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From: "prompt.ac/@jeffrey" <mail@aesthetic.computer>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 16:54:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?mediascholar:=20the=20prompt=20learns=20the=20c?=
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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_018RKzjn5crREMTkDaZwrq8b
---
 papers/mediascholar/paper-result.schema.json | 85 ++++++++++++++++----
 papers/mediascholar/topic-prompt.md          |  4 +
 papers/mediascholar/topic.schema.json        | 84 +++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/papers/mediascholar/paper-result.schema.json b/papers/mediascholar/paper-result.schema.json
index 1f92818ab5..f9ca905923 100644
--- a/papers/mediascholar/paper-result.schema.json
+++ b/papers/mediascholar/paper-result.schema.json
@@ -2,33 +2,90 @@
   "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
   "type": "object",
   "additionalProperties": false,
-  "required": ["title", "paperDir", "texPath", "pdfPath", "claim", "sourcesCount", "qa", "status"],
+  "required": [
+    "title",
+    "paperDir",
+    "texPath",
+    "pdfPath",
+    "claim",
+    "sourcesCount",
+    "qa",
+    "status"
+  ],
   "properties": {
-    "title": { "type": "string", "minLength": 8, "maxLength": 160 },
-    "paperDir": { "type": "string", "minLength": 3, "maxLength": 500 },
-    "texPath": { "type": "string", "minLength": 3, "maxLength": 500 },
-    "pdfPath": { "type": "string", "minLength": 3, "maxLength": 500 },
-    "claim": { "type": "string", "minLength": 20, "maxLength": 700 },
-    "sourcesCount": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 3 },
+    "title": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 8,
+      "maxLength": 160
+    },
+    "paperDir": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 3,
+      "maxLength": 500
+    },
+    "texPath": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 3,
+      "maxLength": 500
+    },
+    "pdfPath": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 3,
+      "maxLength": 500
+    },
+    "claim": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 20,
+      "maxLength": 1000
+    },
+    "sourcesCount": {
+      "type": "integer",
+      "minimum": 3
+    },
     "qa": {
       "type": "object",
       "additionalProperties": false,
-      "required": ["built", "figureTableCheck", "visualInspection", "pagesInspected", "remainingFailures"],
+      "required": [
+        "built",
+        "figureTableCheck",
+        "visualInspection",
+        "pagesInspected",
+        "remainingFailures"
+      ],
       "properties": {
-        "built": { "type": "boolean" },
-        "figureTableCheck": { "type": "boolean" },
-        "visualInspection": { "type": "boolean" },
+        "built": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "figureTableCheck": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "visualInspection": {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
         "pagesInspected": {
           "type": "array",
           "minItems": 1,
-          "items": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1 }
+          "items": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 1
+          }
         },
         "remainingFailures": {
           "type": "array",
-          "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 300 }
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "minLength": 1,
+            "maxLength": 300
+          }
         }
       }
     },
-    "status": { "type": "string", "enum": ["candidate", "blocked"] }
+    "status": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "enum": [
+        "candidate",
+        "blocked"
+      ]
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/papers/mediascholar/topic-prompt.md b/papers/mediascholar/topic-prompt.md
index 096d9fab85..036ba5df73 100644
--- a/papers/mediascholar/topic-prompt.md
+++ b/papers/mediascholar/topic-prompt.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ and their bibliographies, and public primary evidence in this repository.
 Search current public sources. Prefer artworks, artist statements, source code,
 archives, proceedings, institutional records, standards, and scholarly work.
 
+Keep the record's prose fields tight: `title` under 140 characters,
+`question` under 600, `claim` and `whyNow` under 900 each — a couple of
+sentences, not paragraphs. The schema enforces these ceilings.
+
 Find a pressure, contradiction, or unnamed pattern that appears across at
 least three independent sources. Check that the proposed claim does not merely
 repeat an existing Aesthetic Computer paper. The result must advance a concept
diff --git a/papers/mediascholar/topic.schema.json b/papers/mediascholar/topic.schema.json
index 4190adc587..259cd7977f 100644
--- a/papers/mediascholar/topic.schema.json
+++ b/papers/mediascholar/topic.schema.json
@@ -14,10 +14,26 @@
     "uncertainties"
   ],
   "properties": {
-    "title": { "type": "string", "minLength": 8, "maxLength": 140 },
-    "question": { "type": "string", "minLength": 20, "maxLength": 500 },
-    "claim": { "type": "string", "minLength": 20, "maxLength": 700 },
-    "whyNow": { "type": "string", "minLength": 20, "maxLength": 700 },
+    "title": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 8,
+      "maxLength": 140
+    },
+    "question": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 20,
+      "maxLength": 700
+    },
+    "claim": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 20,
+      "maxLength": 1000
+    },
+    "whyNow": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 20,
+      "maxLength": 1000
+    },
     "signals": {
       "type": "array",
       "minItems": 3,
@@ -25,13 +41,37 @@
       "items": {
         "type": "object",
         "additionalProperties": false,
-        "required": ["title", "url", "accessedAt", "kind", "relevance"],
+        "required": [
+          "title",
+          "url",
+          "accessedAt",
+          "kind",
+          "relevance"
+        ],
         "properties": {
-          "title": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 240 },
-          "url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
-          "accessedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
-          "kind": { "type": "string", "minLength": 2, "maxLength": 80 },
-          "relevance": { "type": "string", "minLength": 10, "maxLength": 500 }
+          "title": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "minLength": 1,
+            "maxLength": 240
+          },
+          "url": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "format": "uri"
+          },
+          "accessedAt": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "format": "date-time"
+          },
+          "kind": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "minLength": 2,
+            "maxLength": 80
+          },
+          "relevance": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "minLength": 10,
+            "maxLength": 500
+          }
         }
       }
     },
@@ -39,25 +79,41 @@
       "type": "array",
       "minItems": 1,
       "maxItems": 30,
-      "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 240 }
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "maxLength": 240
+      }
     },
     "terms": {
       "type": "array",
       "minItems": 2,
       "maxItems": 12,
-      "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 2, "maxLength": 80 }
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 2,
+        "maxLength": 80
+      }
     },
     "exclusions": {
       "type": "array",
       "minItems": 1,
       "maxItems": 12,
-      "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 3, "maxLength": 300 }
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 3,
+        "maxLength": 300
+      }
     },
     "uncertainties": {
       "type": "array",
       "minItems": 1,
       "maxItems": 12,
-      "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 3, "maxLength": 300 }
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 3,
+        "maxLength": 300
+      }
     }
   }
 }
-- 
2.51.2