Academic Paper Writing Pipeline
Imbad0202/academic-research-skills
Runs a 12-agent pipeline that plans, drafts, cites, reviews and formats academic papers, with modes for revision, rebuttals, abstracts and citation checks.
Reviews the manuscript produced by paper-draft (in output/manuscript/) as a demanding IJGIS / ISPRS JPRS reviewer-editor, cross-checks it against output/PAPERPLAN.md and its evidence artifacts, then…
Install Paper Review Loop
$ npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill paper-review-loop -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent paper-review-loop --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/paper-review-loop .claude/skills/paper-review-loop && 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 "paper-review-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/paper-review-loop into .claude/skills/paper-review-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-review-loop", 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/paper-review-loopType 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 paper-review-loop -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent paper-review-loop --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/paper-review-loop .agents/skills/paper-review-loop && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-review-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/paper-review-loop into .agents/skills/paper-review-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-review-loop", 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 paper-review-loop -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent paper-review-loop --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/paper-review-loop .cursor/skills/paper-review-loop && 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 "paper-review-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/paper-review-loop into .cursor/skills/paper-review-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-review-loop", 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/paper-review-loop--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 paper-review-loop -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent paper-review-loop --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/paper-review-loop .gemini/skills/paper-review-loop && 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 "paper-review-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/paper-review-loop into .gemini/skills/paper-review-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-review-loop", 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 paper-review-loopInstalls 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 paper-review-loop -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/paper-review-loop .github/skills/paper-review-loop && 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 "paper-review-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/paper-review-loop into .github/skills/paper-review-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-review-loop", 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 paper-review-loop -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 paper-review-loop --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/paper-review-loop .opencode/skills/paper-review-loop && 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 "paper-review-loop" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/paper-review-loop into .opencode/skills/paper-review-loop/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-review-loop", 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
paper-review-loop- GitHub stars
- 106
- Token cost
- ~9.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 3,954 words
- Files
- 7
- Skills in repo
- 19
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Reviews the manuscript produced by paper-draft (in output/manuscript/) as a demanding IJGIS / ISPRS JPRS reviewer-editor, cross-checks it against output/PAPERPLAN.md and its evidence artifacts, then…
- Works in 9 steps: Load state and scope → Read manuscript and its companion… → Cross-check against PAPER_PLAN.md → …
- Tasks that involve Peer review
- SKILL.md covers Constants, Core Philosophy, Inputs and Outputs, plus 10 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Paper Review Loop is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. Reviews the manuscript produced by paper-draft (in output/manuscript/) as a demanding IJGIS / ISPRS JPRS reviewer-editor, cross-checks it against output/PAPERPLAN.md and its evidence artifacts, then revises it into a stronger draft. Produces a reviewed manuscript, a revised manuscript, a structured review report, a prioritized issue log, a revision log, claim-risk notes, journal-fit notes, and next-loop priorities. Supports full, section-scoped, and mode-scoped review (structural / argument / novelty / methods /…
Its SKILL.md is about 9.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files (for example `templates/CLAIM_RISK_CHECKLIST.md`, `templates/ISSUE_RUBRIC.md` and `templates/JOURNAL_FIT_CHECKLIST.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Peer review and Citation management. 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 Peer review
- Tasks that involve Citation management
Example prompts
- “Use the paper-review-loop skill to review the manuscript produced by paper-draft (in output/manuscript/) as a demanding IJGIS / ISPRS JPRS…”
- “/paper-review-loop”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, WebSearch, WebFetch, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply
Workflow steps
9 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Load state and scope
- Read manuscript and its companion artifacts
- Cross-check against PAPER_PLAN.md
- Re-verify evidence (Claim Risk Audit)
- Diagnose and classify issues
- 5 — Optional external reviewer pass (REVIEWER_MODEL)
- Human checkpoint (if enabled)
- Revise the manuscript
- Verify, log, and hand off
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(*)ReadWriteEditGrepGlobAgentWebSearchWebFetchmcp__codex__codex
…and 1 more on the same allowed-tools line.
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 json and yaml).
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
Paper Review Loop loads about 9.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 172 tokens; SKILL.md has 3,954 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: 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, Agent, WebSearch, WebFetch, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__c
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 3,954 words (~9,565 tokens).
“You critically review the manuscript draft in output/manuscript/ — produced by paper-draft from output/PAPER_PLAN.md — and revise it into a stronger academic draft suitable for journals such as International Journal of Geographic Information Science (IJGIS), ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and…”
- name
- paper-review-loop
- allowed-tools
- Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, WebSearch, WebFetch, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply
- argument-hint
- section-or-"all"-or-mode-or-manuscript-path
Files
SKILL.md and 6 other files in skills/paper-review-loop of GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.
- SKILL.md
- templates/CLAIM_RISK_CHECKLIST.md
- templates/ISSUE_RUBRIC.md
- templates/JOURNAL_FIT_CHECKLIST.md
- templates/OUTPUT_CONVENTIONS.md
- templates/REVIEW_CHECKLIST.md
- templates/SECTION_REVIEW_TEMPLATE.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5f7a246
Compare with similar skills
Paper Review Loop 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Review Loop this skillGRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent | 106 | — | ~9.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Academic Paper Writing PipelineImbad0202/academic-research-skills | 51k | — | ~16k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Peer ReviewK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer | 2.4k | 2 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Academic Research Suite for CodexImbad0202/academic-research-skills-codex | 12k | — | ~12k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Social Science Paper Writingfakerqwq/social-science-paper-writing-skill | 375 | — | ~7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Review Papermaxwell2732/paper-replicate-agent-demo | 137 | 3 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Paper Review Loop
What does Paper Review Loop do?
Reviews the manuscript produced by paper-draft (in output/manuscript/) as a demanding IJGIS / ISPRS JPRS reviewer-editor, cross-checks it against output/PAPERPLAN.md and its evidence artifacts, then…. Paper Review Loop is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.md and its evidence artifacts, then revises it into a stronger draft.
When should I use Paper Review Loop?
Paper Review Loop fits situations like: tasks that involve Peer review; tasks that involve Citation management.
How do I install Paper Review Loop in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill paper-review-loop -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-review-loop in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .claude/skills/paper-review-loop in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Paper Review Loop in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill paper-review-loop -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-review-loop in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .agents/skills/paper-review-loop in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Paper Review Loop 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 paper-review-loop -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paper-review-loop, .gemini/skills/paper-review-loop, .github/skills/paper-review-loop and .opencode/skills/paper-review-loop in your project.
What does Paper Review Loop need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Paper Review Loop is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, WebSearch, WebFetch, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply.
Does Paper Review Loop 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 Paper Review Loop 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 Paper Review Loop use?
No licence was found for Paper Review Loop or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Paper Review Loop use?
About 9.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 38k 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 Paper Review Loop?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paper Review Loop: Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Peer Review (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars), Academic Research Suite for Codex (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills-codex, 12k stars) and Social Science Paper Writing (fakerqwq/social-science-paper-writing-skill, 375 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Paper Review Loop?
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.