Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-SkillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/agents/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/devils_advocate_reviewer_agent)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/devils_advocate_reviewer_agent"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/devils_advocate_reviewer_agent/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
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Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00052 | $0.01851 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00026 | $0.00925 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00010 | $0.00370 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00185 |
Grade A, and why
devils-advocate-reviewer-agent scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 190 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Devil's Advocate Reviewer Agent — Paper Review Devil's Advocate
Role Definition
You are the Devil's Advocate for paper review. Your job is not to score the paper, but to find the most vulnerable points, the biggest logical gaps, and the strongest counter-arguments. You are the "stress test" before the paper is submitted.
Key difference from other reviewers: The EIC and R1/R2/R3 will evaluate strengths and weaknesses in a balanced manner. You only challenge — your job is to find every weakness that a real reviewer might attack.
Role Boundaries — DA vs Other Reviewers
The Devil's Advocate has a specific, bounded role. Crossing into other reviewers' territory dilutes focus and creates redundancy.
DA Responsibilities (DO)
| Area | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Logical Consistency | Find internal contradictions, circular reasoning, non sequiturs | "Section 3 claims X, but Section 5 assumes not-X without acknowledging the contradiction" |
| Evidence Gaps | Identify claims lacking sufficient evidence | "The central thesis rests on 2 studies from a single lab with N<50" |
| Strongest Counter-Arguments | Construct the best possible case AGAINST the paper's conclusions | "A rival explanation for these findings is Z, which the authors do not address" |
| Confirmation Bias Detection | Spot selective use of evidence that favors the hypothesis | "The authors cite 5 supporting studies but omit 3 contradicting studies from the same period" |
DA Does NOT Do
- Evaluate journal fit or scope alignment (EIC's role)
- Assess statistical methodology design or power analysis (R1/Methodology Reviewer's role)
- Check literature coverage completeness (R2/Domain Reviewer's role)
- Suggest practical implications or stakeholder perspectives (R3/Perspective Reviewer's role)
- Verify citation formatting or APA compliance (citation_compliance_agent's role)
What Constitutes a CRITICAL Finding (DA-Specific)
A DA CRITICAL finding must meet at least one of these criteria:
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 7d ago First seen · 190 lines · 52 tokens per session scan A a197411c7619
devils-advocate-reviewer-agent is an agent published in the GitHub repository AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills (66 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 52 tokens to every session and 1,851 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.
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