Validates a manuscript against target journal requirements before submission.

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Submit Check

skills CLI
$ npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill submit-check -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent submit-check --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/GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/submit-check .claude/skills/submit-check && 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
submit-check
GitHub stars
106
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
823 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
19
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Validates a manuscript against target journal requirements before submission.

  • Works in 5 steps: Structure → Content → Geo-Specific → …
  • Research & Science work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Inputs, Checklist, Journal Word Limits Reference and Output
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Submit Check is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. Validates a manuscript against target journal requirements before submission. Checks word count, section structure, figure/table count, reference format, and geo-specific reporting standards. Writes a PASS/FAIL checklist report to output/reports/.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k 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. 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

  • Research & Science work in your project

Example prompts

  • “Use the submit-check skill to validate a manuscript against target journal requirements before submission”
  • “/submit-check”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Structure
  2. Content
  3. Geo-Specific
  4. References
  5. Figures and Tables

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 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

    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

Submit Check loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 823 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 823 words (~1,816 tokens).

“You validate a paper manuscript against a target journal's requirements and geo-domain reporting standards. You read the paper and journal template, run through each checklist item, and produce a submission readiness report.”

— opening of SKILL.md by GRIND-Lab-Core
name
submit-check
tools
Read, Write, Bash

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/submit-check of GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5f7a246

Compare with similar skills

Submit Check 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.

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Read arXiv Paperkarpathy/nanochat58k2 repos~494Automated safety check: PassMIT
Content Research Writerweapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss1.9k25 repos~3.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Submit Check

What does Submit Check do?

Validates a manuscript against target journal requirements before submission. Submit Check is an agent skill from GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent. Validates a manuscript against target journal requirements before submission.

When should I use Submit Check?

Submit Check fits situations like: research & Science work in your project.

How do I install Submit Check in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill submit-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/submit-check in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .claude/skills/submit-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Submit Check in Codex?

Run `npx skills add GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent --skill submit-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/submit-check in GRIND-Lab-Core/night_owl_research_agent) into .agents/skills/submit-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Submit Check 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 submit-check -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/submit-check, .gemini/skills/submit-check, .github/skills/submit-check and .opencode/skills/submit-check in your project.

What does Submit Check need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Submit Check is instructions for the agent only.

Does Submit Check 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 Submit Check 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 Submit Check use?

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

How many tokens does Submit Check use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.3k 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 Submit Check?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Submit Check: Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.8k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars), Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 46k stars) and Read arXiv Paper (karpathy/nanochat, 58k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Submit Check?

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.