Sub-agent that parses bibliographic sections and inline citations from SOTA / article text. Takes raw text (a section header + content, or an inline excerpt) and returns structured JSON [{author, year, title, doi?, venue?, raw}]. Isolates the LLM extraction from the main agent context. Invoke from the INGEST pipeline…
Sub-agent that audits a specific claim against the PDF cited. Invoked by citation-receipts skill for deep PDF↔claim verification. Returns structured verdict (VALID/ADJUST/INVALID/UNVERIFIABLE) with evidence quoted from the source. Isolates the heavy PDF reading from the main agent's context.
Sub-agent that performs exhaustive multi-source academic search (paper-search MCP across 22 platforms + optional NotebookLM + optional WebSearch). Returns structured JSON of candidate refs for sota-writer phase A. Invoke when broad literature search is needed without polluting the main agent's context.
Use proactively before destructive operations, when evaluating architectural choices, or when the main agent appears stuck in a pattern. Devil's advocate that argues at least 2 alternative approaches and 1 reason the current path is wrong. Returns structured JSON {alternatives, objections, mustaddress}.
Use proactively when finalizing a diff or PR for a generalist third-reviewer pass that the other agents do not cover: security, threading correctness, library/version drift, doc accuracy, dead code, and complexity. NOT for research (use gemini-researcher), claim validation (use gemini-validator), or devil's-advocate…
Use proactively at session start (BUILDRISKMAP) and before context compaction (SUMMARIZESESSIONSTATE). Compresses session history into structured summaries preserving decisions, discarded alternatives, and unresolved debt. Writes risk maps for new repositories.