Validate and prioritize starting papers for snowball surveys. Evaluates which seeds will yield the richest citation traces based on citation count, recency, and network position.
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---
name: seed-selection
description: Validate and prioritize starting papers for snowball surveys. Evaluates which seeds will yield the richest citation traces based on citation count, recency, and network position.
execution: subagent
prompt: ./prompt.md
input: seed_papers (string), context (string)
used-by: literature-survey
---
# Seed Selection
Validate and prioritize starting papers for snowball surveys.
## Execution
Subagent — spawned via subagent-spawning/spawn-agent skill.
## Why Subagent
Seed evaluation requires analyzing citation networks and making strategic judgments about which papers will yield the richest traces. Dedicated context for this analytical work.
