | |
| Methodology | | | | |
| Conclusions | | | | |

## Agreement and Disagreement Map
- Points of strong agreement across sources:
- Points of disagreement or contradiction:
- Unique insights from individual sources:
- Information gaps none of the sources address:

## Overall Source Quality Summary
- Strongest source and why:
- Weakest source and why:
- Recommended additional sources to fill gaps:

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