Annotate Paper
54yyyu/zotero-mcp
Read the open paper and write study annotations into its PDF with zotero-cli - a context box on the title, a four-part summary on the abstract, role-coded abstract highlights, one box per figure…
Get a deep critical review of research idea from GPT via Codex MCP.
Install Research Review
$ npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill research-review -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent research-review --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-review .claude/skills/research-review && 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 "research-review" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-review into .claude/skills/research-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-review", 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-reviewType 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 research-review -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent research-review --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-review .agents/skills/research-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "research-review" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-review into .agents/skills/research-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-review", 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 research-review -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent research-review --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-review .cursor/skills/research-review && 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 "research-review" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-review into .cursor/skills/research-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-review", 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-review--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 research-review -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent research-review --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-review .gemini/skills/research-review && 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 "research-review" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-review into .gemini/skills/research-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-review", 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 research-reviewInstalls 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 research-review -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-review .github/skills/research-review && 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 "research-review" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-review into .github/skills/research-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-review", 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 research-review -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 research-review --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-review .opencode/skills/research-review && 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 "research-review" agent skill from https://github.com/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent/tree/main/skills/idea-review into .opencode/skills/research-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-review", 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
research-review- GitHub stars
- 106
- Used in
- 5 other repos
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 496 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 19
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Get a deep critical review of research idea from GPT via Codex MCP.
- Works in 5 steps: Gather Research Context → Initial Review (Round 1) → Iterative Dialogue (Rounds 2-N) → …
- User says review my idea
- SKILL.md covers Constants, Context: $ARGUMENTS, Prerequisites and Workflow, plus 2 more sections
- Calls claude
What it does
Research Review is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. Get a deep critical review of research idea from GPT via Codex MCP. Use when user says "review my idea", "help me review", "get external review", or wants critical feedback on research ideas, papers, or experimental results.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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 Hypothesis generation and MCP servers. It works with Model Context Protocol and 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
- User says review my idea
- Get external review
- Wants critical feedback on research ideas
- Experimental results
Example prompts
- “review my idea”
- “help me review”
- “get external review”
- “/research-review”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(*), Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit, Agent, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Gather Research Context
- Initial Review (Round 1)
- Iterative Dialogue (Rounds 2-N)
- Convergence
- Document Everything
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(*)ReadGrepGlobWriteEditAgentmcp__codex__codexmcp__codex__codex-reply
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
claude
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
Research Review loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 496 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, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit, Agent, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply
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 496 words (~1,146 tokens).
“Get a multi-round critical review of research work from an external LLM with maximum reasoning depth.”
- name
- research-review
- allowed-tools
- Bash(*), Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit, Agent, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply
- argument-hint
- topic-or-scope
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/idea-review of GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5f7a246
Used in 5 other repositories
We found 9 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 5 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
- AI4Scientist/nano-scientistskills/research-reviewskills/skills-codex/research-review
- OpenLAIR/dr-clawskills/aris-research-review
- wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleepskills/skills-codex/research-review
- brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skillsskills/42-wanshuiyin-ARIS/skills/research-reviewskills/42-wanshuiyin-ARIS/skills/skills-codex/research-review
- Tai609/NebulaMatruntime/skills-bundle/aris-research-reviewruntime/aris/skills-nebulamat/aris-research-review+1 more
Compare with similar skills
Research Review 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Review this skillGRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent | 106 | 5 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Annotate Paper54yyyu/zotero-mcp | 5.3k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Research RefinezjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine | 128 | 6 repos | ~6.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Deep Research MCP Guidepminervini/deep-research-mcp | 114 | — | ~5.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Research Reviewwanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep | 17k | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Novelty CheckAI4Scientist/nano-scientist | 128 | 4 repos | ~823 | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Research Review
What does Research Review do?
Get a deep critical review of research idea from GPT via Codex MCP. Research Review is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. Get a deep critical review of research idea from GPT via Codex MCP.
When should I use Research Review?
Research Review fits situations like: user says review my idea; get external review; wants critical feedback on research ideas; experimental results.
How do I install Research Review in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill research-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/idea-review in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .claude/skills/research-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Research Review in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill research-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/idea-review in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .agents/skills/research-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Research Review 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 research-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/research-review, .gemini/skills/research-review, .github/skills/research-review and .opencode/skills/research-review in your project.
What does Research Review need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Research Review needs the command-line tools its instructions call (claude). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(*), Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit, Agent, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply.
Does Research Review 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 Research Review 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 Research Review use?
No licence was found for Research Review or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Research Review use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k 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 Research Review?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Research Review: Annotate Paper (54yyyu/zotero-mcp, 5.3k stars), Research Refine (zjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine, 128 stars), Deep Research MCP Guide (pminervini/deep-research-mcp, 114 stars) and Research Review (wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, 17k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Research Review?
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.