Methods orchestration contract builder for template projects. Use when mapping pipeline stages, manuscript methods, artifact manifests, evidence registries, and validation commands into one reproducible methods plan.

Skill for the LLM infrastructure module providing local Large Language Model integration via Ollama. Covers client initialization, prompt templates, output validation, manuscript review generation, conversation context, and CLI usage. Use when querying LLMs, generating manuscript reviews, validating LLM outputs, or managing Ollama models.

Skill for the documentation infrastructure module providing figure management, image handling, markdown integration, and API glossary generation. Use when managing research figures, inserting images into manuscripts, auto-numbering figures, or generating API documentation.

Skill for the doctor infrastructure module providing repository-level diagnostics and safe, reversible automated repair. Use when the local checkout is acting up, before opening a bug, when onboarding a fresh clone, or as a periodic health probe. Every mutation is backed up under .doctor/backups/ and journalled in .doctor/actions.jsonl so any change can be undone byte-for-byte.

Container build and compose assets for the research template. Use when reproducing CI or cloud environments with Docker, following docs/CLOUD_DEPLOY.md, or wiring Ollama sidecars via docker-compose.

Unified pipeline telemetry — collects per-stage performance metrics (CPU, memory, I/O) and diagnostic events into structured reports (JSON, text).

Skill for the core infrastructure module providing logging, configuration, exception handling, progress tracking, checkpoints, retry logic, pipeline execution, performance monitoring, security, file operations, and multi-project orchestration. Use when setting up logging, loading config, handling errors, running pipelines, or monitoring performance.

Repository-scoped configuration for the template—environment variable templates and default secure/steganography YAML. Use when editing .env patterns, secure_config defaults, or cross-referencing project manuscript config overrides.

Deterministic benchmark harnesses for public template exemplars. Use when scoring generated project outputs against benchmark manifests, refreshing the default template smoke manifest, checking publication-readiness rubrics, or adding bounded no-network readiness checks for public template outputs.

Skill for deterministic AutoResearch readiness planning. Use when adding, validating, or documenting opt-in autoresearch.yaml controls, stage-gate readiness, evidence-grounded claims, artifact readiness reports, or AutoResearchClaw-inspired workflow checks in template projects.

Top-level skill for the research template infrastructure layer. Use in Cursor, Claude Code, or similar agents when editing or importing anything under infrastructure/, understanding the two-layer architecture, or wiring build/validation/rendering/publishing. Covers module discovery, import patterns, thin orchestrators, per-subpackage SKILL.md paths, and .cursor/skill_manifest.json (see infrastructure.skills).

Run validation CLI, prerender, markdown/PDF/integrity gates, and QA workflows for the Research Project Template. USE WHEN validate manuscript, check PDF for ?? refs, prerender gate, link checker, output integrity, or pre-commit validation — even without validation_quality prompt.

Create pytest suites under the no-mocks policy — real data, temp files, subprocess, pytest-httpserver. USE WHEN adding tests, raising coverage, testing new src/ module, or user forbids mocks.

Deterministic reproducibility audit — fixed seeds, regenerate-from-clean, double-run diff before Zenodo/arXiv/release. USE WHEN outputs drift between runs, "worked on my machine", need regenerate-from-clean proof, or pre-release reproducibility check — even without naming docs/prompts.

Clean-break refactors with migration for the Research Project Template — move logic to src/, split modules, rename APIs with test updates. USE WHEN restructuring code, extracting modules, removing duplication, or migration without behavior change.

Systematic pipeline DAG failure triage for the Research Project Template. USE WHEN ./run.sh or execute_pipeline.py fails, a stage stalls (setup, tests, analysis, render, validate, LLM, copy), pytest/coverage gate fails mid-pipeline, PDF render or validate breaks, Project Analysis finishes too fast with no figures, or user says pipeline debug, stage failed, resume checkpoint, core-only triage — even without naming this skill or docs/prompts.

Repo-wide methods orchestration workflow for the Research Project Template. USE WHEN the user asks to add, audit, improve, or validate methods, methodology, method contracts, stage-to-method wiring, artifact/evidence provenance, or orchestration across template projects.

Audit or author registry-driven manuscript cross-refs — labels.yaml, [[FIG:]], [[THMREF:]], [[VAR:]] tokens. USE WHEN fixing figure/equation/theorem numbering, orphan registry keys, hard-coded "Theorem 7.3" in prose, or [[MISSING:]] injection failures — even for Pandoc projects that also use a YAML registry.

Scaffold a research manuscript and project layout from a research brief — sections, config.yaml, src/, scripts/, tests. USE WHEN starting a new paper, new projects/ tree, manuscript from topic description, or aligning with template_code_project exemplar — even without copy-paste prompts.

Triple-pass verification of every manuscript claim against code, data, refs, and renderer; repair prose while staying renderable. USE WHEN pre-submission, pre-Zenodo, pre-arXiv, abstract numbers disagree with CSV, citations do not support sentences, or user asks to triple-check / verify every claim — even without docs/prompts. Not for casual PDF summary.

End-to-end feature work across src/, scripts/, tests/, manuscript, and docs for the Research Project Template. USE WHEN adding a pipeline-visible feature, new analysis stage, manuscript-facing output, or cross-layer integration — even without feature_addition prompt.

Author or refresh AGENTS.md and README.md for template directories — accurate commands, Mermaid where helpful, link _generated/active_projects.md. USE WHEN folder needs AGENTS, README audit, doc contract fix, or signposting after code change — even without documentation_creation prompt.

Template-native research intake, literature search, source verification, synthesis, fact-checking, and systematic-review planning. USE WHEN the user asks to research a topic, build a literature corpus, fact-check claims, prepare a PRISMA-style review, or clarify a research question before manuscript work.

Full checkout audit for the Research Project Template — tests, architecture, docs, manuscript, pipeline. USE WHEN user asks for comprehensive assessment, full repo review, health check across projects, audit everything, or pre-merge sanity sweep for template exemplars — even without naming docs/prompts or a skill. Not for single failing stage only.