ov-add-paper

name: ov-add-paper description: "Load when the user asks to add, import, compile, or ingest a research paper/PDF into OpenViking, especially when they mention ov-add-paper, ARA, claims, evidence, figures, tables, or paper-to-OV knowledge resources." compatibility: OpenViking CLI configured at ~/.openviking/ovcli.conf version: 0.1.1 last_updated: 2026-06-10 allowed-tools: - Read - Write - Edit - Bash - Glob - Grep tags: - openviking - paper-ingestion - research - ara

ov-add-paper

Goal

Turn a research paper into an OpenViking-ready structured resource, then complete ingestion with ov add-resource. The job is not done until the generated artifact directory has been validated and submitted to OpenViking.

Inputs

• Required: a paper source, usually a local PDF path or paper URL.
• Optional: output directory, OpenViking target URI, domain notes, related repo/source files, and whether to wait for OV processing.
• If the paper source is missing or inaccessible, ask for it before starting.

Workflow

1. Read the paper completely, including appendices and all numbered figures/tables.
2. Compile an ARA-style artifact directory using references/ara-compiler-profile.md.
3. Validate the artifact with scripts/validate_ara.py.
4. Fix validation failures unless the user explicitly accepts them.
5. Ingest the validated artifact directory with ov add-resource directly.
6. Confirm the target with ov stat/ov tree and return the artifact path, OV target/root URI, validation result, ingest result, and any unresolved gaps.

Output Contract

The generated artifact must include:

• PAPER.md
• logic/problem.md, logic/claims.md, logic/concepts.md, logic/experiments.md, logic/related_work.md
• logic/solution/constraints.md
• src/environment.md
• trace/exploration_tree.yaml
• evidence/README.md
• Markdown plus PNG evidence files for every filed numbered table and figure

The final response must include the ov add-resource command result, or the recovery checks proving the target landed despite a broken --wait, or the exact blocker that prevented ingestion.

Verification

Run from this skill directory, or use an absolute path to the validator:

python3 scripts/validate_ara.py <artifact-dir>

Then ingest with the OV CLI:

ov add-resource <artifact-dir> --to viking://resources/papers/<slug> --wait --timeout 300

Before ingest, use ov -o json stat <target-uri> to check whether the target already exists. After ingest, verify with ov -o json stat <target-uri> and ov tree <target-uri>.

Permissions

• Writing a new OpenViking resource is allowed when the user asked to add or ingest the paper.
• Ask before intentionally reusing a target URI that may overwrite or replace an existing resource.
• --skip-validation may be used only when the user explicitly accepts the listed validation errors.

Boundaries

• Do not use ov add-skill; this skill creates paper resources, not OV skills.
• Do not silently skip ov add-resource; if ingestion fails, report the command, error, and recovery path.
• If ov add-resource --wait exits with a connection error after creating the target, do not immediately retry the same URI. Run ov stat, ov wait --timeout <seconds>, ov observer queue, and ov tree to determine whether ingestion completed.
• Do not invent claims, evidence, source refs, code, numbers, or research history.
• Do not overwrite an explicit existing OV target unless the user asked for that target.
• Mark unsupported or unreadable content as unavailable instead of filling it in.

Runtime Resources

• Load references/ara-compiler-profile.md before compiling the artifact.
• Load references/openviking-ingest.md before running OV ingestion or debugging an ingestion failure.
• Use scripts/validate_ara.py for deterministic checks.