Agent skill

Ma Peer Review

by htlin222 in htlin222/meta-pipe

Act as Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2 for a meta-analysis manuscript, checking rigor, reproducibility, and reporting compliance.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Ma Peer Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-peer-review -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install htlin222/meta-pipe ma-peer-review --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/htlin222/meta-pipe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ma-peer-review .claude/skills/ma-peer-review && 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
ma-peer-review
GitHub stars
139
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
322 words
Files
13 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Act as Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2 for a meta-analysis manuscript, checking rigor, reproducibility, and reporting compliance.

  • Works in 7 steps: Reviewer 1 focuses on methodology,… → Reviewer 2 focuses on clarity, reporting… → Record issues with severity, location,… → …
  • Validating the final paper before submission
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Inputs, Outputs and Workflow, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls uv

What it does

Ma Peer Review is an agent skill from htlin222/meta-pipe. Act as Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2 for a meta-analysis manuscript, checking rigor, reproducibility, and reporting compliance. Use when validating the final paper before submission.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 14 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/cinema-quick-reference.md`, `references/grade-assessment-guide.md` and `references/grade-summary-schema.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Reproducible research and Peer review. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code-powered end-to-end meta-analysis automation: AI-assisted literature review, screening, extraction, analysis, and manuscript generation for systematic reviews and….

When your agent uses it

  • Validating the final paper before submission
  • Tasks that involve Reproducible research
  • Tasks that involve Peer review

Example prompts

  • “/ma-peer-review”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Reviewer 1 focuses on methodology, inclusion criteria, and statistical validity.
  2. Reviewer 2 focuses on clarity, reporting completeness, and reproducibility.
  3. Record issues with severity, location, and recommended fixes.
  4. Create a consolidated action list with owners and status.
  5. Initialize GRADE summary tables with scripts/init_grade_summary.py via uv run.
  6. Collect analysis statistics from Stage 06 outputs with scripts/collect_analysis_stats.py.
  7. Generate semi-automated GRADE suggestions with scripts/auto_grade_suggestion.py.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5c5c3f0. 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 5 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • uv

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Ma Peer Review loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~9.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 322 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~9.2k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 322 words (~1,037 tokens).

“Perform structured peer review and produce actionable feedback and validation checks.”

— opening of SKILL.md by htlin222, Custom licence
name
ma-peer-review

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (scripts, references) in ma-peer-review of htlin222/meta-pipe.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/cinema-quick-reference.md
  • references/grade-assessment-guide.md
  • references/grade-summary-schema.md
  • references/grade-template.md
  • references/reporting-checks.md
  • references/rob2-template.md
  • references/robins-i-template.md
  • scripts/auto_grade_suggestion.py
  • scripts/collect_analysis_stats.py
  • scripts/init_grade_summary.py
  • scripts/init_rob2_assessment.py
  • scripts/init_robins_i_assessment.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5c5c3f0

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Questions about Ma Peer Review

What does Ma Peer Review do?

Act as Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2 for a meta-analysis manuscript, checking rigor, reproducibility, and reporting compliance. Ma Peer Review is an agent skill from htlin222/meta-pipe. Act as Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2 for a meta-analysis manuscript, checking rigor, reproducibility, and reporting compliance.

When should I use Ma Peer Review?

Ma Peer Review fits situations like: validating the final paper before submission; tasks that involve Reproducible research; tasks that involve Peer review.

How do I install Ma Peer Review in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-peer-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ma-peer-review in htlin222/meta-pipe) into .claude/skills/ma-peer-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ma Peer Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-peer-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ma-peer-review in htlin222/meta-pipe) into .agents/skills/ma-peer-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ma Peer 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 htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-peer-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/ma-peer-review, .gemini/skills/ma-peer-review, .github/skills/ma-peer-review and .opencode/skills/ma-peer-review in your project.

What does Ma Peer Review need to run?

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

Does Ma Peer Review access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Ma Peer Review 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 Ma Peer Review use?

Ma Peer Review has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Ma Peer Review use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 8.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Ma Peer Review?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ma Peer Review: Peer Review (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars), Icml Reviewer (sundial-org/skills, 153 stars), Review Paper (pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow, 1.7k stars) and Scientific Workflow Tools (DrugClaw/DrugClaw, 126 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ma Peer Review?

htlin222 (a GitHub user) maintains it in htlin222/meta-pipe, which has 139 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.

Source: htlin222/meta-pipe on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.