| name | research-paper |
| description | AnchoredAutoResearch paper skill for Codex. Writes, edits, and compiles a venue-specific LaTeX paper from the Research State Document. Strict side-effect command — never touches RSD.md, never advances phase. |
| version | 1.0.0 |
AnchoredAutoResearch — PAPER Entrypoint
Use this skill when the user invokes $research-paper in Codex.
HARD GUARDRAILS (non-negotiable)
- NEVER write
RSD.md.
- NEVER change
## Status: or ## Phase:.
- NEVER create cycle checkpoints.
- NEVER edit any
.cls file (regardless of path).
- NEVER write outside
outputs/paper/**.
- After this skill finishes,
git diff RSD.md MUST be empty.
If any step would violate the above, refuse and report the violation.
MANDATORY: Read Protocol Before Any Action
- Read
AGENTS.md for project rules
- Read
../research/references/paper-protocol.md — the full PAPER
protocol, including the scoped LaTeX-write exception rules, the
outputs/paper/ directory layout, and the per-intent protocols.
- Read
../research/references/core-principles.md to confirm the
scoped exception wording before writing any LaTeX.
Argument Parsing (natural-language intent classification)
Parse the user's invocation into ONE intent using the keyword table in
paper-protocol.md. If ambiguous, ASK the user rather than guessing.
| Keyword triggers | Intent |
|---|
init, new <venue>, start paper | init |
write <section>, draft <section> | write-section |
update <section>, refresh <section>, sync <section> | update-section |
layout, adjust, spacing, figure, table, vspace, resizebox | layout-edit |
compile, build, pdf | compile |
check pages, page count, fit <N>, shrink to <N> | check-pages / shrink |
import, from tex, ingest existing | import-from-tex |
Execution
- Classify the intent. If ambiguous, ask the user.
- Run the intent-specific protocol from
paper-protocol.md.
- Before any LaTeX write, run the pre-flight path-prefix guard:
- Resolve target to absolute path; reject
.. traversal
- Verify the path starts with
outputs/paper/
- Verify the basename does NOT end with
.cls
- Verify the current command is
$research-paper (or its alias)
- If any check fails, refuse and report which check failed
- For
write-section and update-section, RSD content may be READ only —
extract Goal, Hypotheses, Knowledge Sources, and latest INTERPRET sections
for quotation. Do NOT mutate RSD.md.
- After a successful edit, suggest (but do NOT auto-run)
$research-paper compile and $research-paper check-pages.
- Do NOT
git commit automatically.
- Stop and report which intent ran, which files were written, that
RSD.md was NOT touched, and the next suggested step.
Stream all output live. Never run in background.
