/idea-creator

name: idea-creator
description: Generate and rank research ideas given a broad direction. Use when user says "找idea", "brainstorm ideas", "generate research ideas", "what can we work on", or wants to explore a research area for publishable directions.
argument-hint: "[research-direction]"
allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Grep, Glob, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent, Skill, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply, mcp__manual_review__review, mcp__manual_review__review_reply

Research Idea Creator

Generate publishable research ideas for: $ARGUMENTS

Overview

Given a broad research direction from the user, systematically generate, validate, and rank concrete research ideas. Standalone, Phase 1's landscape survey is **inline** (WebSearch — it does not invoke `/research-lit`); Phases 4-5 invoke `/novelty-check`, `/run-experiment`, and `/monitor-experiment` for validation and pilots. For the full sub-skill pipeline (`/research-lit` → idea generation → `/novelty-check` → `/research-review`), run `/idea-discovery` (Workflow 1), which orchestrates this skill.

Constants

• **PILOT_MAX_HOURS = 2** — Skip any pilot estimated to take > 2 hours per GPU. Flag as "needs manual pilot".
• **PILOT_TIMEOUT_HOURS = 3** — Hard timeout: kill pilots exceeding 3 hours. Collect partial results if available.
• **MAX_PILOT_IDEAS = 3** — Pilot at most 3 ideas in parallel. Additional ideas are validated on paper only.
• **MAX_TOTAL_GPU_HOURS = 8** — Total GPU budget for all pilots combined.
• **REVIEWER_MODEL = `gpt-6-astra`** — Default model for the Codex backend. Must be an OpenAI model (e.g., `gpt-6-astra`, `o3`, `gpt-4o`). Manual backend uses a model the user chooses, **but it must be a non-Claude model ARIS can classify** (OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, Moonshot/Kimi, Qwen) — the executor is Claude, so pasting into any Claude product makes Claude judge Claude and voids the cross-model invariant (see `shared-references/reviewer-routing.md`).
• **REVIEWER_BACKEND = `codex`** — Default: Codex MCP (xhigh). Override with `— reviewer: oracle-pro` for Oracle MCP, or `— reviewer: manual` for Manual Review MCP. If manual-review MCP is unavailable, stop and print the install command; do not fall back to Codex. See `shared-references/reviewer-routing.md`.
• **OUTPUT_DIR = `idea-stage/`** — All idea-stage outputs go here. Create the directory if it doesn't exist.

> 💡 Override via argument, e.g., `/idea-creator "topic" — pilot budget: 4h per idea, 20h total`.

Reviewer Calling Convention

When calling the reviewer for idea evaluation, branch on REVIEWER_BACKEND:

**If REVIEWER_BACKEND = `codex`:** Use `mcp__codex__codex` for new review threads. Use `mcp__codex__codex-reply` for follow-up rounds (reuse threadId).

**If REVIEWER_BACKEND = `manual`:** Use `mcp__manual_review__review` for new review threads with: prompt: [exact same prompt that would go to Codex] config: {"model_reasoning_effort": "xhigh", "executor_model": "<actual executor model>", "require_reviewer_model": true} Save the returned `threadId`. Use `mcp__manual_review__review_reply` for follow-up rounds with: threadId: [saved manual-review threadId] prompt: [follow-up prompt] config: {"model_reasoning_effort": "xhigh", "executor_model": "<actual executor model>", "require_reviewer_model": true}

Content fidelity: the manual reviewer should see the same substantive bundle content Codex would read. If the manual UI supports file upload / attachment, reuse the same bundle file; otherwise paste the bundle contents inline because remote web UIs cannot read your local filesystem paths. Review tracing applies equally to both backends.

Workflow

Phase 0: Load Research Wiki (if active)

A verdict-bearing manual response MUST begin with `Reviewer-Model: <exact-model-id>` — pass the model THIS session is actually running as in `executor_model`. Missing, unknown, or same-family identity cannot acquit; emit `REVIEW_UNAVAILABLE` rather than guessing. If the executor model cannot be named, manual review's cross-family claim is unprovable — say so in the report instead of asserting it.

**Skip this phase entirely if `research-wiki/` does not exist.**

If `research-wiki/` exists, resolve the canonical helper using the shared resolution chain (see `../research-wiki/SKILL.md` for the contract):

cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)" || exit 1
ARIS_REPO="${ARIS_REPO:-}"
ARIS_HOME="${HOME:-}"
if [ -z "${ARIS_REPO:-}" ] && [ -f .aris/installed-skills.txt ]; then
  ARIS_REPO=$(awk -F'\t' '$1=="repo_root"{print $2; exit}' .aris/installed-skills.txt 2>/dev/null) || true
fi
if [ -z "${ARIS_REPO:-}" ] && [ -n "$ARIS_HOME" ] && [ -f "$ARIS_HOME/.aris/repo" ]; then
  ARIS_REPO=$(cat "$ARIS_HOME/.aris/repo" 2>/dev/null) || true
fi
WIKI_SCRIPT=".aris/tools/research_wiki.py"
[ -f "$WIKI_SCRIPT" ] || WIKI_SCRIPT="tools/research_wiki.py"
[ -f "$WIKI_SCRIPT" ] || { [ -n "${ARIS_REPO:-}" ] && WIKI_SCRIPT="$ARIS_REPO/tools/research_wiki.py"; }
[ -f "$WIKI_SCRIPT" ] || {
  echo "WARN: research_wiki.py not found at .aris/tools/, tools/, \$ARIS_REPO/tools/, or via ~/.aris/repo." >&2
  echo "      The idea-creation primary output (idea ranking) will still be produced." >&2
  echo "      Wiki writes and query_pack rebuilds will be skipped; a fresh cached pack may still be loaded through the scanner." >&2
  echo "      Fix: rerun 'bash tools/install_aris.sh' or 'smart_update.sh' (refreshes ~/.aris/repo), export ARIS_REPO, or 'cp <ARIS-repo>/tools/research_wiki.py tools/'." >&2
  WIKI_SCRIPT=""
}

THREAT_SCANNER=".aris/tools/threat_scan.py"
[ -f "$THREAT_SCANNER" ] || THREAT_SCANNER="tools/threat_scan.py"
[ -f "$THREAT_SCANNER" ] || { [ -n "${ARIS_REPO:-}" ] && THREAT_SCANNER="$ARIS_REPO/tools/threat_scan.py"; }
[ -f "$THREAT_SCANNER" ] || THREAT_SCANNER=""

# ARIS_QUERY_PACK_SCAN_START -- exercised by
# tests/test_idea_creator_query_pack_scan.py; keep both skill mirrors identical.
aris_scan_query_pack() {
  l