Comprehensive manuscript review covering argument structure, econometric specification, citation completeness, and potential referee objections.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Review Paper

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill review-paper -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills review-paper --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/15-Felpix-Studios-social-science-research/skills/review-paper .claude/skills/review-paper && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
review-paper
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
480 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Comprehensive manuscript review covering argument structure, econometric specification, citation completeness, and potential referee objections.

  • The user wants substantive academic feedback on a paper — not just surface edits
  • SKILL.md covers Steps, Step 3: Dispatch…, Steps 4-5: Skill Evaluates… and Review Dimensions, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Include: review my paper

What it does

Review Paper is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Comprehensive manuscript review covering argument structure, econometric specification, citation completeness, and potential referee objections. Make sure to use this skill whenever the user wants substantive academic feedback on a paper — not just surface edits. Triggers include: "review my paper", "give me feedback on this draft", "what would a referee say", "anticipate referee objections", "act as a referee", "check my identification strategy", "is my argument convincing", "review this manuscript", "critique…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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, covering Peer review, Econometrics and empirical research and Citation management. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库,覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants substantive academic feedback on a paper — not just surface edits
  • Include: review my paper
  • Give me feedback on this draft
  • What would a referee say

Example prompts

  • “review my paper”
  • “give me feedback on this draft”
  • “what would a referee say”
  • “/review-paper”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Task

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. 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:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • Write
    • Task

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

    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

Review Paper loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 161 tokens; SKILL.md has 480 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~161
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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 480 words (~1,593 tokens).

“Produce a thorough, constructive review of an academic manuscript — the kind of report a top-journal referee would write.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
review-paper
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Task
argument-hint
[paper filename in manuscripts/ or path to .tex/.pdf]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/15-Felpix-Studios-social-science-research/skills/review-paper of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Academic Research Suite for CodexImbad0202/academic-research-skills-codex12k—~12kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
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Questions about Review Paper

What does Review Paper do?

Comprehensive manuscript review covering argument structure, econometric specification, citation completeness, and potential referee objections. Review Paper is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Comprehensive manuscript review covering argument structure, econometric specification, citation completeness, and potential referee objections.

When should I use Review Paper?

Review Paper fits situations like: the user wants substantive academic feedback on a paper — not just surface edits; include: review my paper; give me feedback on this draft; what would a referee say.

How do I install Review Paper in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill review-paper -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/15-Felpix-Studios-social-science-research/skills/review-paper in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/review-paper in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Review Paper in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill review-paper -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/15-Felpix-Studios-social-science-research/skills/review-paper in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/review-paper in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Review Paper 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill review-paper -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/review-paper, .gemini/skills/review-paper, .github/skills/review-paper and .opencode/skills/review-paper in your project.

What does Review Paper need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Review Paper is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Task.

Does Review Paper 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 Review Paper 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 Review Paper use?

Review Paper 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 Review Paper use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k 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 Review Paper?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Review Paper: Review Paper (maxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo, 137 stars), Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Peer Review (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars) and Academic Research Suite for Codex (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills-codex, 12k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Review Paper?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,556 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.