scientific-critical-thinking SKILL.md skillA
scientific-critical-thinking from k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills/scientific-critical-thinking@v1.5Pins v1.5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills
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skills/scientific-critical-thinking/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- v1.5, committed Oct 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 11, 2026
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- 13,146 bytes
- Repository stars
- 56,497
- License
- MIT
Evaluates scientific claims and evidence quality. Applies to experimental design validity, biases and confounders, statistical interpretation, evidence grading frameworks (GRADE, Cochrane Risk of Bias), and teaching critical analysis. Supports evidence appraisal and identifying flaws; formal peer review writing belongs to peer-review.
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What the file says
# Scientific Critical Thinking ## Overview Critical thinking is a systematic process for evaluating scientific rigor. Assess methodology, experimental design, statistical validity, biases, confounding, and evidence quality using GRADE and Cochrane ROB frameworks. Apply this skill for critical analysis of scientific claims. ## When to Use This Skill This skill should be used when: - Evaluating research methodology and experimental design - Assessing statistical validity and evidence quality - Identifying biases and confounding in studies - Reviewing scientific claims and conclusions - Conducting systematic reviews or meta-analyses - Applying GRADE or Cochrane risk of bias assessments - Providing critical analysis of research papers ## Appraisal Workflow 1. **Fix the question and unit.** Record population, intervention/exposure, comparator, outcome, time point, effect measure, and target setting. Distinguish descriptive, predictive, and causal claims. Identify the independent experimental/sampling unit. 2. **Extract evidence before judging.** Locate the numerical result, uncertainty, …
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How to install
mdr add k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills/scientific-critical-thinking@sha256:563af70571b7dcd6The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.5, 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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The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Jun 11, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026, about one every 19 days.
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| v1.5 latest | 2026-10-01 | a92663a | 13,146 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4 | 2026-09-30 | ce9e6e9 | 10,670 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.3 | 2026-09-10 | 15e77e6 | 10,125 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.3 | 2026-09-02 | 1e5eeff | 10,116 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.2 | 2026-07-26 | 2f2022d | 9,158 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1 | 2026-07-26 | b085e11 | 23,566 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.1b8fae3 | 2026-06-11 | 1b8fae3 | 23,571 B | A | view |
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Source
k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills · 56,497 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
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