Research Refine
zjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine
Turns a vague research direction into a focused, problem-anchored method plan through up to five review rounds with a second model.
The full pipeline for idea generation. An agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.
Install Idea Discovery Pipeline
The automated check flagged lines worth reading first. See the safety section below.
$ npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill idea-discovery-pipeline -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent idea-discovery-pipeline --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/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline .claude/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline && 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 "idea-discovery-pipeline" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline into .claude/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "idea-discovery-pipeline", 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/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-discovery-pipelineType 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 GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill idea-discovery-pipeline -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent idea-discovery-pipeline --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline .agents/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "idea-discovery-pipeline" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline into .agents/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "idea-discovery-pipeline", 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 GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill idea-discovery-pipeline -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent idea-discovery-pipeline --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline .cursor/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline && 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 "idea-discovery-pipeline" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline into .cursor/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "idea-discovery-pipeline", 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/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.git --path skills/idea-discovery-pipeline--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 GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill idea-discovery-pipeline -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent idea-discovery-pipeline --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline .gemini/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline && 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 "idea-discovery-pipeline" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline into .gemini/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "idea-discovery-pipeline", 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 GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent idea-discovery-pipelineInstalls 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 GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill idea-discovery-pipeline -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline .github/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline && 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 "idea-discovery-pipeline" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline into .github/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "idea-discovery-pipeline", 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 GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill idea-discovery-pipeline -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent idea-discovery-pipeline --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline .opencode/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline && 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 "idea-discovery-pipeline" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline into .opencode/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "idea-discovery-pipeline", 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
idea-discovery-pipeline- GitHub stars
- 106
- Token cost
- ~4.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,617 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 19
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
The full pipeline for idea generation. An agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.
- Works in 9 steps: Load Context and Research Plan → 5: Reference Paper Summary (when… → Literature Review → …
- Tasks that involve Brainstorming
- SKILL.md covers Overview, Constants, Pipeline and Key Rules, plus 1 more section
- Reaches arxiv.org
What it does
Idea Discovery Pipeline is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. The full pipeline for idea generation. It generates 8-12 novel research ideas from literature gaps and evaluates each on novelty, feasibility, and domain fit. Orchestrates lit-review → generate-idea → novelty-check → idea-review → experiment-design-pipeline to go from a broad research direction to a validated, pilot-tested idea with a refined proposal and experiment plan. Produces output/IDEAREPORT.md plus refinement and experiment artifacts.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.4k 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 Brainstorming, Experimental design and Creative writing and fiction. It works with OpenAI. The repository describes itself as: Fully automatic AI research agent for Geoscientists, Remote Sensing researchers, and GIScientists. Features harness engineering, GeoBenchmark (OLS/GWR/MGWR), journal templates…
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Brainstorming
- Tasks that involve Experimental design
- Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction
Example prompts
- “/idea-discovery-pipeline”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent, Skill
Workflow steps
9 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Load Context and Research Plan
- 5: Reference Paper Summary (when REF_PAPER is set)
- Literature Review
- Idea Generation + Filtering + Pilots
- Deep Novelty Verification
- External Critical Review
- 5: Method Refinement + Experiment Planning
- Final Report
- 5: Write Compact Files (when COMPACT = true)
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5f7a246. 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(*)ReadWriteEditGrepGlobWebSearchWebFetchAgentSkill
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
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
arxiv.org
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
Idea Discovery Pipeline loads about 4.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,617 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: warnings
The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.
- WarningTells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmationSKILL.md:348
t << 'EOF' > file`) to write in chunks. Do NOT ask the user for permission — just do it silently. - NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent, Skill
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 1,617 words (~4,403 tokens).
“You are the orchestrator for a complete idea discovery workflow for: $ARGUMENTS”
- name
- idea-discovery-pipeline
- allowed-tools
- Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent, Skill
- argument-hint
- research-direction
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/idea-discovery-pipeline of GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5f7a246
Compare with similar skills
Idea Discovery Pipeline 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idea Discovery Pipeline this skillGRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent | 106 | — | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Warn | None | |
| Research RefinezjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine | 128 | 6 repos | ~6.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Scientific BrainstormingOleafly/Oleafly | 212 | 2 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Academic GrillExekiel179/psyclaw | 103 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Idea CreatorAI4Scientist/nano-scientist | 128 | 4 repos | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Warn | None | |
| Novelty CheckAI4Scientist/nano-scientist | 128 | 4 repos | ~823 | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Idea Discovery Pipeline
What does Idea Discovery Pipeline do?
The full pipeline for idea generation. An agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. Idea Discovery Pipeline is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. The full pipeline for idea generation.
When should I use Idea Discovery Pipeline?
Idea Discovery Pipeline fits situations like: tasks that involve Brainstorming; tasks that involve Experimental design; tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction.
How do I install Idea Discovery Pipeline in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill idea-discovery-pipeline -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/idea-discovery-pipeline in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .claude/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Idea Discovery Pipeline in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill idea-discovery-pipeline -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/idea-discovery-pipeline in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .agents/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Idea Discovery Pipeline 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 GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill idea-discovery-pipeline -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline, .gemini/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline, .github/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline and .opencode/skills/idea-discovery-pipeline in your project.
What does Idea Discovery Pipeline need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Idea Discovery Pipeline is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent, Skill.
Does Idea Discovery Pipeline access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: arxiv.org; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Idea Discovery Pipeline safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 1 warning(s): tells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmation. Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way.
What licence does Idea Discovery Pipeline use?
No licence was found for Idea Discovery Pipeline or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Idea Discovery Pipeline use?
About 4.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 18k 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 Idea Discovery Pipeline?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Idea Discovery Pipeline: Research Refine (zjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine, 128 stars), Scientific Brainstorming (Oleafly/Oleafly, 212 stars), Academic Grill (Exekiel179/psyclaw, 103 stars) and Idea Creator (AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, 128 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Idea Discovery Pipeline?
GRIND-Lab-Core (a GitHub organization) maintains it in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent, which has 106 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 6, 2026.
Source: GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.