Academic Research Skills companion Anchored to article, repo release v3.7.0, generated 2026-05-13
Interactive repo guide

Academic Research Skills turns citation checks into a Claude Code workflow.

The repo packages research, writing, review, revision, citation checks, and disclosure as 4 Claude Code skills. The article's claim: its strongest value is not autonomous paper writing, but mandatory handoffs and integrity gates around a known citation failure mode.

Problem

Citation risk has a number.

Zhao et al. audited 111M references across 2.5M papers. The article uses the 146,932 estimate as the event hook.

Scope

4 skills, 25 modes.

25 modes is the canonical count from the repo's mode registry. Plugin metadata claims "35+ modes" and diverges from the registry.

Install

Two plugin commands.

Claude Code users can add the marketplace, install the plugin, then start with /ars-plan.

Caveat

Source-available, not OSI open source.

The license is CC BY-NC 4.0. Commercial use needs separate permission from the maintainer.

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How the pipeline is wired

Click a node to see what it owns. Solid lines are the main paper flow. Dashed lines are optional or observability paths.

8 stages
Academic Research Skills workflow map Research, write, integrity check, review, revise, final integrity check, and finalize with optional cross-model verification and passport resume. Research deep-research Write academic-paper Gate 2.5 pre-review check Review 7 reviewer agents Revise max 2 loops Gate 4.5 final check Finalize MD, DOCX, PDF Summary self-reflection Cross-model optional flag Passport resume state
Research -> Write -> Gate 2.5 -> Review -> Revise -> Gate 4.5 -> Finalize -> Summary. Optional paths: cross-model verification and Material Passport resume.
Main flow Optional or observability path
Click any node for source-backed details. AlphaSignal ยท alphasignal.ai
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Try it from a clean Claude Code project

The companion mirrors the article's install path. Checklist state is stored in this browser only and is not sent anywhere.

4 steps 
/plugin marketplace add Imbad0202/academic-research-skills
/plugin install academic-research-skills
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
claude
/ars-plan
git clone https://github.com/Imbad0202/academic-research-skills.git ~/academic-research-skills
cd /path/to/your/project
mkdir -p .claude/skills
ln -s ~/academic-research-skills/deep-research .claude/skills/deep-research
ln -s ~/academic-research-skills/academic-paper .claude/skills/academic-paper
ln -s ~/academic-research-skills/academic-paper-reviewer .claude/skills/academic-paper-reviewer
ln -s ~/academic-research-skills/academic-pipeline .claude/skills/academic-pipeline
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How to actually use it

Three entry points cover most real usage. Pick the one that matches what you have on hand: an idea, a draft, or a reviewer report.

3 paths

Full pipeline

Walks all ten stages with checkpoint confirmation. Output is a finished APA 7.0 paper, an editorial decision letter, a revision roadmap, two integrity reports, and an AI self-reflection log.

/ars-full

Guided planning

Socratic chapter-by-chapter dialogue. Use it when the research question is not yet clear, when intent is exploratory, or when you want a chapter plan before drafting.

/ars-plan

Targeted single-skill calls

Skip the orchestrator when only one function is needed. Eight slash commands cover citation checks, format conversion, disclosure statements, abstracts, outlines, and revisions.

/ars-citation-check + 7 more
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Evidence explorer

Numbers come from the published article, the repo's release metadata, and GitHub API checks on 2026-05-13. Volatile GitHub counters use safe-floor ranges.

3 tabs
FieldValueSource note
RepoImbad0202/academic-research-skillsPublic GitHub repo.
Release anchorv3.7.0, published 2026-05-05GitHub latest release API.
Main branch workv3.7.3 in progress, not a tagged releaseRepo changelog and latest release check.
GitHub stars+6.7k starsAs of 2026-05-13. Re-verify at read time, the velocity is high.
Registered modes25Canonical count from the repo's mode registry.
Skill folders4deep-research, academic-paper, academic-paper-reviewer, academic-pipeline.
LicenseCC BY-NC 4.0Source-available for noncommercial use, not OSI open source.
CommandModelWhat it does
/ars-fullopusRuns the full research -> write -> review -> revise -> finalize workflow.
/ars-revision-coachopusParses reviewer comments into a roadmap and response-letter skeleton.
/ars-plansonnetSocratic chapter-by-chapter planning.
/ars-outlinesonnetDetailed outline plus evidence map.
/ars-revisionsonnetRevised draft plus response-to-reviewers.
/ars-abstractsonnetBilingual abstract plus keywords.
/ars-lit-reviewsonnetAnnotated bibliography in paper format.
/ars-format-convertsonnetConverts between LaTeX, DOCX, PDF, or Markdown.
/ars-citation-checksonnetCitation error report.
/ars-disclosuresonnetVenue-specific AI-usage disclosure statement.
RepoLicensePipeline scopePlugin packagingCitation-integrity surface
Imbad0202/academic-research-skillsCC BY-NC 4.0Full 10-stage research, write, review, revise, finalize.Claude Code plugin v3.7.0.Stage 2.5 and 4.5 gates, Semantic Scholar verification, v3.7.3 Three-Layer Citation Emission in progress.
aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-AcademicsVerify before citing.Read-only review focus.Skill files only.No equivalent multi-stage gate documented in this pass.
Norman-bury/research-writing-skillMITCross-platform research writing assistant.Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini.No dedicated integrity-gate architecture documented in this pass.
Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholarVerify before citing.Project memory and toolchain integration.Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code.Toolchain-integration focus, not pipeline-integrity focus.
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Current limitations

Adoption constraints the article keeps visible. Each item is sourced to the article, the repo's release metadata, or the linked sources below.

6 items
Adoption limit CC BY-NC 4.0 blocks commercial use.

Use "source-available" for the repo. Do not call it OSI open source unless the license changes.

Runtime limit The reference suite is Claude Code-first.

A Codex sibling exists, but the article's install path and plugin assets target Claude Code.

Version limit v3.7.3 is on main, not a release.

The HTML is anchored to v3.7.0. Three-Layer Citation Emission should be described as in progress.

Integrity limit The gates are not a guarantee.

The draft says the showcase audit found 21 issues across 68 references after earlier automated checks.

Metadata limit Plugin metadata diverges from the registry.

The registry says 25 modes. Plugin metadata claims "35+ modes." The companion follows the registry.

Cost limit Full runs are token-heavy.

Repo docs estimate $4 to $6 for a 15,000-word paper on Opus 4.7, plus optional cross-model cost.

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Questions?

Short answers drawn from the article.

4 answers

Run /plugin marketplace add Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, then /plugin install academic-research-skills. The first practical command is /ars-plan.

No. The repo positions ARS as assistive, not autonomous. The pipeline has human checkpoints and two integrity gates.

Stage 2.5 and Stage 4.5 run integrity checks. v3.7.3 work on main adds citation locator markers after citation refs, but that work is not the tagged release.

The repo's performance docs estimate about $4 to $6 for a 15,000-word paper on Opus 4.7. Cross-model verification adds about $0.60 to $1.10.

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Sources

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6 links

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