research-review

Obtains multi-round critical reviews of ML research from external reviewer backends via MCP.

Updated Jul 9, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/Lingjie-wang/autoRL --skill research-review-lingjie-wang
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: research-review
Source: https://github.com/Lingjie-wang/autoRL/tree/main/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep/skills/research-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Lingjie-wang/autoRL --skill research-review-lingjie-wang

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Getting rigorous, adversarial feedback on research ideas, papers, and experimental results is hard without access to senior reviewers. This Skill orchestrates a multi-round critical review of your research from an external reviewer backend (Codex or manual review) with maximum reasoning depth, simulating a NeurIPS/ICML-level review process. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Multi-Backend Review: Routes review requests to Codex MCP or a manual review MCP, maintaining thread continuity across rounds via saved threadIds. - Adversarial Review Workflow: Compiles a comprehensive research brief, then iterates through rounds of criticism, rebuttal, and follow-up until claims, experiments, and narrative converge. - Structured Deliverables: Produces a self-contained review document with round-by-round summaries, a claims matrix, prioritized TODOs with compute estimates, and paper outlines. - Use Case: You have a draft ML paper with preliminary results. Invoke this Skill to get a brutal mock review, identify missing experiments, and receive a minimal experiment package ranked by acceptance lift per GPU week. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to review my research using the research-review skill with the topic of my current paper draft.

Frequently Asked Questions about research-review

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I get an external review of my ML research paper?

Invoke the research-review skill with your topic or scope. It compiles a research brief from your project documents, sends it to a reviewer backend with xhigh reasoning, and iterates through multiple rounds of criticism and rebuttal.

How to set up the Codex MCP server for research reviews?

Run 'claude mcp add codex -s user -- codex mcp-server' to configure the Codex MCP server in Claude Code. This provides the mcp__codex__codex and mcp__codex__codex-reply tools the skill uses for review threads.

Codex vs manual review backend for research feedback?

Codex is the default backend and reads local brief files via absolute paths. The manual backend uses the manual-review MCP where you attach or paste the same brief into a web UI; both maintain thread continuity across rounds.

Can I schedule research-review to run automatically on a timer?

No. The skill explicitly forbids wrapping it in /loop, /schedule, or CronCreate because it is verdict-bearing and relies on reviewer thread memory. Schedule the preceding work instead, then run the review once.

What outputs does a research review session produce?

It writes a self-contained review document with round-by-round summaries, final consensus on claims and narrative, a results-to-claims matrix, prioritized TODOs with compute estimates, and optionally a paper outline. Traces are saved to .aris/traces.