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name: willoscar/protocol-writer
source: https://app.decimal.ai/s/willoscar-protocol-writer@1/SKILL.md
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# Protocol Writer

Transforms the review question into an executable `evidence-review` protocol.

## Inputs

Required:
- `STATUS.md`

Optional:
- `GOAL.md`
- `DECISIONS.md`
- `queries.md`

## Output

- `output/PROTOCOL.md`

## Contract

The protocol must contain:
- review questions
- source/search specification
- inclusion and exclusion clauses with stable IDs
- screening plan
- extraction schema
- bias plan
- explicit HUMAN approval note

## Script boundary

`scripts/run.py` should:
- read current review context
- materialize an operational protocol
- write a stable extraction schema and clause IDs

It should not perform retrieval or screening itself.

## Acceptance

- `output/PROTOCOL.md` exists
- includes extraction schema and protocol clause IDs
- is operational enough for downstream screening

## Non-goals

- writing final synthesis prose
- screening candidate papers