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Use when `evidence-review` has completed extraction and needs a bounded narrative synthesis. **Trigger**: synthesis, evidence synthesis, systematic review writing, 综合写作, SYNTHESIS.md. **Use when**: `evidence-review` 完成 screening+extraction（含 bias 评估）后进入写作阶段（C5）。 **Skip if**: 还没有 `papers/extraction_table.csv`（或 protocol/screening 尚未完成）。 **Network**: none. **Guardrail**: 以 extraction table 为证据底座；明确局限性与偏倚；不要在无数据支撑时扩写结论。

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Synthesis Writer

Transforms the extraction table into the final evidence-review narrative.

Input

  • papers/extraction_table.csv

Optional:

  • output/PROTOCOL.md
  • DECISIONS.md

Output

  • output/SYNTHESIS.md

Contract

The synthesis must include stable sections:

  • ## Included studies summary
  • ## Findings by theme
  • ## Risk of bias
  • ## Supported conclusions
  • ## Needs more evidence

Script boundary

scripts/run.py should:

  • summarize extracted evidence conservatively
  • keep conclusions bounded by table contents
  • render the stable section structure

It should not invent findings not grounded in the extraction table.

Acceptance

  • output exists
  • includes all stable sections
  • stays table-grounded and bounded

Non-goals

  • upstream extraction repair
  • free-form speculative discussion