What problem does it solve? Researchers often struggle to rigorously evaluate whether a new idea is novel, theoretically sound, and experimentally defensible before committing to writing a paper. This Skill turns raw reference files into a structured, staged assessment of a research idea. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Idea Extraction & Story Framing: Summarizes the core idea, its contribution, and builds a persuasive paper narrative from reference files. - Theory Derivation: Produces formal problem setups, derivations, propositions, and proofs written to theory.md, with KaTeX-compatible formatting. - Experiment Planning & Critical Review: Designs an experiment framework (baselines, ablations, robustness) and lists the weakest assumptions and likely reviewer objections in check_idea.md. - Use Case: A PhD student with a rough idea and several related papers asks the assistant to check the idea; the Skill writes a staged analysis into check_idea.md and theory.md suitable for NeurIPS submission planning. ## Quick Start Use the check-idea skill to analyze my research idea based on the attached reference papers and write the results to check_idea.md and theory.md.