Create a novelty/prior-work matrix comparing the submission’s contributions against related work (overlaps vs deltas). **Trigger**: novelty matrix, prior-work matrix, overlap/delta, 相关工作对比, 新颖性矩阵. **Use when**: peer review 中评估 novelty/positioning，需要把贡献与相关工作逐项对齐并写出差异点证据。 **Skip if**: 缺少 claims（先跑 `claims-extractor`）或你不打算做新颖性定位分析。 **Network**: none (retrieval of additional related work is out-of-scope unless provided). **Guardrail**: 明确 overlap 与 delta；尽量给出可追溯证据来源（来自稿件/引用/作者陈述）。
apm install @willoscar/novelty-matrix---
name: novelty-matrix
description: |
Create a novelty/prior-work matrix comparing the submission’s contributions against related work (overlaps vs deltas).
**Trigger**: novelty matrix, prior-work matrix, overlap/delta, 相关工作对比, 新颖性矩阵.
**Use when**: peer review 中评估 novelty/positioning，需要把贡献与相关工作逐项对齐并写出差异点证据。
**Skip if**: 缺少 claims（先跑 `claims-extractor`）或你不打算做新颖性定位分析。
**Network**: none (retrieval of additional related work is out-of-scope unless provided).
**Guardrail**: 明确 overlap 与 delta；尽量给出可追溯证据来源（来自稿件/引用/作者陈述）。
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# Novelty Matrix (overlap vs delta)
Goal: make novelty/positioning concrete by aligning each contribution against the closest prior work.
## Inputs
Required:
- `output/CLAIMS.md`
Optional:
- A provided list of related work (titles/URLs/DOIs) or the submission’s reference list
## Outputs
- `output/NOVELTY_MATRIX.md`
## Output format (recommended)
- Rows: contributions/claims (from `output/CLAIMS.md`)
- Columns: closest related works (provided or cited by the paper)
- For each row/column, record:
- `overlap`: what is the same
- `delta`: what is different/new
- `evidence`: where this is supported (paper statement / citation / method difference)
## Workflow
1. Extract the contribution list from `output/CLAIMS.md`.
2. Pick ≥5 closest related works (or state explicitly why you cannot).
3. For each contribution, compare to each related work:
- identify overlap
- identify delta
- attach evidence (quote/section/citation pointer)
4. Summarize:
- which contributions look clearly novel
- which ones look like incremental variants
## Definition of Done
- [ ] Matrix includes ≥5 related works or explains why unavailable.
- [ ] Every “delta” entry has a short evidence pointer (not just opinion).
## Troubleshooting
### Issue: no related works list is available
**Fix**:
- Use the paper’s own citations as the initial related set; if even that is missing, mark `needs_related_work_list` and stop.
### Issue: overlap/delta becomes vague
**Fix**:
- Force each cell to reference a concrete axis (problem setting, method component, training data, evaluation protocol, result).