Academic Paper Review

What this skill does

It turns a pile of manuscripts into a credible peer review. The output is a deliverable you can actually send: either a narrative reviewer letter addressed to the authors, or a structured audit report with severity-tiered findings — rendered as Markdown, a Typst source file, and/or a typeset PDF.

The whole approach rests on one conviction learned the hard way: a good review needs two lenses at once. An editorial lens alone produces a proofread; a domain lens alone produces a hallway opinion. Together they produce a review the authors trust. Read references/review-dimensions.md for the full checklist behind both lenses — it is the substance of this skill.

The two lenses (the core principle)

Apply both to every manuscript, and keep them distinct so the authors can see you have done each: