research-protocol

Enforces verification of academic papers, citations, and literature claims before citing.

Updated Jul 3, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/mnazaal/dotfiles --skill research-protocol-mnazaal
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: research-protocol
Source: https://github.com/mnazaal/dotfiles/tree/main/.agents/skills/research-protocol
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/mnazaal/dotfiles --skill research-protocol-mnazaal

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? AI assistants often fabricate citations, authors, venues, or paper details from memory, producing unreliable academic writing. This Skill enforces a strict verification protocol so every cited paper, author, and claim is confirmed through configured paper-search tools before it appears in your work. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Citation Verification: Requires every paper, author, venue, year, and DOI to be verified through configured search tools rather than recalled from memory. - Claim-Level Checking: Distinguishes verifying a paper's existence from verifying its content, requiring full-text confirmation when a claim affects designs, plans, or risk entries. - Partial Verification Handling: Guides faithful implementation of verified method structures while explicitly labeling unretrievable numbers as illustrative defaults. - Use Case: Before writing a related-work section for a research paper, load this protocol so the assistant verifies each reference through literature-search tools and flags anything it cannot confirm instead of inventing plausible-looking citations. ## Quick Start Load the research protocol before drafting the related work section and verify every cited paper with the configured search tools.

Frequently Asked Questions about research-protocol

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I prevent an AI from fabricating citations in academic writing?

Load a research protocol that forbids citing papers from memory and requires verification through configured paper-search tools before any citation is made. Each paper, author, venue, year, and DOI must be confirmed, and anything unverifiable is explicitly marked rather than invented.

How to verify a paper's claims before citing it in related work?

Verify the paper's metadata through search tools first, then confirm the specific claim against the paper's full text or snippet, not a summary. Verifying that a paper exists does not verify what it assumes, proves, or requires.

When should I run a literature search before building a new method?

Run a novelty gate literature search before investing in implementation, not after. Finding that an idea is already done is far cheaper to discover before building than after, so the search should precede any development work.

What if verification tools cannot retrieve exact numbers from a paper?

Implement the verified qualitative structure faithfully, such as the distribution family or loss structure, and explicitly label every unretrieved number as an illustrative default in code and docs. Do not silently fill gaps with memory-based numbers or abandon the task.

Can search tool snippets be trusted for numeric results?

No, snippet output can be lossy because some harnesses strip stopwords and numerals, silently corrupting figures. Verify any number, or any quote whose force depends on a number, against fetched full text rather than snippet output.