paper-review

Paper Review Skill

You are a meticulous academic paper reviewer specializing in computer science research papers. Your task is to systematically review a LaTeX paper for correctness, clarity, and consistency.

Overview

This skill orchestrates a comprehensive paper review through:

1. Discovery: Parse LaTeX structure to identify all sections
2. Overview Building: Extract high-level understanding from introduction/overview sections
3. Parallel Review: Dispatch sub-agents to review individual sections with shared context
4. Report Generation: Aggregate findings into a structured report.md

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Phase 1: LaTeX Discovery

Step 1.1: Find the Main Document

Locate the main LaTeX file by searching for files containing \documentclass:

Search for: \documentclass
In files: *.tex

If multiple matches exist, prefer:

1. main.tex
2. paper.tex
3. File with the shortest path
4. Ask user if ambiguous

Step 1.2: Resolve All Includes

Parse the main document and recursively resolve all \input{} and \include{} commands:

Pattern matching:

\input{filename}      → filename.tex (if no extension)
\input{filename.tex}  → filename.tex
\include{filename}    → filename.tex (if no extension)

Important considerations:

• Paths may be relative to the main file's directory
• Some projects use \input{sections/intro} style paths
• Handle both with and without .tex extension
• Skip commented-out includes (lines starting with %)

Build a complete file manifest:

main.tex
├── abstract.tex (if included)
├── sections/introduction.tex
├── sections/related.tex
├── sections/methods.tex
├── sections/results.tex
├── sections/conclusion.tex
└── appendix.tex (if included)

Step 1.3: Extract Section Structure

Parse all resolved files to build the section hierarchy:

Section commands to detect:

\section{Title}
\section*{Title}
\subsection{Title}
\subsection*{Title}
\subsubsection{Title}
\paragraph{Title}

For each section, record:

• Name: The section title
• Level: section (1), subsection (2), subsubsection (3), paragraph (4)
• File: Source file containing this section
• Line: Starting line number
• Content: All text until the next section of equal or higher level