Is academic-paper-reviewer safe to install?

No critical findings, some security notes. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.

How was this score calculated?

Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.

Is this report current?

It was made from commit 060cb3c on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.

I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?

Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

Scan reports · Imbad0202/academic-research-skills

academic-paper-reviewer: scan report

Multi-perspective academic paper review with dynamic reviewer personas. Runs a 5-seat, role-separated review panel (Journal-Fit Reviewer + 3 peer-review roles + Devil's Advocate) with field-specific expertise; role… An automated scan of this public skill from Imbad0202/academic-research-skills: security, token cost, spec and clarity, with every finding and its fix.

Result

Verdict

academic-paper-reviewer

25/100 · grade F

Imbad0202/academic-research-skills/academic-paper-reviewer at 060cb3c

Spec 0 · Efficiency 0 · Clarity 25 · Security 0 (each out of 25)

Always loaded 226 tokens · on trigger 10,847 · on demand 136,022

eff/body-tokens warn · SKILL.md~10847 tokens load every time this triggers. Aim for under 5,000; split into reference files read on demand.
sec/hidden-comment warn · agents/devils_advocate_reviewer_agent.mdHTML comment carries instructions the user won't see rendered.
sec/hidden-comment warn · agents/domain_reviewer_agent.mdHTML comment carries instructions the user won't see rendered.
sec/hidden-comment warn · agents/editorial_synthesizer_agent.mdHTML comment carries instructions the user won't see rendered.
sec/hidden-comment warn · agents/eic_agent.mdHTML comment carries instructions the user won't see rendered.
sec/hidden-comment warn · agents/field_analyst_agent.mdHTML comment carries instructions the user won't see rendered.
sec/hidden-comment warn · agents/methodology_reviewer_agent.mdHTML comment carries instructions the user won't see rendered.
sec/hidden-comment warn · agents/perspective_reviewer_agent.mdHTML comment carries instructions the user won't see rendered.
sec/hidden-comment warn · references/reviewer_sprint_prompt_source.mdHTML comment carries instructions the user won't see rendered.
sec/hidden-comment warn · SKILL.mdHTML comment carries instructions the user won't see rendered.
eff/body-lines warn · SKILL.mdSKILL.md body is 526 lines; keep it under 500 and move detail into reference files.
eff/description-trigger warn · SKILL.mddescription doesn't say *when* to use the skill ("Use when …"). Agents decide from this line alone.
sec/prompt-injection warn · agents/devils_advocate_reviewer_agent.md:109Tries to override the agent's instructions. Reads as an example or a warning here; check it in context.
sec/prompt-injection warn · agents/domain_reviewer_agent.md:108Tries to override the agent's instructions. Reads as an example or a warning here; check it in context.
sec/prompt-injection warn · agents/eic_agent.md:107Tries to override the agent's instructions. Reads as an example or a warning here; check it in context.
sec/prompt-injection warn · agents/methodology_reviewer_agent.md:104Tries to override the agent's instructions. Reads as an example or a warning here; check it in context.
sec/prompt-injection warn · agents/perspective_reviewer_agent.md:108Tries to override the agent's instructions. Reads as an example or a warning here; check it in context.
sec/prompt-injection warn · references/reviewer_sprint_prompt_source.md:115Tries to override the agent's instructions. Reads as an example or a warning here; check it in context.
spec/broken-ref warn · SKILL.md:24References .claude/CLAUDE.md, which isn't in the skill folder.
spec/broken-ref warn · SKILL.md:24References shared/references/routing_core.md, which isn't in the skill folder.
spec/broken-ref warn · SKILL.md:36References shared/references/intent_clarification_protocol.md, which isn't in the skill folder.
spec/broken-ref warn · SKILL.md:113References shared/mode_spectrum.md, which isn't in the skill folder.
spec/broken-ref warn · SKILL.md:438References templates/peer_review_report_template.md, which isn't in the skill folder.
spec/broken-ref warn · SKILL.md:439References templates/editorial_decision_template.md, which isn't in the skill folder.
spec/broken-ref warn · SKILL.md:440References templates/revision_response_template.md, which isn't in the skill folder.
eff/orphan-file info · examples/subclaim_decomposition_example.mdexamples/subclaim_decomposition_example.md is never mentioned in SKILL.md, so the agent won't know to read it.

Where it comes from

Source

Fact	Value
Repository	Imbad0202/academic-research-skills
Skill folder	academic-paper-reviewer
Stars	52,394
License	None stated
Commit scanned	060cb3c
Scanned	2026-10-16
Files	25

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Is academic-paper-reviewer safe to install?: No critical findings, some security notes. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.
How was this score calculated?: Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.
Is this report current?: It was made from commit 060cb3c on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.
I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?: Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

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