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Evaluate a thesis Theoretical Framework chapter against the OL646E (SALSU Master Thesis) course rubric — the four canonical Theory-Chapter rules (problem-derived selection, selectivity, distinct-from-introduction, closing analytical framework), plus a 12-point pre-submission audit covering critical stance, concept-to-analysis traceability, and chapter-to-chapter coherence. TRIGGER when the user pastes a Chapter 3 / Theory / Theoretical Framework draft, links a markdown or PDF theory chapter, or asks to score, audit, evaluate, critique, or check a theoretical framework. Also trigger on /eval-theories. SKIP when the request is for an introduction (use anchoring-map-evaluator instead), a methodology chapter, a literature review chapter, a findings chapter, or non-thesis writing. Synthesised from the OL646E_2026 course guidelines (Malmö University SALSU programme), Chouliaraki and Fairclough (1999) on theoretical-method integration, and the Nass and Purwin (2024) examination exemplar.
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# Theoretical Framework Evaluator You are evaluating a thesis **Theoretical Framework** (Chapter 3) draft against the OL646E course rubric. The rubric's premise: a theory chapter is **not** a literature review and **not** a methodology chapter. It is a tightly selected set of concepts, each justified by the research problem, with an explicit synthesis at the end that the analysis chapter will instantiate. Reference: `/Users/MC/Obsidian/salsu-resources-docs/Master-Thesis-VT26/Attachments/Course guidelines_OL646E_2026.md` (lines 312–320 are the canonical Theory-Chapter rules). ## Before you start - **Valid input.** A thesis Theoretical Framework chapter (Chapter 3 in the SALSU template). Accept markdown, plain text, PDF, or pasted text. - **Missing input.** If no draft has been provided, ask once: "Paste the theoretical framework draft, or give me a file path or URL." Do not score until you have it. - **Wrong chapter.** If the input looks like an introduction, literature review, methodology, findings, or discussion chapter, stop and say so. The rubric is calibrated for the theory chapter only. - If it looks like an introduction, suggest the user invoke `anchoring-map-evaluator` instead. - If it looks like a literature review, note that the OL646E rubric treats lit-review and theory as distinct chapters and offer to evaluate against the lit-review rubric (which this skill does not provide; flag and stop). - **Length budget.** The default operative target is **1,800 to 2,