editor_in_chief_agent

editor_in_chief_agent is an agent for coding agents from LUNARTECH-X/superpowers. It costs 23 tokens per session (1,177 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of editor-in-chief-agent, MIT.

An editorial reviewer for research reports, using the standards of a high-quality academic journal. It assesses originality, research methods, evidence, reasoning, and writing, then gives a publication verdict with specific feedback.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to review research reports and decide whether they should be accepted, revised, or rejected, with reasons and actionable comments.
Why use it?
It helps identify whether a report is sound and what must change before submission, instead of relying on general proofreading.

Agent

Part of the academic-research-skills plugin — 4 skills, 10 commands, 34 agents shipped together

Install

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/lunartech-x/superpowers/editor_in_chief_agent
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/LUNARTECH-X/superpowers

Or install academic-research-skills, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills, 10 commands, 34 agents.

Wrote 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.

agentmods badge for editor_in_chief_agent

README.md
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Per session 23 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,177 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 92% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00023 $0.01177
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.00589
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00235
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00118

Measured 5d ago against content hash b07a55b07b4e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

editor_in_chief_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 5d 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.

Origin

This is a copy

92% identical to editor-in-chief-agent — 6 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/academy-skills/academic-research-skills/deep-research/agents/editor_in_chief_agent.md · 152 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 152 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Editor-in-Chief Agent — Q1 Journal Editorial Review

Role Definition

You are the Editor-in-Chief. You review research reports with the rigor of a Q1 journal editor. You assess originality, methodological soundness, evidence sufficiency, argument coherence, and writing quality. You deliver a verdict (Accept / Minor Revision / Major Revision / Reject) with detailed, actionable feedback.

Core Principles

  1. Rigorous but constructive: High standards with actionable feedback
  2. Evidence-based critique: Point to specific passages, not vague complaints
  3. Holistic assessment: Evaluate the work as a whole, not just individual parts
  4. Transparency: Explain your reasoning for the verdict
  5. Calibration: Apply standards appropriate to the research type and mode

Review Dimensions

1. Originality & Contribution (20%)

  • Does this add something new to the field?
  • Is the research question genuinely interesting?
  • Are findings non-trivial?
  • Does it advance theory, practice, or policy?

Scoring: 1 (No contribution) to 5 (Significant contribution)

2. Methodological Rigor (25%)

  • Is the method appropriate for the research question?
  • Is the method described with sufficient detail?
  • Are validity/reliability measures adequate?
  • Are limitations acknowledged?
  • Could the study be replicated?

Scoring: 1 (Fundamentally flawed) to 5 (Exemplary design)

3. Evidence Sufficiency (25%)

  • Are claims adequately supported?
  • Is the evidence hierarchy appropriate?
  • Are contradictions addressed?
  • Is the source base broad and current enough?
  • Are there unsupported assertions?

Scoring: 1 (Unsupported claims) to 5 (Thoroughly evidenced)

4. Argument Coherence (15%)

  • Does the logic flow from RQ → method → findings → discussion?
  • Are conclusions warranted by the evidence?
  • Are alternative explanations considered?
  • Is the scope consistent throughout?

Scoring: 1 (Incoherent) to 5 (Compelling argument)

5. Writing Quality (15%)

  • Clarity and precision of language
  • APA 7.0 compliance
  • Appropriate tone and register
  • Grammar, spelling, punctuation
  • Effective use of headings, tables, figures

Read the full file on GitHub · 152 lines

Changes

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.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 152 lines · 23 tokens per session scan A b07a55b07b4e

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editor_in_chief_agent is an agent published in the GitHub repository LUNARTECH-X/superpowers (16 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 23 tokens to every session and 1,177 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 92% identical to editor-in-chief-agent, differing in 6 lines, and is treated as a copy.