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gbanyan e72c516669 docs(03-06): complete literature evidence layer
- Created SUMMARY.md with full implementation details
- Updated STATE.md: progress 60%, 12/20 plans complete, Phase 3 complete
- Documented 4 key decisions (tier priority, bias mitigation, context weights, rate limiting)
- All verification criteria met: 17/17 tests pass, CLI functional, bias mitigation validated
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Key accomplishments:
- PubMed evidence layer queries per gene across cilia/sensory/cytoskeleton/polarity contexts
- Quality tier classification: direct_experimental > hts_hit > functional_mention > incidental
- Bias mitigation via log2(total_pubmed_count) prevents well-studied gene dominance
- Novel genes with 10 total/5 cilia publications score higher than TP53-like genes with 100K total/5 cilia
- Biopython Entrez integration with rate limiting (3/sec default, 10/sec with API key)
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Project State

Project Reference

See: .planning/PROJECT.md (updated 2026-02-11)

Core value: Produce a high-confidence, multi-evidence-backed ranked list of under-studied cilia/Usher candidate genes that is fully traceable — every gene's inclusion is explainable by specific evidence, and every gap is documented. Current focus: Phase 2 complete — ready for Phase 3

Current Position

Phase: 3 of 6 (Core Evidence Layers) Plan: 6 of 6 in current phase (phase complete) Status: Phase 3 complete — ready for Phase 4 Last activity: 2026-02-11 — Completed 03-06-PLAN.md (Literature Evidence layer)

Progress: [██████░░░░] 60.0% (12/20 plans complete across all phases)

Performance Metrics

Velocity:

  • Total plans completed: 12
  • Average duration: 5.6 min
  • Total execution time: 1.1 hours

By Phase:

Phase Plans Total Avg/Plan
01 - Data Infrastructure 4/4 14 min 3.5 min/plan
02 - Prototype Evidence Layer 2/2 8 min 4.0 min/plan
03 - Core Evidence Layers 6/6 52 min 8.7 min/plan
Phase 03 P02 12 min 2 tasks 9 files
Phase 03 P03 11 min 2 tasks 7 files
Phase 03 P04 8 min 2 tasks 8 files
Phase 03 P05 10 min 2 tasks 8 files
Phase 03 P06 13 min 2 tasks 10 files

Accumulated Context

Decisions

Decisions are logged in PROJECT.md Key Decisions table. Recent decisions affecting current work:

  • Python over R/Bioconductor for rich data integration ecosystem
  • Weighted rule-based scoring over ML for explainability
  • Public data only for reproducibility
  • Modular CLI scripts for flexibility during development
  • Virtual environment required for dependency isolation (01-01: PEP 668 externally-managed Python)
  • Auto-creation of directories on config load (01-01: data_dir, cache_dir field validators)
  • [01-02]: Warn on gene count outside 19k-22k range but don't fail (allows for Ensembl version variations)
  • [01-02]: HGNC success rate is primary validation gate (UniProt mapping tracked but not used for pass/fail)
  • [01-02]: Take first UniProt accession when multiple exist (simplifies data model)
  • [01-02]: Mock mygene in tests (avoids rate limits, ensures reproducibility)
  • [01-03]: DuckDB over SQLite for DataFrame storage (native polars/pandas integration, better analytics)
  • [01-03]: Provenance sidecar files alongside outputs (co-located metadata, bioinformatics standard pattern)
  • [01-04]: Click for CLI framework (standard Python CLI library with excellent UX)
  • [01-04]: Setup command uses checkpoint-restart pattern (gene universe fetch can take minutes)
  • [01-04]: Mock mygene in integration tests (avoids external API dependency, reproducible)
  • [02-01]: httpx over requests for streaming downloads (async-native, cleaner API)
  • [02-01]: structlog for structured logging (JSON-formatted, context-aware)
  • [02-01]: LOEUF normalization with inversion (lower LOEUF = more constrained = higher 0-1 score)
  • [02-01]: Quality flags instead of filtering (preserve all genes with measured/incomplete_coverage/no_data categorization)
  • [02-01]: NULL preservation pattern (unknown constraint != zero constraint, must not be conflated)
  • [02-01]: Lazy polars evaluation (LazyFrame until final collect() for query optimization)
  • [02-02]: load_to_duckdb uses CREATE OR REPLACE for idempotency (safe to re-run)
  • [02-02]: CLI evidence command group for extensibility (future evidence sources follow same pattern)
  • [02-02]: Checkpoint at table level (has_checkpoint checks DuckDB table existence)
  • [02-02]: Integration tests with synthetic fixtures (no external downloads, fast, reproducible)
  • [03-01]: Annotation tier thresholds: Well >= (20 GO AND 4 UniProt), Partial >= (5 GO OR 3 UniProt)
  • [03-01]: Composite annotation score weighting: GO 50%, UniProt 30%, Pathway 20%
  • [03-01]: NULL GO counts treated as zero for tier classification but preserved as NULL in data (conservative assumption)
  • [03-03]: UniProt REST API with batching (100 accessions) over bulk download for flexibility
  • [03-03]: InterPro API for supplemental domain annotations (10 req/sec rate limit)
  • [03-03]: Keyword-based cilia motif detection over ML for explainability (IFT, BBSome, ciliary, etc.)
  • [03-03]: Composite protein score weights: length 15%, domain 20%, coiled-coil 20%, TM 20%, cilia 15%, scaffold 10%
  • [03-03]: List(Null) edge case handling for proteins with no domains (cast to List(String))
  • [03-04]: Evidence type terminology standardized to computational (not predicted) for consistency with bioinformatics convention
  • [03-04]: Proteomics absence stored as False (informative negative) vs HPA absence as NULL (unknown/not tested)
  • [03-04]: Curated proteomics reference gene sets (CiliaCarta, Centrosome-DB) embedded as Python constants for simpler deployment
  • [03-04]: Computational evidence (HPA Uncertain/Approved) downweighted to 0.6x vs experimental (Enhanced/Supported, proteomics) at 1.0x
  • [Phase 03-05]: Ortholog confidence based on HCOP support count (HIGH: 8+, MEDIUM: 4-7, LOW: 1-3)
  • [Phase 03-05]: NULL score for genes without orthologs (preserves NULL pattern)
  • [03-02]: HPA bulk TSV download over per-gene API (efficient for 20K genes)
  • [03-02]: GTEx retina/fallopian tube may be NULL (not in all versions)
  • [03-02]: CellxGene optional dependency with --skip-cellxgene flag (large install)
  • [03-02]: Tau specificity requires complete tissue data (any NULL -> NULL Tau)
  • [03-02]: Expression score composite: 40% enrichment + 30% Tau + 30% target rank
  • [03-02]: Inner ear data primarily from CellxGene scRNA-seq (not HPA/GTEx bulk)
  • [03-06]: HTS hits prioritized over functional mentions in evidence tier hierarchy (direct > HTS > functional > incidental)
  • [03-06]: Quality-weighted scoring uses log2 normalization to mitigate well-studied gene bias (prevents TP53-like dominance)
  • [03-06]: Context weights cilia/sensory=2.0, cytoskeleton/polarity=1.0 for primary target prioritization
  • [03-06]: Rate limiting via decorator pattern (3 req/sec default, 10 req/sec with NCBI API key)

Pending Todos

None yet.

Blockers/Concerns

None yet.

Session Continuity

Last session: 2026-02-11 - Plan execution Stopped at: Completed 03-06-PLAN.md (Literature Evidence layer) - Phase 3 complete Resume file: .planning/phases/03-core-evidence-layers/03-06-SUMMARY.md