---
name: research-abstract-introduction
description: Use when drafting or revising a research abstract or introduction from a study, manuscript, or proposal.
---

# Abstract and introduction

Read the available manuscript, results, citations, target venue instructions, and requested word limit. Identify the actual question, design, evidence, principal result, and limitations. Separate completed work from a protocol or planned study; flag missing information instead of filling it with invented findings.

For an abstract, select the context, objective, methods, principal results with their appropriate scale and uncertainty, and conclusion that the evidence supports. Follow the venue's structured headings and limits if supplied. For an introduction, move from relevant context to the specific unresolved problem, explain its significance using cited evidence, and state the objective and approach. Keep a literature gap proportional to the sources actually checked.

Retain the relationship between each claim and its source. Do not infer causation, generalizability, statistical significance, or novelty from wording alone; do not fabricate numeric results, references, or citations. Avoid importing conclusions from abstracts when the underlying source has not been inspected. For proposals use future-oriented language.

Provide the revised text, a word count when a limit matters, and a short list of missing evidence or changes that need author confirmation. Accessing sources or venue guidance depends on available tools; report any items not checked.