PUMA — PUMA Understanding and Management with Agents
Can language models manage ICT projects? An empirical benchmark of local LLM agents for issue triage and effort estimation in ICT projects.
PUMA is a research-driven platform that benchmarks autonomous AI agents on practical project management tasks. This vault is the unified knowledge management system for the PUMA project. It integrates six complementary methodological layers into a single coherent workspace.
| Layer | System | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Navigation | MOC (Map of Content) | Top-level orientation maps |
| Productivity | GTD (Getting Things Done) | Task and commitment management |
| Organisation | PARA | Projects · Areas · Resources · Archive |
| Knowledge | Zettelkasten | Atomic, permanent, linked ideas |
| Numbering | Johnny Decimal | Unique IDs for every note and folder |
| Engineering | SDD / BMAD | Spec-first development artefacts |
Research frameworks integrated: EBSE+SLR/PRISMA · DSR · Grounded Theory · MIT Student Method · RCOIF · EGI · AMI · DRCA · IIPR · CoT · Few-Shot · Zero-Shot CoT · CDD · Agent Prompt Engineering.
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
00 - Meta |
Templates, dashboards, plugin configuration |
10 - Inbox |
GTD capture point — fleeting notes and quick capture (process daily) |
20 - Literature |
All source materials — papers, books, datasets, tools |
30 - Permanent |
Evergreen Zettelkasten notes — concepts, methods, frameworks, results |
40 - Projects |
Active project work — PUMA chapters, specs, experiments, BMAD agents |
50 - Areas |
Ongoing responsibilities — research quality, writing, code, ethics |
60 - Resources |
Reusable assets — prompts, workflows, checklists, glossary, bibliography |
70 - Archive |
Completed and deprecated material |
80 - MOC |
Maps of Content and master indexes — navigation layer |
90 - GTD |
Tasks, reviews, sprint boards, someday/maybe lists |
- Daily workflow →
90 - GTD/95 Reviews/Daily-Review-Template - Project overview →
80 - MOC/81 Topic-Maps/MOC-PUMA-Master - Research pipeline →
80 - MOC/81 Topic-Maps/MOC-Research-Pipeline - Prompts library →
60 - Resources/61 Prompts/ - Glossary →
60 - Resources/64 Glossary/Glossary-Master - Vault guide →
VAULT-GUIDE.md
Idea/Source → [10 Inbox] → Process → [20 Literature] or [30 Permanent]
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Referenced in [40 Projects]
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Linked in [80 MOC]
| Prefix | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
FL- |
Fleeting note | FL-2026-03-15-LLM-idea |
LN- |
Literature note | LN-Tawosi2022-TAWOS |
PN- |
Permanent note | PN-Few-Shot-Prompting |
PR- |
Project note | PR-PUMA-Ch1-Introduction |
SP- |
Spec note | SP-Triage-Agent-v1 |
EX- |
Experiment note | EX-Llama32-ZeroShot-Triage |
PT- |
Prompt template | PT-Claude-RCOIF-Research |
MOC- |
Map of Content | MOC-LLM-Benchmarks |
See 00 - Meta/Plugins-Config/Recommended-Plugins for full setup instructions.
Essential: Dataview · Templater · Tasks · Calendar · Periodic Notes · Git · QuickAdd · Kanban · Excalidraw · Smart Connections · Zotero Integration
- GitHub Repository: pumacp/PUMA
- Zotero Library: PUMA group library
- Datasets: Jira SR (Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5901893) · TAWOS (GitHub: SOLAR-group/TAWOS)
Last updated: April 2026 · License: MIT · Built for the PUMA project