What problem does it solve?
It helps researchers reach a “ready for submission” state by running an autonomous multi-round review-and-fix loop, systematically addressing weaknesses until an external reviewer approves the work.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Autonomous multi-round review: Repeatedly sends the current research context to a reviewer (via Codex MCP or codex exec) to obtain a score, verdict, and prioritized minimum fixes.
- Fix-then-re-review workflow: Implements the suggested actions (code, experiments, analysis, and documentation), then re-runs the review loop until the stop conditions are met or MAX_ROUNDS is reached.
- Robust state persistence and recovery: Saves progress to REVIEW_STATE.json to resume after context compaction or interrupted runs.
- Optional human checkpoints: Can pause after each review round to let the user approve, customize, skip specific fixes, or stop early.
- Hard/nightmare adversarial modes: Supports reviewer memory and stricter verification modes to reduce blind spots and improve claim validity.
Quick Start
Run the auto-review loop on your project narrative by invoking the skill with a topic, for example: send the command “/auto-review-loop "your research topic" — compact: true, human checkpoint: true, difficulty: hard”.