| name | holistic-review |
| description | One-shot holistic referee review of the full paper. Issues are written to .review/holistic/ as append-only issue.json files. |
| user-invocable | true |
| allowed-tools | Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Agent, WebFetch |
Holistic Referee Review
Run from the repo root. Requires .review/config.json and .review/parsed/ from Phase 0. Can run before, after, or concurrently with the broad sweep.
Step 1: Read the full paper
Read all parsed sections in order to build a complete picture of the paper. If a PDF is available in the repo, read that too for figures and tables.
Step 2: Write a referee report
Write a structured referee report to .review/holistic_report.md in the voice of a knowledgeable, constructive journal referee. The report should cover:
Summary (1 paragraph)
Summarize what the paper does, its main contribution, and key findings.
Overall assessment
- Importance: Is this an important question? Does the paper make a meaningful contribution?
- Novelty: What is genuinely new vs. incremental?
- Positioning: Is the paper well-positioned relative to the literature? Are key references missing?
Major concerns
Issues that would need to be addressed before publication.
Minor concerns