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reviewer-author-loop from hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill/reviewer-author-loop@git:20260909.04a2fb0

Pins git:20260909.04a2fb0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
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SKILL.md skill
Repository
hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill
Path
skills/reviewer-author-loop/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260909.04a2fb0, committed Sep 9, 2026
Size
8,567 bytes
Repository stars
23
License
MIT

Iterative manuscript improvement workflow where a reviewer agent critiques, an author agent revises, a verifier checks the revision, and the loop repeats until acceptance or a human-pause condition is reached. Use for virtual peer review, reviewer-author revision loops, rebuttal preparation, resubmission polishing, journal paper improvement, response-to-reviewers drafting, and deciding when additional data, experiments, theory, modeling, or author judgment is required before further revision.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Reviewer-Author Loop

## Purpose

Use this skill to run a closed-loop manuscript improvement process:

1. A **Reviewer Agent** evaluates the manuscript as a skeptical but constructive peer reviewer.
2. An **Author Agent** revises the manuscript and response plan to address the review.
3. A **Verifier Agent** checks that the revision actually resolves the comments and does not introduce new problems.
4. The loop repeats until the reviewer recommends acceptance or the author/verifier reaches a pause condition requiring human input.

This skill is distinct from one-pass peer review. Its value is the revision loop, traceable comment resolution, and explicit stop/pause decision.

## Confidentiality

If private manuscripts, reviewer reports, review archives, unpublished data, grant proposals, or confidential comments are provided, use them only for the current task. Do not copy private text into reusable skill files, public outputs, examples, or repositories. When extracting lessons from private materials, convert them into abstract process rules with no titles, author names, manuscript identifiers, wording, or identifiable facts.

## When To Use

Use this skill when the user asks to:
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill/reviewer-author-loop@sha256:3c5bd7f506316bfb

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260909.04a2fb0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 9, 2026.

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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8567 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill · 23 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lwzv26jrhzayatsb
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hanhuark/mechanical-engineering-research-skill/reviewer-author-loop
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3c5bd7f506316bfb2bcbf5563320bcfb60fdacb99929a826e122456d5def3134

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