Hypothesis Generation
spacering-net/codeg
Structured hypothesis formulation from observations. An agent skill from spacering-net/codeg.
Two-thread adversarial review: a fresh reviewer constructs the strongest 200-word rejection memo, then a second fresh reviewer defends the paper point-by-point and surfaces still-unresolved critical…
Install Kill Argument
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill kill-argument -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist kill-argument --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kill-argument .claude/skills/kill-argument && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "kill-argument" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/kill-argument into .claude/skills/kill-argument/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kill-argument", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/kill-argumentType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill kill-argument -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist kill-argument --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kill-argument .agents/skills/kill-argument && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "kill-argument" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/kill-argument into .agents/skills/kill-argument/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kill-argument", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill kill-argument -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist kill-argument --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kill-argument .cursor/skills/kill-argument && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "kill-argument" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/kill-argument into .cursor/skills/kill-argument/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kill-argument", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git --path skills/kill-argument--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill kill-argument -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist kill-argument --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kill-argument .gemini/skills/kill-argument && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "kill-argument" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/kill-argument into .gemini/skills/kill-argument/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kill-argument", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist kill-argumentInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill kill-argument -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kill-argument .github/skills/kill-argument && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "kill-argument" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/kill-argument into .github/skills/kill-argument/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kill-argument", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill kill-argument -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist kill-argument --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kill-argument .opencode/skills/kill-argument && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "kill-argument" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/kill-argument into .opencode/skills/kill-argument/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "kill-argument", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
kill-argument- GitHub stars
- 128
- Used in
- 3 other repos
- Token cost
- ~5.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,358 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 75
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Two-thread adversarial review: a fresh reviewer constructs the strongest 200-word rejection memo, then a second fresh reviewer defends the paper point-by-point and surfaces still-unresolved critical…
- Works in 5 steps: Discover paper files → Attack memo (Thread 1, fresh codex) → Adjudication memo (Thread 2, fresh codex… → …
- User says kill argument
- SKILL.md covers Why This Exists, How This Differs From Other…, When To Use and Constants, plus 6 more sections
- Calls just
What it does
Kill Argument is an agent skill from AI4Scientist/nano-scientist. Two-thread adversarial review: a fresh reviewer constructs the strongest 200-word rejection memo, then a second fresh reviewer defends the paper point-by-point and surfaces still-unresolved critical issues. Use when user says "kill argument", "adversarial review", "hostile review", "rebuttal preparation", "reviewer-2 simulation", or before submitting a theory paper that has already passed standard review rounds.
Its SKILL.md is about 5.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science. The repository describes itself as: An autonomous research agent that turns a topic into a peer-reviewed technical report.
When your agent uses it
- User says kill argument
- Adversarial review
- Rebuttal preparation
- Reviewer-2 simulation
Example prompts
- “kill argument”
- “adversarial review”
- “hostile review”
- “/kill-argument”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, mcp__codex__codex
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Discover paper files
- Attack memo (Thread 1, fresh codex)
- Adjudication memo (Thread 2, fresh codex with attack + paper)
- Write KILL_ARGUMENT.md and KILL_ARGUMENT.json
- Print summary
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7132192. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
Bash(*)ReadWriteEditGrepGlobmcp__codex__codex
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
just
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Kill Argument loads about 5.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 107 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,358 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check: notes
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
- NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, mcp__codex__codex
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,358 words (~5,100 tokens).
“Stress-test the headline claims of a paper against the strongest possible rejection argument: $ARGUMENTS”
- name
- kill-argument
- allowed-tools
- Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, mcp__codex__codex
- argument-hint
- paper-directory
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/kill-argument of AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7132192
Used in 3 other repositories
We found 6 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Kill Argument next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kill Argument this skillAI4Scientist/nano-scientist | 128 | 3 repos | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Hypothesis Generationspacering-net/codeg | 3.8k | 15 repos | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| GitHub Deep Researchbytedance/deer-flow | 83k | 5 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Nature Paper CardYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 46k | 2 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Read arXiv Paperkarpathy/nanochat | 58k | 2 repos | ~494 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Content Research Writerweapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss | 1.9k | 25 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Kill Argument
What does Kill Argument do?
Two-thread adversarial review: a fresh reviewer constructs the strongest 200-word rejection memo, then a second fresh reviewer defends the paper point-by-point and surfaces still-unresolved critical…. Kill Argument is an agent skill from AI4Scientist/nano-scientist. Two-thread adversarial review: a fresh reviewer constructs the strongest 200-word rejection memo, then a second fresh reviewer defends the paper point-by-point and surfaces still-unresolved critical issues.
When should I use Kill Argument?
Kill Argument fits situations like: user says kill argument; adversarial review; rebuttal preparation; reviewer-2 simulation.
How do I install Kill Argument in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill kill-argument -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kill-argument in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist) into .claude/skills/kill-argument in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Kill Argument in Codex?
Run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill kill-argument -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kill-argument in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist) into .agents/skills/kill-argument in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Kill Argument in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill kill-argument -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/kill-argument, .gemini/skills/kill-argument, .github/skills/kill-argument and .opencode/skills/kill-argument in your project.
What does Kill Argument need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Kill Argument needs the command-line tools its instructions call (just). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, mcp__codex__codex.
Does Kill Argument access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Kill Argument safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Kill Argument use?
No licence was found for Kill Argument or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Kill Argument use?
About 5.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 20k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Kill Argument?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Kill Argument: Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.8k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars), Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 46k stars) and Read arXiv Paper (karpathy/nanochat, 58k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Kill Argument?
AI4Scientist (a GitHub organization) maintains it in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, which has 128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 75 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 3, 2026.
Source: AI4Scientist/nano-scientist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.