Agent skill · research science · bytedance
academic-paper-review
Use this skill when the user requests to review, analyze, critique, or summarize academic papers, research articles, preprints, or scientific publications. Supports comprehensive structured reviews covering methodology assessment, contribution evaluation, literature positioning, and constructive feedback generation. Trigger on queries involving paper URLs, uploaded PDFs, arXiv links, or requests like "review this paper", "analyze this research", "summarize this study", or "write a peer review".
Why this skill is useful
Provides structured review templates and methodologies for evaluating academic papers that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 79,444 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Academic Paper Review Skill Overview This skill produces structured, peer-review-quality analyses of academic papers and research publications. It follows established academic review standards used by top-tier venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, Nature, IEEE) to provide rigorous, constructive, and balanced assessments. The review covers summary, strengths, weaknesses, methodology assessment, contribution evaluation, literature positioning, and actionable recommendations — all grounded in evidence from the paper itself. Core Capabilities Parse and comprehend academic papers from uploaded PDFs or fetched URLs Generate structured reviews following top-venue review templates Assess methodology rigor (experimental design, statistical validity, reproducibility) Evaluate novelty and significance of contributions Position the work within the broader research landscape via targeted literature search Identify limitations, gaps, and potential improvements Produce both detailed review and concise executive summary formats Support papers in any scientific domain (CS, biology, physics, social sciences, etc.) When to Use This Skill Always load this skill when: User provides a paper URL (arXiv, DOI, conference proceedings, journal link) User uploads a PDF of a research paper or preprint User asks to "review", "analyze", "critique", "assess", or "summarize" a research paper User wants to understand the strengths and weaknesses of a study User requests a peer-review-style evaluation of academic work User asks for help preparing a review for a conference or journal submission Review Methodology Phase 1: Paper Comprehension Thoroughly read and understand the paper before forming any judgments. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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