academic-paper-strategist

From the files and frontmatter at commit bfa0a6e. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

• Runs shell commands

  Its instructions or files give the agent commands to run on your computer.

• Names web addresses

  It mentions outside web addresses the agent may visit. We list them but don't follow them.

  Outside links we did not follow

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit bfa0a6e · 3 Nov 2026

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit bfa0a6e on 3 Nov 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.

How the check worksReport an incorrect finding

Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.

• Agent Skills specFails

  The open format from agentskills.io, held to the strictest version of each rule among the agents we check.

  • Error

    The name "academic-paper-strategist" doesn't match its folder "strategist". The spec requires them to match. N4

    Fix: Set name: strategist, or rename the folder to academic-paper-strategist.

  • Error

    The description is 1,050 characters; the limit is 1,024. D2

    Fix: Shorten it to 1,024 characters or fewer, and move detail into the body.

  • Warning

    The body is 680 lines; the spec suggests under 500. B1

    Fix: Move detailed sections into reference files and link to them from SKILL.md.

  • Warning

    The body is about 5,284 tokens (approx.); the spec suggests under 5,000. B2

    Fix: Move detail into reference files that the agent reads only when needed.

  • Note

    There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2

    Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.

  • Note

    Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/quality_standards.md (352 lines) and references/search_strategy.md (475 lines). B5

    Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

• Claude CodePasses

  Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.

  • Note

    The name "academic-paper-strategist" doesn't match its folder "strategist". Claude Code shows the skill as /academic-paper-strategist, and the folder name also invokes it. N4

    Fix: Set name: strategist, or rename the folder to academic-paper-strategist.

  • Note

    The body is 680 lines; the spec suggests under 500. Claude Code's docs say the same. B1

    Fix: Move detailed sections into reference files and link to them from SKILL.md.

  • Note

    The body is about 5,284 tokens (approx.); the spec suggests under 5,000. After compaction Claude Code keeps only the first 5,000 tokens of a skill. B2

    Fix: Move detail into reference files that the agent reads only when needed.

  • Note

    Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/quality_standards.md (352 lines) and references/search_strategy.md (475 lines). B5

    Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

• Claude apps & API uploadFails

  Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.

  • Error

    The name "academic-paper-strategist" doesn't match its folder "strategist". claude.ai refuses an upload whose folder name doesn't match the skill name. N4

    Fix: Set name: strategist, or rename the folder to academic-paper-strategist.

  • Error

    The description is 1,050 characters; the limit is 1,024. Anthropic's validator rejects it. D2

    Fix: Shorten it to 1,024 characters or fewer, and move detail into the body.

  • Note

    The body is 680 lines; the spec suggests under 500. Anthropic's guidance says the same. B1

    Fix: Move detailed sections into reference files and link to them from SKILL.md.

  • Note

    The body is about 5,284 tokens (approx.); the spec suggests under 5,000. Anthropic's guidance says the same. B2

    Fix: Move detail into reference files that the agent reads only when needed.

  • Note

    Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/quality_standards.md (352 lines) and references/search_strategy.md (475 lines). B5

    Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

• OpenAI (Codex & API)Fails

  Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.

  • Error

    The description is 1,050 characters; the limit is 1,024. Codex has no limit, but OpenAI's upload follows the spec. D2

    Fix: Shorten it to 1,024 characters or fewer, and move detail into the body.

  • Warning

    The name "academic-paper-strategist" doesn't match its folder "strategist". OpenAI's own upload example uses a differently named folder, but the spec it follows says they must match. N4

    Fix: Set name: strategist, or rename the folder to academic-paper-strategist.

• VS Code & CopilotPasses with warnings

  VS Code reads skills one folder below .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills and falls back to the folder name when the name is missing or differs; GitHub's Copilot docs require the exact name SKILL.md.

  • Warning

    The name "academic-paper-strategist" doesn't match its folder "strategist". VS Code uses the folder name, strategist, instead. N4

    Fix: Set name: strategist, or rename the folder to academic-paper-strategist.

  • Warning

    The description is 1,050 characters; the limit is 1,024. VS Code cuts it at 1,024 characters. D2

    Fix: Shorten it to 1,024 characters or fewer, and move detail into the body.

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