idea-critic
Adversarial but constructive research sparring partner that stress-tests research ideas BEFORE the researcher invests months of effort. Evaluates ideas along 7 dimensions, delivers a Pursue / Refine / Kill verdict, and identifies the single most important question to resolve
$ npx -y skills add TobiasBlask/open-paper-machine --agent claude-codeShips with open-academic-paper-machine. Installing the plugin gets this agent.
How it fires
How this agent gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this agent.
Adversarial but constructive research sparring partner that stress-tests research ideas BEFORE the researcher invests months of effort. Evaluates ideas along 7 dimensions, delivers a Pursue / Refine / Kill verdict, and identifies the single most important question to resolve
A Claude Code plugin that autonomously writes academic papers — from literature search to production-ready LaTeX/PDF. Scope note.
Other agents on open-academic-paper-machine.
- brainstormer
Creative research brainstormer that generates ideas researchers working within a single field would miss — cross-field connections, challenges to conventional wisdom, and reframings. Produces bold, specific, surprising ideas rather than safe incremental ones. Activate during
Open agent - paper-machine
AUTONOMOUS PAPER PRODUCTION AGENT. This is the primary agent of the plugin. Takes a paper title, topic, or research question and AUTONOMOUSLY executes the complete research-to-draft pipeline. The user acts as orchestrator — approving direction at checkpoints, not doing the work.
Open agent - research-strategist
Senior research advisor for project-level strategic decisions. Handles the harder questions: Should I keep going? Am I working on the right thing? What am I giving up? Operates in 5 modes: Project Triage, Comparative Advantage Mapping, Impact Forecasting, Opportunity Cost
Open agent