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Academic Research Agent Skill
Human-guided Research Agent Skill for Master and PhD students in CS, AI, math, and engineering: literature grounding, novelty gates, math formalization, experiment planning, reviewer simulation, and claim verification.
Price unconfirmed★ 28 GitHub starsRegistry updated · Sep 1, 2026academic-researchliterature-reviewnovelty-check
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A Claude-compatible academic research agent skill for Master/PhD students covering literature grounding, novelty gates, math formalization, experiment planning, reviewer simulation, and claim verification.
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Academic Research Agent Skill
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A Claude-compatible academic research agent skill for PhD and Master students: literature review, novelty checks, research Reality Gates, feasibility testing, experiment planning, reviewer simulation, and claim verification.
Use agent research skills to read deeper, think wider, plan better, and review harder while the researcher stays in control.
Academic Research Agent Skill helps Master, PhD, and independent researchers in technical disciplines collaborate with AI agents across the research lifecycle: scoping, literature review, research paper planning, novelty checking, mathematical formalization, experiment planning, reviewer simulation, and claim verification. It is designed for Claude-style skills, Claude Code workflows, ChatGPT/Codex-style agents, Gemini, and local LLM research assistants.
It is not an autonomous paper factory or an "auto research paper" generator. The goal is not to remove the researcher. The goal is to give researchers a disciplined collaboration workflow so they can learn faster, explore more ideas, challenge weak assumptions earlier, and complete research with stronger evidence.
Why Students Use It
| Need | How the skill helps |
|---|---|
| Start from a rough thesis idea | Turns broad topics into scoped research questions, non-goals, and contribution options. |
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# Academic Research Agent Skill [](LICENSE) [](SKILL.md) [](.claude/commands) [](references) [](docs/PAGES_SETUP.md) [](#quick-start) **A Claude-compatible academic research agent skill for PhD and Master students: literature review, novelty checks, research Reality Gates, feasibility testing, experiment planning, reviewer simulation, and claim verification.**  > Use agent research skills to read deeper, think wider, plan better, and review harder while the researcher stays in control. Academic Research Agent Skill helps Master, PhD, and independent researchers in technical disciplines collaborate with AI agents across the research lifecycle: scoping, literature review, research paper planning, novelty checking, mathematical formalization, experiment planning, reviewer simulation, and claim verification. It is designed for Claude-style skills, Claude Code workflows, ChatGPT/Codex-style agents, Gemini, and local LLM research assistants. It is not an autonomous paper factory or an "auto research paper" generator. The goal is not to remove the researcher. The goal is to give researchers a disciplined collaboration workflow so they can learn faster, explore more ideas, challenge weak assumptions earlier, and complete research with stronger evidence. ## Why Students Use It | Need | How the skill helps | |---|---| | Start from a rough thesis idea | Turns broad topics into scoped research questions, non-goals, and contribution options. | | Read lite
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- Aug 5, 2026
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- Quality score needs review
- GitHub adoption: 28 GitHub stars
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