Peer Review
K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer
Prepare evidence-bounded, constructive peer-review drafts and structured manuscript assessments.
Run a multi-agent scientific manuscript review with parallel specialist reviewers, disagreement checks, and an editor meta-review.
Install Manuscript Review Council
$ npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills manuscript-review-council --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/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council .claude/skills/manuscript-review-council && 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 "manuscript-review-council" agent skill from https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council into .claude/skills/manuscript-review-council/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "manuscript-review-council", 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/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/omics/manuscript-review-councilType 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 BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills manuscript-review-council --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council .agents/skills/manuscript-review-council && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "manuscript-review-council" agent skill from https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council into .agents/skills/manuscript-review-council/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "manuscript-review-council", 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 BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills manuscript-review-council --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council .cursor/skills/manuscript-review-council && 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 "manuscript-review-council" agent skill from https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council into .cursor/skills/manuscript-review-council/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "manuscript-review-council", 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/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.git --path skills/omics/manuscript-review-council--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 BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills manuscript-review-council --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council .gemini/skills/manuscript-review-council && 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 "manuscript-review-council" agent skill from https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council into .gemini/skills/manuscript-review-council/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "manuscript-review-council", 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 BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills manuscript-review-councilInstalls 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 BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council .github/skills/manuscript-review-council && 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 "manuscript-review-council" agent skill from https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council into .github/skills/manuscript-review-council/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "manuscript-review-council", 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 BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills manuscript-review-council --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council .opencode/skills/manuscript-review-council && 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 "manuscript-review-council" agent skill from https://github.com/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/omics/manuscript-review-council into .opencode/skills/manuscript-review-council/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "manuscript-review-council", 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
manuscript-review-council- GitHub stars
- 200
- Token cost
- ~2.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 954 words
- Files
- 5 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 23
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Run a multi-agent scientific manuscript review with parallel specialist reviewers, disagreement checks, and an editor meta-review.
- Works in 12 steps: Confirm the review context: manuscript… → Gather the review packet before delegating → Normalize the manuscript into a shared… → …
- Reviewing a manuscript
- SKILL.md covers Instructions, Quick Reference, Input Requirements and Output, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Manuscript Review Council is an agent skill from BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills. Run a multi-agent scientific manuscript review with parallel specialist reviewers, disagreement checks, and an editor meta-review. Use when reviewing a manuscript, preprint, revision, or rebuttal in Codex or Claude Code.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `references/council-workflow.md`, `references/reviewer-roles.md` and `templates/editor-meta-review.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Peer review and Academic paper search. The repository describes itself as: A curated collection of AI agent skills for biomedical research, covering genomics, proteomics, single-cell analysis, clinical AI, and protein design.
When your agent uses it
- Reviewing a manuscript
- Rebuttal in Codex
Example prompts
- “/manuscript-review-council”
Workflow steps
12 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Confirm the review context: manuscript or revision stage, target venue if known, desired decision scale, and whether the user wants a full…
- Gather the review packet before delegating
- Normalize the manuscript into a shared packet for every reviewer. At minimum, preserve section boundaries, figure references, and the…
- Load the local council definition before delegating
- Use the platform's native delegation primitive when available
- Launch these three default reviewers in parallel
- Add support reviewers only when triggered by the manuscript
- Give every reviewer the same structured contract
- Require reviewers to ground criticisms in the manuscript text or in clearly missing information. Do not invent citations, datasets…
- Run a cross-review pass after the first round
- Capture a lightweight artifact bundle even if the user only asked for prose
- Write an editor meta-review that includes
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8cbdd18. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
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
Manuscript Review Council loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 62 tokens; SKILL.md has 954 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 passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 954 words (~2,166 tokens).
“Run a journal-style review council instead of a single blended opinion. This skill is self-contained and works in both Codex and Claude Code.”
- name
- manuscript-review-council
Files
SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in skills/omics/manuscript-review-council of BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/council-workflow.md
- references/reviewer-roles.md
- templates/editor-meta-review.md
- templates/reviewer-brief.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8cbdd18
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| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuscript Review Council this skillBioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills | 200 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Peer ReviewK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer | 2.4k | 2 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Social Science Paper Writingfakerqwq/social-science-paper-writing-skill | 382 | — | ~7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Paper Expert Generatorguhaohao0991/PaperClaw | 250 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Academic Researchvoidful/academic-skills | 135 | — | ~887 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Content Refinement Agentappleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI | 119 | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Manuscript Review Council
What does Manuscript Review Council do?
Run a multi-agent scientific manuscript review with parallel specialist reviewers, disagreement checks, and an editor meta-review. Manuscript Review Council is an agent skill from BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills. Run a multi-agent scientific manuscript review with parallel specialist reviewers, disagreement checks, and an editor meta-review.
When should I use Manuscript Review Council?
Manuscript Review Council fits situations like: reviewing a manuscript; rebuttal in Codex.
How do I install Manuscript Review Council in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/omics/manuscript-review-council in BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/manuscript-review-council in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Manuscript Review Council in Codex?
Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/omics/manuscript-review-council in BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/manuscript-review-council in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Manuscript Review Council 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 BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/manuscript-review-council, .gemini/skills/manuscript-review-council, .github/skills/manuscript-review-council and .opencode/skills/manuscript-review-council in your project.
What does Manuscript Review Council need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Manuscript Review Council is instructions for the agent only.
Does Manuscript Review Council 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 Manuscript Review Council safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Manuscript Review Council use?
Manuscript Review Council has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Manuscript Review Council use?
About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Manuscript Review Council?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Manuscript Review Council: Peer Review (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars), Social Science Paper Writing (fakerqwq/social-science-paper-writing-skill, 382 stars), Paper Expert Generator (guhaohao0991/PaperClaw, 250 stars) and Academic Research (voidful/academic-skills, 135 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Manuscript Review Council?
BioTender-max (a GitHub user) maintains it in BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills, which has 200 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 1, 2026.
Source: BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.