generate-essay-analytical

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  "generatedAt": "2026-08-03T20:25:35.317038Z",
  "id": "generate-essay-analytical",
  "name": "Generate Analytical Essay",
  "description": "Deconstruct a text, event, or concept through a critical lens: perform close reading, identify patterns and themes, then produce a structured analytical essay grounded in specific evidence from the source.",
  "shortDescription": "Analyze a text or concept through a critical lens.",
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  "outputType": "writing",
  "status": "active",
  "supersededById": null,
  "version": "2026.06.04",
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      "name": "Analyze",
      "description": "Close-read the source and surface patterns.",
      "stepCount": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Outline",
      "description": "Frame the interpretation under a thesis.",
      "stepCount": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "Draft",
      "description": "Compose the analysis with textual evidence.",
      "stepCount": 1
    }
  ],
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        "name": "subject",
        "type": "string",
        "required": true,
        "description": "The text, work, event, or concept to analyze"
      },
      {
        "name": "lens",
        "type": "string",
        "required": false,
        "description": "Analytical lens or framework (e.g. historical, feminist, formal)"
      },
      {
        "name": "citationStyle",
        "type": "enum",
        "required": false,
        "description": "Citation style for any cited sources",
        "default": "MLA",
        "options": [
          "MLA",
          "APA",
          "Chicago"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
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      "name": "Develop",
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      "promptTemplate": "redacted",
      "maxTokens": "redacted"
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    {
      "id": "step-3",
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    {
      "id": "gate-outline",
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    },
    {
      "id": "gate-draft",
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      "type": "quality",
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      ],
      "outputs": [
        "draft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "artifactSchema": {
    "artifactClass": "research",
    "artifactType": "essay",
    "files": [],
    "metadata": {
      "sections": "array",
      "sources": "array"
    }
  },
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  "updatedAt": "2026-08-02T17:38:38.892533Z"
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