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paper-review
Guides self-review of YOUR OWN academic paper before submission with adversarial stress-testing. Core method: three passes (adversarial deep read; 5-aspect checklist — contribution sufficiency, writing clarity, results quality, testing completeness, method design; mechanical consistency scans and experimental protocol audit of data flow, assumptions, leakage), counterintuitive protocol (reject-first simulation, delete unsupported claims, score trust, promote limitations, attack novelty), reverse-outlining, and figure/table quality checks. Use when: user wants to self-review or self-check their own paper draft before submission, stress-test their claims, prepare for reviewer criticism, or mentions 'self-review', 'check my draft', 'is my paper ready'. Do NOT use for writing a peer review of someone else's paper, and do NOT use after receiving actual reviews (use paper-rebuttal instead). Also runs as a background expert: dispatch it async with a draft path and it reviews end-to-end while you keep working.
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# Paper Review
A systematic approach to self-reviewing academic papers before submission, run as **three passes**: an adversarial deep read, a checklist sweep (5 aspects, reverse-outlining, figure/table quality), and mechanical consistency scans plus an experimental protocol audit. Ends with rebuttal preparation.
## When to Use This Skill
- User wants to review or check a paper draft before submission
- User asks for feedback on paper quality or completeness
- User wants to prepare for potential reviewer criticism
- User mentions "review paper", "check my draft", "self-review"
> If the user has already received reviewer comments and needs to write a rebuttal, use the `paper-rebuttal` skill instead.
## Prerequisites