manuscript-review-council
Run a multi-agent scientific manuscript review with parallel specialist reviewers, disagreement checks, and an editor meta-review. Use when reviewing a manuscript, preprint, revision, or rebuttal in Codex or Claude Code.
npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Manuscript Review Council Run a journal-style review council instead of a single blended opinion. This skill is self-contained and works in both Codex and Claude Code. The council definition lives in local files: - role roster: `references/reviewer-roles.md` - workflow and artifact bundle: `references/council-workflow.md` - per-reviewer handoff template: `templates/reviewer-brief.md` - editor synthesis template: `templates/editor-meta-review.md` ## Instructions 1. Confirm the review context: manuscript or revision stage, target venue if known, desired decision scale, and whether the user wants a full review, triage, version comparison, or rebuttal assessment. 2. Gather the review packet before delegating: - manuscript text or accessible PDF/DOCX - title, abstract, main claims, methods snapshot, and figure or table list - user priorities such as novelty, rigor, statistics, reproducibility, or journal fit - prior reviews or author response if this is a revision 3. Normalize the manuscript into a shared packet for every reviewer. At minimum, preserve section boundaries, figure references, and the claims being evaluated. If the source is a PDF or DOCX, extract a sectioned text view b
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- Examples
- Example 1: Full journal-style review
- Example 2: Revision comparison
- Example 3: Fast triage
- Troubleshooting
- Related Skills
What does the manuscript-review-council skill do?
Run a multi-agent scientific manuscript review with parallel specialist reviewers, disagreement checks, and an editor meta-review. Use when reviewing a manuscript, preprint, revision, or rebuttal in Codex or Claude Code.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill manuscript-review-council --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills, a repository with 135 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.