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Vibe Compiler: A Research-Logic Synthesis Tool That Runs without Prompt Engineering -Toward Enhancing Metacognition for Sustaining Agency in the Age of Generative AI-

◐ medium · 2026-08-07metacognition, generative-ai, critical-thinking, cognitive-offloading, human-in-the-loop, self-regulated-learning, rag, scaffolding

Synthesis: This paper introduces the Synthesis-Analysis Reciprocity Model and the Vibe Compiler tool to preserve human epistemic agency during GenAI-assisted intellectual work. The model frames intellectual construction as a reciprocal interaction between Synthesis (combining components into a whole) and Analysis (decomposing a whole into components), arguing that over-reliance on AI for synthesis erodes metacognitive capacity. Vibe Compiler implements this model by requiring users to externalise their reasoning structure — specifying components, relationships, and constraints — before AI generates any output. In preliminary trials, the tool improved users' ability to articulate, critique, and refine AI-generated reasoning, suggesting that structured metacognitive scaffolding can mitigate the cognitive offloading risks identified in Over Reliance research.

Generative AI used as a capable servant has greatly accelerated intellectual work, but it also risks eroding human epistemic agency by encouraging uncritical acceptance of AI-generated reasoning. This creates a need for mechanisms that preserve human agency by augmenting metacognition during AI-assisted intellectual work. To address this, we propose the Synthesis-Analysis Reciprocity Model, which views intellectual construction as a reciprocal interaction between Synthesis, which combines components into an artifact, and Analysis, which critically evaluates them against objective indicators and constrains subsequent synthesis. Grounded in this model, we present the Vibe Compiler, a research-logic compiler that helps researchers transform vague ideas (Vibes) into coherent research logic. Th

introduces the Synthesis-Analysis Reciprocity Model and the Vibe Compiler tool to preserve human epistemic agency during GenAI-assisted intellectual work. The model frames intellectual construction as a reciprocal interaction between Synthesis (combining components into a whole) and Analysis (decomposing a whole into components), arguing that over-reliance on AI for synthesis erodes metacognitive capacity. Vibe Compiler implements this model by requiring users to externalise their reasoning structure — specifying components, relationships, and constraints — before AI generates any output. In preliminary trials, the tool improved users' ability to articulate, critique, and refine AI-generated reasoning, suggesting that structured metacognitive scaffolding can mitigate the cognitive offloading risks identified in Over Reliance research.

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    • Citation

    Mizoguchi, Riichiro et al. (2026). Vibe Compiler: A Research-Logic Synthesis Tool That Runs without Prompt Engineering -Toward Enhancing Metacognition for Sustaining Agency in the Age of Generative AI-. arXiv:2608.05545.