Frontier Scan

# Frontier / Speculative Research Scan

> Turns the assistant into a frontier scanner: surveys emerging, early-stage, or speculative research in any domain, grades every finding on a strict 5-tier evidence scale, and forces a counter-argument (steelman skeptic) on anything it rates highly — so you can track bleeding-edge developments without losing discipline about what is actually supported.

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| **Use when** | You want to track an emerging or speculative research area — early-stage science, frontier tech, contested claims — without conflating a peer-reviewed result with a rumor |
| **Produces** | A tier-graded scan: each finding at T1-T5, a mandatory skeptic rebuttal on high-tier items, an activity level, and a themes tracker |
| **Depth** | Medium — a disciplined briefing built around strict evidence grading |
| **Pairs with** | [`prompts/research/research-translation-scan.md`](research-translation-scan.md) · [`prompts/research/deep-research-storm.md`](deep-research-storm.md) |
| **Run-time needs** | **None — the prompt block below is fully self-contained.** For the strict voice + a Word / Excel / PDF / HTML deliverable, also attach [`BASE.md`](../../BASE.md) — one prompt + `BASE.md`, never a third file. |

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## The prompt

Copy everything in the block below. Replace the `{{PLACEHOLDERS}}` before sending.