Name: Idea Critique
Author: ZeguanXiao

Idea Critique Skill

This skill orchestrates a rigorous adversarial review of a research idea, mimicking the NeurIPS/ICML program committee process. It is a prerequisite before investing effort in experiment design or writing.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

A research hypothesis needs novelty validation before proceeding
Preparing an idea for discussion with collaborators
Stress-testing assumptions before writing a paper proposal
Comparing multiple ideas to select the strongest one

Prerequisites

You need at minimum:

The idea's problem statement (one clear sentence)
The core proposed approach (2–3 sentences)
The research context (field + related work references)

Workflow

Round 1: Novelty Check (Critic)

Idea Critique Skill

When to Use

Use this skill when:

A research hypothesis needs novelty validation before proceeding
Preparing an idea for discussion with collaborators
Stress-testing assumptions before writing a paper proposal
Comparing multiple ideas to select the strongest one

Prerequisites

You need at minimum:

The idea's problem statement (one clear sentence)
The core proposed approach (2–3 sentences)
The research context (field + related work references)

Idea Critique

Idea Critique Skill

When to Use

Prerequisites

Workflow

Round 1: Novelty Check (Critic)

Idea Critique

Idea Critique Skill

When to Use

Prerequisites

Workflow

Round 1: Novelty Check (Critic)

Round 2: Full Review (Critic)

Round 3: Improvement (Orchestrator)

Round 4: Update Idea Store

Output Format

Quality Criteria

Test

Feature Flags

Unit Tests

Integration Tests

Write Frontend Tests

Golang Testing