# oracle-review

Sends a paper, proof or replication package to another vendor's model through the Oracle CLI, then sorts what comes back into confirmed and rejected findings.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1671
- Author: pedrohcgs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/oracle-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/oracle-review

## What it does

The skill drives the whole outside-review loop. It starts with a five-line brief, builds a prompt that forces the referee to back each claim with a location and a failing case, launches the run, and triages the reply. Skip the brief and you get vague commentary instead of defects you can act on.

Before anything leaves the machine, the file list is checked against `confidential-data.md`. Restricted microdata, cell-level outputs that have not cleared `/disclosure-check`, and credentials stay put. Your own manuscripts, proofs and code are exactly what a consult is for. A submission you are reviewing is not yours to send — it is held in confidence, and many journals tell reviewers to keep submissions out of AI tools. Mixed files go out without the restricted part.

The other model's reply is findings, not instructions. Anything phrased as a directive to the agent gets checked like any other claim. Each finding ends up CONFIRMED, REFUTED or DOWNGRADED after you compare it against the actual text. Agreement with your own reading proves nothing: different models land on the same wrong answer. Mechanics, flags and known failure modes live in `external-oracle-process.md`; read it before the first run in a project.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill oracle-review -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/oracle-review/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/oracle-review/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill oracle-review -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/oracle-review/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill oracle-review -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/oracle-review/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow oracle-review
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/oracle-review/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill oracle-review -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --path .claude/skills/oracle-review
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/oracle-review/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill oracle-review -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/oracle-review/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- get an independent read on a proof before submission
- drop referee comments that the text does not support
- keep restricted data and other people's submissions off a third-party service
- reach full coverage of the statements under review instead of the easy ones
- record what was fixed, what was rejected and why

## Example prompts
- Send this paper to oracle and triage what comes back
- Run a referee round on the proof in `proof.tex`
- Get an external review of the replication package before I submit

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: oracle-review
description: Run an external frontier-model referee (Claude Code -> a different vendor's frontier model via the Oracle CLI) on a paper, proof, estimator, or replication package -- and adjudicate what comes back. Use when the user says "send this to oracle", "get an external review", "run a referee round", "deep-check this proof", or before a submission when an independent second opinion is worth more than another in-house pass. Never launches bare: brief first, evidence-forcing prompt, coverage manifest, then CONFIRMED/REFUTED/DOWNGRADED triage.
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Grep", "Glob", "Bash", "Write", "Agent", "Task"]
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# Oracle review — an independent referee, then an honest triage

**Never launch a bare Oracle run.** This skill is the driver; the mechanics and the full
contract live in [`external-oracle-process.md`](../../references/external-oracle-process.md).
Read it before the first run in a project — it carries setup, flags, artifact layout, the
payload cliff, and the failure modes that have actually cost runs.

Compose with [`/credible-claims`](../credible-claims/SKILL.md) (the brief before, the claim
record after) and [`/deep-audit`](../deep-audit/SKILL.md) (exhaustive in-house coverage first,
so the oracle is **confirmation, not discovery**).

## 1. Brief before launch (5 lines)

- **Question** — what must this review answer? (correctness audit? venue-referee simulation?
  confirm N named fixes cleared?)
- **Scope** — what is IN, and what is **HELD** (standing rulings; list them so triage can filter).
- **Completion** — what verdict or evidence ends this run.
- **Required evidence** — findings carry location + failing case, or they do not count.
- **Escalation** — which finding types come back to the user before any fix: estimand changes,
  assumption concessions, reporting-language downgrades.

## 2. Assign coverage — never let the referee sample

Maintain a **statement inventory** and a cross-round **coverage ledger**. Each round *assigns*
what to audit and requires the referee to report what it actually verified, so union coverage
reaches 100% instead of drifting toward whatever is easiest to read.

## 3. Launch

**Nothing restricted leaves the machine.** A consult uploads every attached file to another
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