Agent skill

Consistency Checker

by franklee16 in franklee16/academic-research-skills

Systematic pre-submission consistency audit for academic manuscripts in accounting/finance.

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Consistency Checker

skills CLI
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill consistency-checker -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills consistency-checker --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/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/review-revise/consistency-checker .claude/skills/consistency-checker && 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
consistency-checker
GitHub stars
223
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,130 words
Files
6 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
1,617
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Systematic pre-submission consistency audit for academic manuscripts in accounting/finance.

  • Works in 10 steps: Cross-Reference and Citation Audit → Table Audit (ALL tables without exception) → Figure Audit (ALL figures without… → …
  • : submitting to journal
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Input, Workflow and 10 Audit Categories, plus 4 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

Consistency Checker is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Systematic pre-submission consistency audit for academic manuscripts in accounting/finance. Performs exhaustive checks across 10 categories: cross-references (tables, figures, equations, citations), table/figure consistency, variable definitions, sample sizes, methodology alignment, structural formatting, cross-document coherence, and common pitfalls. TRIGGER when: submitting to journal, responding to R&R, finalizing working paper, user mentions "consistency check", "pre-submission", "audit paper", "check my…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/checklist.md`, `scripts/crossref_validator.py` and `scripts/latex_extractor.py`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management, Accounting and bookkeeping and Experimental design. The repository describes itself as: Comprehensive collection of Claude Code skills for academic research in economics, finance, and social sciences.

When your agent uses it

  • : submitting to journal
  • Responding to R&R
  • Finalizing working paper
  • User mentions consistency check

Example prompts

  • “consistency check”
  • “pre-submission”
  • “audit paper”
  • “/consistency-checker”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

10 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Cross-Reference and Citation Audit
  2. Table Audit (ALL tables without exception)
  3. Figure Audit (ALL figures without exception)
  4. Variable Definitions and Labels
  5. Sample and Data Consistency
  6. Methodology and Econometric Consistency
  7. Structural and Formatting Checks
  8. Cross-Document Consistency (CRITICAL)
  9. Language and Clarity Checks (Accounting/Finance Specific)
  10. Common Pitfalls Checklist

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a4b2db. 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

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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

Consistency Checker loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 150 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,130 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~150
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.6k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,130 words (~2,593 tokens).

“You are acting as a meticulous academic referee, technical editor, and production manager combined. Your task is to perform an exhaustive, line-by-line consistency and accuracy audit of all provided documents (main paper, response letter, online appendix).”

— opening of SKILL.md by franklee16
name
consistency-checker

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts, references) in review-revise/consistency-checker of franklee16/academic-research-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • evals/references.bib
  • evals/test_paper.tex
  • references/checklist.md
  • scripts/crossref_validator.py
  • scripts/latex_extractor.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a4b2db

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Questions about Consistency Checker

What does Consistency Checker do?

Systematic pre-submission consistency audit for academic manuscripts in accounting/finance. Consistency Checker is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Systematic pre-submission consistency audit for academic manuscripts in accounting/finance.

When should I use Consistency Checker?

Consistency Checker fits situations like: : submitting to journal; responding to R&R; finalizing working paper; user mentions consistency check.

How do I install Consistency Checker in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill consistency-checker -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (review-revise/consistency-checker in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/consistency-checker in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Consistency Checker in Codex?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill consistency-checker -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (review-revise/consistency-checker in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/consistency-checker in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Consistency Checker 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill consistency-checker -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/consistency-checker, .gemini/skills/consistency-checker, .github/skills/consistency-checker and .opencode/skills/consistency-checker in your project.

What does Consistency Checker need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Consistency Checker needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Consistency Checker 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 Consistency Checker 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Consistency Checker use?

No licence was found for Consistency Checker or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Consistency Checker use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Consistency Checker?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Consistency Checker: Aer Consistency (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.6k stars), Academic Writing (wentorai/Research-Claw, 858 stars), Research Paper Writing (RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop, 177 stars) and Reader First Technical Edit (lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, 847 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Consistency Checker?

franklee16 (a GitHub user) maintains it in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which has 223 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,617 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 18, 2026.

Source: franklee16/academic-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.