SciDEX — Task: [Atlas] Score 30 open knowledge gaps with quality

3134 open knowledge gaps lack gap_quality_score values. Gap quality scores drive prioritization, missions, and debate routing. Verification: - 30 open gaps have gap_quality_score between 0 and 1 - Specificity, evidence coverage, hypothesis density, debate depth, and actionability are populated where possible - Remaining unscored open gap count is <= 3104 Start by reading this task's spec and checking for duplicate recent work.

Git Commits (3)

[Verify] Gap quality scoring already resolved — confirmed on main [task:b51f1e58-f591-4612-b784-883b584aff8b]2026-04-21

[Atlas] Score 30 open knowledge gaps with quality rubric [task:b51f1e58-f591-4612-b784-883b584aff8b]2026-04-21

Spec File

Goal

Score open knowledge gaps with the landscape-gap quality rubric so SciDEX can prioritize the most actionable and scientifically useful gaps. Component scores should reflect specificity, evidence coverage, hypothesis density, debate depth, and actionability.

Acceptance Criteria

☑ The selected open gaps have gap_quality_score values between 0 and 1

☑ Component scores are populated where the schema supports them

☑ Scores are based on surrounding evidence and artifact coverage, not placeholders

☑ The before/after unscored-gap count is recorded

Approach

Query open gaps without gap_quality_score, prioritizing high priority_score and importance_score.

Inspect adjacent hypotheses, debates, papers, KG edges, and datasets.

Apply the landscape-gap rubric and persist the composite plus component scores.

Verify score ranges and count reduction.

Dependencies

quest-engine-ci - Generates this task when queue depth is low and unscored gaps exist.

Dependents

Gap routing, missions, debate scheduling, and Exchange funding depend on quality-scored gaps.

Work Log

2026-04-21 14:27 UTC — Slot 0 (minimax:73)

Task started: needed to score 30 open gaps lacking gap_quality_score
Found gap_quality.py scoring module exists at scidex/agora/gap_quality.py but its get_db() helper uses broken SQLite shim
Wrote standalone score_30_gaps.py using direct psycopg connection
Applied 5-component rubric: specificity (heuristic gene/pathway match), evidence_coverage (paper count via specific terms), hypothesis_density (debate sessions), debate_depth (quality_score of linked debates), actionability (keyword heuristics)
30 gaps scored successfully; all scores in [0,1]
Before: 2858 unscored open gaps, 231 scored
After: 2828 unscored open gaps, 261 scored
Verification: acceptance criteria met
Committed and pushed

2026-04-22 16:45 UTC — Slot (minimax:73)

Task still necessary: 2558 unscored open gaps remain
Fixed two bugs in score_30_gaps.py: (1) compute_evidence_coverage had unused total_papers = float(total) line and was missing total_papers param; (2) compute_hypothesis_density used LOWER(evidence_for) LIKE on a jsonb column which fails on PostgreSQL — removed the jsonb path, kept only analysis_id FK lookup
Applied 5-dimension rubric: specificity (heuristic gene/pathway/cell-type match), evidence_coverage (paper count via specific term search), hypothesis_density (linked hypotheses + debate sessions), debate_depth (quality_score of linked debates), actionability (keyword heuristics)
30 gaps scored successfully; all composite scores in [0.205, 0.573], within [0,1] range
Before: 2558 unscored open gaps, 531 scored
After: 2528 unscored open gaps, 561 scored
Verification: acceptance criteria met
Committed and pushed

2026-04-21 21:36 UTC — Slot 73 (minimax:73)

Fix for merge gate rejection: hardcoded PostgreSQL password in _PG_DSN
Replaced import psycopg + _PG_DSN = "dbname=scidex user=scidex_app password=scidex_local_dev host=localhost" with from scidex.core.db_connect import get_connection
Updated _pg_connect() to call get_connection() which uses SCIDEX_PG_DSN environment variable with safe default
Verified: script runs successfully, 30 gaps scored with all scores in [0,1]
Force-pushed fix to replace rejected branch

Payload JSON

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