Agent skill

Academic Verify

by inbrainfun in inbrainfun/inbrain

Verify a research claim or academic citation by tracing it through publication → methodology → raw data → independent replication.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Academic Verify

skills CLI
$ npx skills add inbrainfun/inbrain --skill academic-verify -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install inbrainfun/inbrain academic-verify --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/inbrainfun/inbrain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-verify .claude/skills/academic-verify && 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
academic-verify
GitHub stars
142
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
739 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
54
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Verify a research claim or academic citation by tracing it through publication → methodology → raw data → independent replication.

  • A book/article/conversation cites a study and you want to confirm the claim is real
  • SKILL.md covers What this is, When to use this, What this skill is NOT and How it works (D7/α: pure…, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Accurately characterized

What it does

Academic Verify is an agent skill from inbrainfun/inbrain. Verify a research claim or academic citation by tracing it through publication → methodology → raw data → independent replication. Routes through perplexity-research for the actual web lookup, then formats results as a citation-checked brain page. Use when a book/article/conversation cites a study and you want to confirm the claim is real, replicated, and accurately characterized.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file.

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Web search and Citation management. It works with Perplexity.

When your agent uses it

  • A book/article/conversation cites a study and you want to confirm the claim is real
  • Accurately characterized

Example prompts

  • “/academic-verify”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5231990. 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

Academic Verify loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 739 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~100
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 739 words (~2,322 tokens).

“A claim-verification flow for academic / research statements. When a book, article, or speaker cites a study or quotes a number, this skill traces the claim through:”

— opening of SKILL.md by inbrainfun, Custom licence
name
academic-verify
version
0.1.0
triggers
verify this academic claim, check this study, academic verify, validate citation, is this study real, Retraction Watch
mutating
true
writes_pages
true
writes_to
concepts/

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/academic-verify of inbrainfun/inbrain.

  • SKILL.md
  • routing-eval.jsonl

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5231990

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in inbrainfun/inbrain, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Perplexity 3sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills663—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Perplexitymajiayu000/claude-skill-registry6663 repos~217Automated safety check: PassMIT
Perplexity SearchescapeWu/perplexity-ai169—~1.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Academic Verify

What does Academic Verify do?

Verify a research claim or academic citation by tracing it through publication → methodology → raw data → independent replication. Academic Verify is an agent skill from inbrainfun/inbrain. Verify a research claim or academic citation by tracing it through publication → methodology → raw data → independent replication.

When should I use Academic Verify?

Academic Verify fits situations like: A book/article/conversation cites a study and you want to confirm the claim is real; accurately characterized.

How do I install Academic Verify in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add inbrainfun/inbrain --skill academic-verify -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/academic-verify in inbrainfun/inbrain) into .claude/skills/academic-verify in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Academic Verify in Codex?

Run `npx skills add inbrainfun/inbrain --skill academic-verify -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/academic-verify in inbrainfun/inbrain) into .agents/skills/academic-verify in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Academic Verify 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 inbrainfun/inbrain --skill academic-verify -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/academic-verify, .gemini/skills/academic-verify, .github/skills/academic-verify and .opencode/skills/academic-verify in your project.

What does Academic Verify need to run?

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

Does Academic Verify 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 Academic Verify 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 Academic Verify use?

Academic Verify 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 Academic Verify use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.3k 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 Academic Verify?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Academic Verify: Perplexity 2 (sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, 663 stars), Research Lookup (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Perplexity 3 (sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, 663 stars) and Perplexity (majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, 666 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Academic Verify?

inbrainfun (a GitHub user) maintains it in inbrainfun/inbrain, which has 142 GitHub stars. The repository holds 54 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 17, 2026.

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