Core workflow

1. Define the review

rforge forge init --project ./my-review \
  --question "Do artificial photosynthesis catalysts improve solar fuel outcomes?"

2. Approve gates

rforge forge approve --project ./my-review --gate "question approval" --note accepted
rforge forge approve --project ./my-review --gate "protocol approval" --note accepted
rforge forge approve --project ./my-review --gate "network/API approval" --note accepted

3. Search, import, and dedupe

rforge --project ./my-review search batch --queries queries.txt \
  --sources scholarly-fast --out ./my-review/searches --stats --fetch-pdfs
rforge duplicate report --project ./my-review

--fetch-pdfs only fetches legal open-access PDF candidates and stores text derivatives for review.

4. Screen and extract evidence

Use screening commands and evidence extraction to record inclusion decisions and source-backed claims. Human approval gates remain part of the workflow; rforge stores the evidence, not unstated judgment.

5. Analyze and report

rforge analysis prepare my-run --effect raw-continuous --variance-floor 0.0025
rforge analysis ready my-run
rforge analysis run my-run
rforge report build --project ./my-review --out ./my-review/report.md

6. Package and replay

rforge forge package-fixture --project ./my-review --out ./review.rforgepkg
rforge package audit ./review.rforgepkg
rforge package replay ./review.rforgepkg