Surveys published work on a topic — searches arXiv, Semantic Scholar, and the web, verifies every citation exists, and returns a structured comparison with gaps and open problems. Use for SOTA overviews, related-work sections, and novelty checks on a research idea.
Edits drafts for AI-writing patterns and unclear exposition per the scientific-prose skill. Use as a final pass on any section before it's considered done. Returns a diff-style list of changes with reasons, not just a rewritten document.
Reviews research idea docs, experiment designs, and results drafts adversarially, looking for unchecked novelty claims, confounds, weak baselines, cherry-picking, and claims not supported by the reported evidence. Use before committing to a research idea, before running an expensive experiment, or before finalizing…
Checks that every numeric claim in a results draft traces back to a file in experiments/results/, that variation across seeds is reported, and that the stated statistical test matches what the data supports. Use before sharing any results draft.
Independently verifies mathematical derivations, proofs, and bounds. Use proactively whenever a derivation is added or changed, or when explicitly asked to check the math in a section. Returns a verdict per claim (correct / incorrect / unverified) with reasoning, never a general impression.