Run Academic Research From Investigation to Publication

Runs your complete academic research workflow as one connected 10-stage pipeline instead of scattered disconnected tasks. It integrates research discovery, manuscript writing, peer review simulation, and integrity verification so each stage builds on the prior one with context preserved throughout, removing the friction that blocks researchers from moving work forward at scale.

Once installed, you invoke the pipeline by describing your research goal to the orchestrator, which routes you through 10 stages: (1) Research Question + Methodology (guided exploration or structured brief), (2) Manuscript drafting (outline approval before text), (3) Peer review with multi-perspective evaluation, (4) Revision coaching + re-revision with integrity gates at boundaries, (5) Output finalization (MD, DOCX, LaTeX, PDF with venue-specific AI disclosures), and (6) Process summary with collaboration quality evaluation. Every stage ends in a user confirmation checkpoint; integrity gates at Stages 2.5 and 4.5 are non-skippable. Output: publication-ready manuscript with a Material Passport documenting all decisions and audit trails.

Every research decision, from RQ framing through revision, stays grounded in prior work instead of starting cold at each phase, so your final paper reflects a chain of evidence rather than disconnected pieces.

Requires Anthropic API key (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY). Cross-model verification uses OpenAI endpoints when ARS_CROSS_MODEL is set. Optional environment flags: ARS_PASSPORT_RESET=1 (context reset at checkpoints), ARS_CLAIM_AUDIT=1 (opt-in claim-faithfulness audit at Stage 4→5, default OFF), ARS_SOCRATIC_READING_PROBE=1 (reading comprehension honesty probe in Stage 1). Citation verification uses Semantic Scholar + OpenAI-compatible endpoints (supports MiMo, DeepSeek, self-hosted) for cross-model checks. Verification cache persists to ~/.cache/ars/verification.db (90-day TTL).

Requires Claude Code v3.7.0+ for plugin installation; traditional symlink installs also supported. Python optional (needed only for revision-patch mode and submission-package verifier). LaTeX PDF compilation needs tectonic plus optional pandoc for DOCX. This is a copilot tool (user as decision-maker), not full automation. Integrity gates explicitly require user judgment at each stage. Long-running pipelines benefit from passport reset boundaries (opt-in ARS_PASSPORT_RESET=1) to work across sessions.