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scientific-critical-thinking

Evaluate scientific claims and evidence quality. Use for assessing experimental design validity, identifying biases and confounders, applying evidence grading frameworks (GRADE, Cochrane Risk of Bias), or teaching critical analysis. Best for understanding evidence quality, identifying flaws. For formal peer review writing use peer-review.

Why this skill is useful

Provides frameworks and methodologies for evaluating scientific claims that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.

What it needs

About 10k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.

What this skill does

Scientific Critical Thinking Overview Critical thinking is a systematic process for evaluating scientific rigor. Assess methodology, experimental design, statistical validity, biases, confounding, and evidence quality using GRADE and Cochrane ROB frameworks. Apply this skill for critical analysis of scientific claims. When to Use This Skill This skill should be used when: Evaluating research methodology and experimental design Assessing statistical validity and evidence quality Identifying biases and confounding in studies Reviewing scientific claims and conclusions Conducting systematic reviews or meta-analyses Applying GRADE or Cochrane risk of bias assessments Providing critical analysis of research papers Visual Enhancement with Scientific Schematics When creating documents with this skill, always consider adding scientific diagrams and schematics to enhance visual communication. If your document does not already contain schematics or diagrams: Use the scientific-schematics skill to generate AI-powered publication-quality diagrams Simply describe your desired diagram in natural language Nano Banana Pro will automatically generate, review, and refine the schematic For new documents: Scientific schematics should be generated by default to visually represent key concepts, workflows, architectures, or relationships described in the text. …

How to use it

Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:

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