ARG-RESEARCHER-V4.1: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

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ARG-RESEARCHER-V4.1 copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from Masqiller/ARG-RESEARCHER-V4.1. It costs 492 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for Academic Research Graphify, a toolset that coordinates academic work from finding research through writing, review, revision, and finalisation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Running research, paper-writing, peer-review, and complete academic workflows through the listed slash commands.
Why use it?
They give the coding agent the project’s commands, rules, and workflow so it can use the repository consistently.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is Masqiller/ARG-RESEARCHER-V4.1's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on ARG-RESEARCHER-V4.1 itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything ARG-RESEARCHER-V4.1 configures →

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.github/copilot-instructions.md · 38 lines

How it starts

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Academic Research Graphify (ARG) — GitHub Copilot Instructions

This repository contains the Academic Research Graphify (ARG) suite — a production-grade academic research pipeline with 4 skills, 25 modes, and 32+ agents.

What This Repo Does

ARG orchestrates a complete academic research workflow: research → write → review → revise → finalize. It ships 4 skills:

  • deep-research — 13-agent research team (literature search, synthesis, fact-checking)
  • academic-paper — 12-agent paper writing (IMRaD structure, revision, format conversion)
  • academic-paper-reviewer — Multi-perspective peer review (5 reviewers + editorial synthesis)
  • academic-pipeline — Full pipeline orchestrator coordinating all above

Key Commands (Slash Commands)

When the user mentions any of these, read the corresponding SKILL.md and execute:

Command Skill + Mode Output
/arg-full academic-pipeline Complete 10-stage pipeline
/arg-plan academic-paper plan Chapter Plan via Socratic dialogue
/arg-outline academic-paper outline-only Outline + evidence map
/arg-abstract academic-paper abstract-only Bilingual abstract + keywords
/arg-revision academic-paper revision Revised draft + R&R responses
/arg-revision-coach academic-paper revision-coach Revision Roadmap + Response Letter skeleton
/arg-lit-review academic-paper lit-review Annotated bibliography
/arg-format-convert academic-paper format-convert LaTeX / DOCX / PDF / Markdown conversion
/arg-citation-check academic-paper citation-check Citation error report
/arg-disclosure academic-paper disclosure AI-usage disclosure statement

Rules for This Codebase

  • All claims must have citations; evidence hierarchy is enforced
  • AI disclosure is mandatory in all reports
  • The MODE_REGISTRY.md file is the single source of truth for all modes
  • Agent definitions in agents/ use model: inherit — they adapt to whatever model the user is running
  • Default output language matches user input (Traditional Chinese or English)
  • Read shared/handoff_schemas.md for Material Passport protocol between pipeline stages

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ARG-RESEARCHER-V4.1 copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Masqiller/ARG-RESEARCHER-V4.1 (6 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 492 tokens to every session, about $0.0025 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 2026-08-31.

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