Use when a manuscript is close to submission or resubmission and you need a preflight audit for claim support, figure-panel coverage, legend sync, methods references, terminology stability, and venue-facing risks.
Use this skill for late-stage manuscript QA. It is narrower than manuscript-optimizer: do not use it to redesign a paper from scratch. Use it when the structure mostly exists and the main task is to catch the failures that survive normal revision cycles.
The core rule is simple: never treat a clean-looking manuscript as submission-ready until the front half, figures, legends, methods, supplement, and venue expectations have been checked against each other.
Use the helper script when you want a fast local pass over figure citations:
python ~/.codex/skills/submission-audit/scripts/check_figure_refs.py path/to/manuscript.md
Use this skill when:
Do not use this skill for:
manuscript-optimizerMethods cross-references present where interpretation depends on setup or metric definition?Nature Portfolio, are the reporting-summary inputs, data/code statements, image-integrity materials, and disclosure items actually ready rather than merely planned?Report findings in this order:
Each finding should include:
If no major problems exist, say that explicitly and then list only the residual risks or final checks still worth doing.
End the audit with: