Citation Verification Guide
Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar
Reference guidance for checking every citation in academic writing against canonical sources such as DOI, arXiv, CrossRef and Semantic Scholar, to catch fake or wrong references.
Self-review, audit, or verify CS/AI/ML paper drafts as a critical peer reviewer.
Install Academic Reviser
$ npx skills add joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer --skill academic-reviser -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer academic-reviser --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/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-reviser .claude/skills/academic-reviser && 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 "academic-reviser" agent skill from https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer/tree/main/skills/academic-reviser into .claude/skills/academic-reviser/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-reviser", 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/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer/tree/main/skills/academic-reviserType 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 joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer --skill academic-reviser -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer academic-reviser --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-reviser .agents/skills/academic-reviser && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-reviser" agent skill from https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer/tree/main/skills/academic-reviser into .agents/skills/academic-reviser/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-reviser", 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 joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer --skill academic-reviser -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer academic-reviser --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-reviser .cursor/skills/academic-reviser && 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 "academic-reviser" agent skill from https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer/tree/main/skills/academic-reviser into .cursor/skills/academic-reviser/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-reviser", 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/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer.git --path skills/academic-reviser--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 joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer --skill academic-reviser -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer academic-reviser --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-reviser .gemini/skills/academic-reviser && 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 "academic-reviser" agent skill from https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer/tree/main/skills/academic-reviser into .gemini/skills/academic-reviser/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-reviser", 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 joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer academic-reviserInstalls 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 joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer --skill academic-reviser -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-reviser .github/skills/academic-reviser && 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 "academic-reviser" agent skill from https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer/tree/main/skills/academic-reviser into .github/skills/academic-reviser/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-reviser", 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 joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer --skill academic-reviser -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer academic-reviser --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/academic-reviser .opencode/skills/academic-reviser && 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 "academic-reviser" agent skill from https://github.com/joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer/tree/main/skills/academic-reviser into .opencode/skills/academic-reviser/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-reviser", 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
academic-reviser- GitHub stars
- 115
- Token cost
- ~827 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 279 words
- Files
- 15 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 8
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Self-review, audit, or verify CS/AI/ML paper drafts as a critical peer reviewer.
- Works in 6 steps: Read manifest.yaml. It declares… → Read every file listed under… → Apply the loaded material as constraints → …
- : reviewing a paper draft before submission
- SKILL.md covers Router Protocol, Modes, Agent Dispatch and Independent Use
- Runs Python scripts from its folder
What it does
Academic Reviser is an agent skill from joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer. Self-review, audit, or verify CS/AI/ML paper drafts as a critical peer reviewer. Three-round review (evidence→argument→style) with Verification Status and debt tracking. Use when: reviewing a paper draft before submission, checking evidence compliance of claims, simulating peer reviewer feedback, verifying citation closure and evidence debts, performing cross-section consistency checks. Triggers on: self review, 自查, verification, 审稿, evidence compliance, peer review, 论文审查, draft audit, 验证论文, 检查引用, cross-section…
Its SKILL.md is about 830 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 21 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `agents/reviser_agent.md`, `manifest.yaml` and `references/common-pitfalls.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Scientific writing and Citation management. The repository describes itself as: 面向 CS / AI / ML 领域的证据驱动、分节推进的论文写作 Agent Skill。 The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- : reviewing a paper draft before submission
- Checking evidence compliance of claims
- Simulating peer reviewer feedback
- Verifying citation closure and evidence debts
Example prompts
- “/academic-reviser”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read manifest.yaml. It declares always_load files, axes, and references.on_demand.
- Read every file listed under always_load. These are the skill's binding rules — not reference material.
- Apply the loaded material as constraints
- Detect the mode using the manifest's mode axis. When input materials are incomplete, declare a Bounded Assessment before proceeding.
- Echo the selected mode to the user before executing.
- Reach for references/ only when the manifest's references.on_demand condition is satisfied.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6fceefd. 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 1 file in scripts/ (Python, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.
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 Reviser loads about 827 tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 141 tokens; SKILL.md has 279 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 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
The full file from joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer at commit 6fceefd, republished under its MIT licence (© joshua-zyy). 279 words, ~827 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/academic-reviser/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 14 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- academic-reviser
- description
- Self-review, audit, or verify CS/AI/ML paper drafts as a critical peer reviewer. Three-round review (evidence→argument→style) with Verification Status and debt tracking. Use when: reviewing a paper draft before submission, checking evidence compliance of claims, simulating peer reviewer feedback, verifying citation closure and evidence debts, performing cross-section consistency checks. Triggers on: self review, 自查, verification, 审稿, evidence compliance, peer review, 论文审查, draft audit, 验证论文, 检查引用, cross-section review, 审修, draft verification.
Academic Reviser
将此 skill 视为"挑剔审稿人代理"——像 peer reviewer 一样审查草稿，按证据→论证→风格三轮顺序执行。
Router Protocol
- Read
manifest.yaml. It declaresalways_loadfiles,axes, andreferences.on_demand. - Read every file listed under
always_load. These are the skill's binding rules — not reference material. - Apply the loaded material as constraints:
stance.mddefines non-negotiable rules, bounded assessment, termination conditions, and scope.red-lines.mddefines absolute prohibitions. Do not negotiate these.output-contract.mddefines deliverables, debt types, and Verification Status format.anti-patterns.mddefines known failure modes, correct alternatives, and self-deception signals.
- Detect the mode using the manifest's
modeaxis. When input materials are incomplete, declare a Bounded Assessment before proceeding. - Echo the selected mode to the user before executing.
- Reach for
references/only when the manifest'sreferences.on_demandcondition is satisfied.
Debt types tracked: prose_debt, section_contract_debt, citation_debt, evidence_debt, figure_debt, protocol_debt, result_debt, rationale_debt. Schema: skills/shared/schemas/verification-report.md.
Modes
| Mode | Use when |
|---|---|
full-section-review | Complete 3-round review + Verification for a single section |
cross-section-review | Cross-section consistency check |
verification-only | Verdict only, no re-review |
targeted-review | Specific issue (e.g. citation closure only) |
targeted-evidence-mode | Evidence compliance only (orchestrator Step 9.5) |
mock-reviewer-package | Optional pre-submission 3-reviewer package |
Agent Dispatch
agents/reviser_agent.md dispatched by orchestrator at Step 9.5 or Step 9.8. Subagent returns structured review content; must not modify project files or invent reviewer identities, experiments, citations, or unprovided evidence.
Independent Use
| Input | Mode | Priority | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section draft | full-section-review | 2 (path trigger) | Full 3-round review |
| Multiple sections | cross-section-review | 2 (path trigger) | Consistency only |
| "只用 verdict" | verification-only | 1 (explicit) | Verdict only |
| Specific issue | targeted-review | 1 (explicit) | Targeted check |
| Evidence focus | targeted-evidence-mode | 1 (explicit) | Evidence compliance |
| "审稿包" / pre-submission | mock-reviewer-package | 1 (explicit) | Optional reviewer package |
| Scenario | Recommended |
|---|---|
| Just reviewing a draft | This skill (standalone) |
| During paper drafting | academic-paper-writer orchestrator |
| After polishing pass | academic-polishing → this skill |
© joshua-zyy, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 14 other files (scripts, references) in skills/academic-reviser of joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer.
- SKILL.md
- agents/reviser_agent.md
- manifest.yaml
- references/common-pitfalls.md
- references/examples/reviser-output-examples.md
- references/reviewer-package.md
- references/revision-checklist.md
- references/templates/section-critique.md
- references/verification-checklists.md
- references/verification-status.md
- scripts/placeholder_audit.py
- static/core/anti-patterns.md
- static/core/output-contract.md
- static/core/red-lines.md
- … and 1 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6fceefd
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Reviser this skilljoshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer | 115 | — | ~827 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Citation Verification GuideGalaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar | 5.7k | 2 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Citation ManagementK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer | 2.4k | 2 repos | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Academic Paper Writing PipelineImbad0202/academic-research-skills | 51k | — | ~16k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Academic HumanizerAIScientists-Dev/academic-humanizer | 1.9k | 1 repos | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Academic Research Suite for CodexImbad0202/academic-research-skills-codex | 12k | — | ~12k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Academic Reviser
What does Academic Reviser do?
Self-review, audit, or verify CS/AI/ML paper drafts as a critical peer reviewer. Academic Reviser is an agent skill from joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer. Self-review, audit, or verify CS/AI/ML paper drafts as a critical peer reviewer.
When should I use Academic Reviser?
Academic Reviser fits situations like: : reviewing a paper draft before submission; checking evidence compliance of claims; simulating peer reviewer feedback; verifying citation closure and evidence debts.
How do I install Academic Reviser in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer --skill academic-reviser -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/academic-reviser in joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer) into .claude/skills/academic-reviser in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Academic Reviser in Codex?
Run `npx skills add joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer --skill academic-reviser -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/academic-reviser in joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer) into .agents/skills/academic-reviser in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Academic Reviser 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 joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer --skill academic-reviser -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-reviser, .gemini/skills/academic-reviser, .github/skills/academic-reviser and .opencode/skills/academic-reviser in your project.
What does Academic Reviser need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Academic Reviser needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Academic Reviser 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 Reviser 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 Academic Reviser use?
Academic Reviser is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Academic Reviser use?
About 827 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k 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 5.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Academic Reviser?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Academic Reviser: Citation Verification Guide (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars), Citation Management (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars), Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars) and Academic Humanizer (AIScientists-Dev/academic-humanizer, 1.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Academic Reviser?
joshua-zyy (a GitHub user) maintains it in joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer, which has 115 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.