nano-scientist

Generates a publication-quality research workflow diagram as a PNG via gpt-image-2 (OpenAI image API).

Quick single-paper lookup via AlphaXiv LLM-optimized summaries with tiered source fallback. Use when user says "explain this paper", "summarize paper", pastes an arXiv/AlphaXiv URL, or provides a bare arXiv ID for quick understanding - not for broad literature search.

Search, download, and summarize academic papers from arXiv. Use when user says "search arxiv", "download paper", "fetch arxiv", "arxiv search", "get paper pdf", or wants to find and save papers from arXiv to the local paper library.

Autonomously improve a generated paper via GPT-5.4 xhigh review → implement fixes → recompile, for 2 rounds. Use when user says "改论文", "improve paper", "论文润色循环", "auto improve", or wants to iteratively polish a generated paper.

Autonomous research review loop using any OpenAI-compatible LLM API. Configure via llm-chat MCP server or environment variables. Trigger with "auto review loop llm" or "llm review".

Autonomous multi-round research review loop using MiniMax API. Use when you want to use MiniMax instead of Codex MCP for external review. Trigger with "auto review loop minimax" or "minimax review".

Autonomous multi-round research review loop. Repeatedly reviews via Codex MCP, implements fixes, and re-reviews until positive assessment or max rounds reached. Use when user says "auto review loop", "review until it passes", or wants autonomous iterative improvement.

Zero-context verification that every bibliographic entry in the paper is real, correctly attributed, and used in a context the cited paper actually supports. Uses a fresh cross-model reviewer with web/DBLP/arXiv lookup to catch hallucinated authors, wrong years, fabricated venues, version mismatches, and wrong-context citations (cite present but the cited paper does not establish the claim). Use when user says "审查引用", "check citations", "citation audit", "verify references", "引用核对", or before submission to ensure bibliography integrity.

Draft patent claims for an invention. Use when user says "撰写权利要求", "draft claims", "写权利要求书", "claim drafting", or wants to create patent claims. The core skill of the patent pipeline.

Search and progressively read open-access academic papers through DeepXiv. Use when the user wants layered paper access, section-level reading, trending papers, or DeepXiv-backed literature retrieval.

Write detailed embodiment descriptions for patent specifications. Use when user says "撰写实施例", "write embodiment", "实施例描述", "detailed description", or wants to describe how to practice an invention.

AI-powered web search via Exa with content extraction. Use when user says "exa search", "web search with content", "find similar pages", or needs broad web results beyond academic databases (arXiv, Semantic Scholar).

Audit experiment integrity before claiming results. Uses cross-model review (GPT-5.4) to check for fake ground truth, score normalization fraud, phantom results, and insufficient scope. Use when user says "审计实验", "check experiment integrity", "audit results", "实验诚实度", or after experiments complete before writing claims.

Workflow 1.5: Bridge between idea discovery and auto review. Reads EXPERIMENT_PLAN.md, implements experiment code, deploys to GPU, collects initial results. Use when user says "实现实验", "implement experiments", "bridge", "从计划到跑实验", "deploy the plan", or has an experiment plan ready to execute.

Turn a refined research proposal or method idea into a detailed, claim-driven experiment roadmap. Use after `research-refine`, or when the user asks for a detailed experiment plan, ablation matrix, evaluation protocol, run order, compute budget, or paper-ready validation that supports the core problem, novelty, simplicity, and any LLM / VLM / Diffusion / RL-based contribution.

SSH job queue for multi-seed/multi-config ML experiments with OOM-aware retry, stale-screen cleanup, and wave-transition race prevention. Use when user says "batch experiments", "队列实验", "run grid", "multi-seed sweep", "auto-chain experiments", or when /run-experiment is insufficient for 10+ jobs that need orchestration.

Process user-provided patent figures and generate formal drawing descriptions. Use when user says "附图处理", "figure description", "附图说明", "drawings description", or wants to describe patent figures with reference numerals.

Generate deterministic publication-quality architecture, workflow, and pipeline diagrams from structured JSON (FigureSpec) into editable SVG. Use when user says "架构图", "workflow 图", "pipeline 图", "确定性矢量图", "figure spec", "draw architecture", or needs precise, editable, publication-ready vector diagrams. Preferred over AI illustration for formal architecture/workflow figures.

Search research papers via Gemini for broad literature discovery. Use when user says "gemini search", "gemini papers", "search with gemini", or wants AI-powered literature discovery beyond arXiv/Semantic Scholar indexes.

Draft a structured grant proposal from research ideas and literature. Supports KAKENHI (Japan), NSF (US), NSFC (China, including 面上/青年/优青/杰青/海外优青/重点), ERC (EU), DFG (Germany), SNSF (Switzerland), ARC (Australia), NWO (Netherlands), and generic formats. Use when user says "write grant", "grant proposal", "申請書", "write KAKENHI", "科研費", "基金申请", "写基金", "NSF proposal", or wants to turn research ideas into a funding application.

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.

Workflow 1 adaptation for robotics and embodied AI. Orchestrates robotics-aware literature survey, idea generation, novelty check, and critical review to go from a broad robotics direction to benchmark-grounded, simulation-first ideas. Use when user says "robotics idea discovery", "机器人找idea", "embodied AI idea", "机器人方向探索", "sim2real 选题", or wants ideas for manipulation, locomotion, navigation, drones, humanoids, or general robot learning.

Workflow 1: Full idea discovery pipeline. Orchestrates research-lit → idea-creator → novelty-check → research-review to go from a broad research direction to validated, pilot-tested ideas. Use when user says "找idea全流程", "idea discovery pipeline", "从零开始找方向", or wants the complete idea exploration workflow.

Structure a raw invention idea into a formal invention disclosure. Use when user says "构建发明", "structure invention", "发明构建", "invention disclosure", or wants to formalize a rough idea into a patent-ready structure.

Compile patent application into jurisdiction-specific filing format. Use when user says "格式转换", "jurisdiction format", "国家格式", "compile patent", or wants formatted patent documents for CN/US/EP filing.

Two-thread adversarial review: a fresh reviewer constructs the strongest 200-word rejection memo, then a second fresh reviewer defends the paper point-by-point and surfaces still-unresolved critical issues. Use when user says "kill argument", "adversarial review", "hostile review", "rebuttal preparation", "reviewer-2 simulation", or before submitting a theory paper that has already passed standard review rounds.

Analyze ARIS usage logs and propose optimizations to SKILL.md files, reviewer prompts, and workflow defaults. Outer-loop harness optimization inspired by Meta-Harness (Lee et al., 2026). Use when user says "优化技能", "meta optimize", "improve skills", "分析使用记录", or wants to optimize ARIS's own harness components based on accumulated experience.

Monitor running experiments, check progress, collect results. Use when user says "check results", "is it done", "monitor", or wants experiment output.

Verify research idea novelty against recent literature. Use when user says "查新", "novelty check", "有没有人做过", "check novelty", or wants to verify a research idea is novel before implementing.

Search academic papers via OpenAlex API for open citation data, institutional affiliations, and funding information. Use when user says "openalex search", "search openalex", "open citation graph", or wants comprehensive academic metadata beyond arXiv/Semantic Scholar.

Two-way sync between a local paper directory and an Overleaf project via the Overleaf Git bridge (Premium feature). Lets you keep ARIS audit/edit workflows on the local copy while collaborators edit in the Overleaf web UI. Token never touches the agent — user does the one-time auth via macOS Keychain. Use when user says "同步 overleaf", "overleaf sync", "推送到 overleaf", "connect overleaf", "Overleaf 桥接", "pull overleaf", "push overleaf", or wants to bridge their ARIS paper directory with an Overleaf project.

Zero-context verification that every number, comparison, and scope claim in the paper matches raw result files. Uses a fresh cross-model reviewer with NO prior context to prevent confirmation bias. Use when user says "审查论文数据", "check paper claims", "verify numbers", "论文数字核对", or before submission to ensure paper-to-evidence fidelity.

Compile LaTeX paper to PDF, fix errors, and verify output. Use when user says "编译论文", "compile paper", "build PDF", "生成PDF", or wants to compile LaTeX into a submission-ready PDF.

Generate publication-quality academic illustrations through a local Codex app-server bridge that uses Codex native image generation. This is a separate experimental alternative to `paper-illustration`, intended for Claude Code users who want a GPT-image-style renderer without modifying the original skill.

Generate publication-quality AI illustrations for academic papers using Gemini image generation. Creates architecture diagrams, method illustrations with Claude-supervised iterative refinement loop. Use when user says "生成图表", "画架构图", "AI绘图", "paper illustration", "generate diagram", or needs visual figures for papers.

Generate a structured paper outline from review conclusions and experiment results. Use when user says "写大纲", "paper outline", "plan the paper", "论文规划", or wants to create a paper plan before writing.

Generate a conference poster (article + tcbposter LaTeX → A0/A1 PDF + editable PPTX + SVG) from a compiled paper. Use when user says "做海报", "制作海报", "conference poster", "make poster", "生成poster", "poster session", or wants to create a poster for a conference presentation.

Generate conference presentation slides (beamer LaTeX → PDF + editable PPTX) from a compiled paper, with speaker notes and full talk script. Use when user says "做PPT", "做幻灯片", "make slides", "conference talk", "presentation slides", "生成slides", "写演讲稿", or wants beamer slides for a conference talk.

End-to-end conference talk pipeline: paper → slide outline → Beamer + PPTX → per-page polish → assurance checks (claim / citation / anonymity) → final export and report. Default-good for academic conference talks (NeurIPS / ICML / ICLR / VALSE / 投稿 talks). Trigger phrases: "做 talk", "做 PPT 全流程", "talk pipeline", "end-to-end slides", "做演讲", "conference talk full workflow". Use when the user wants the complete talk artifact, not just a slide deck.

Draft LaTeX paper section by section from an outline. Use when user says "写论文", "write paper", "draft LaTeX", "开始写", or wants to generate LaTeX content from a paper plan.