# vibe-research-workflow

A skill that runs an AI-assisted research session across three sub-flows: coding, figures, writing. It picks the right tool for each stage and keeps academic judgment with you.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 692 installs · ★ 10652
- Author: HKUSTDial
- License: CC-BY-4.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/vibe-research-workflow/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/vibe-research-workflow

## What it does

The skill splits a research session into Vibe Coding, Vibe Figure and Vibe Writing. It classifies which phase you are in, states six behavioural rules, then walks the procedure for that phase. Mechanical work goes to the model; direction and conclusions stay with the researcher.

The six rules set the boundary. Literature search, debugging help and language polish are fine. Ideas, problem framing, experimental design and core conclusions have to be yours and fully understood. Every AI-assisted passage gets verified against your actual results, citations come from your own reading, and venue or school disclosure requirements apply.

Tool choice follows the phase: Cursor, Claude or Codex for code; PowerPoint with Figma for static figures; Matplotlib with Seaborn for experimental results; Claude or ChatGPT for prose polish. Before the session closes, an integrity gate runs. Most of its bullets are tagged as user-attested, because the model cannot observe your private verification work. That is the honest limit here: the skill's real value is the reminder at the start, not a runtime block. A red-line violation stops the session.

## Requirements
- Works with: Figma

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill vibe-research-workflow -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill vibe-research-workflow -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill vibe-research-workflow -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills vibe-research-workflow
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/vibe-research-workflow/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill vibe-research-workflow -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --path skills/vibe-research-workflow
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill vibe-research-workflow -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/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/vibe-research-workflow/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- split a day of AI work into coding, figure and writing phases
- pick a tool for the stage you are actually in
- state the acceptable-use rules before starting a session
- catch citations or claims that drifted into fabrication
- plan a multi-day project that involves AI

## Example prompts
- plan my session: I'm coding the experiment today
- which tool should I use for the figures?
- run the integrity gate before I close this session

## Source text · SKILL.md · CC-BY-4.0

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---
name: vibe-research-workflow
description: >-
  Guides AI-assisted research across three sub-flows, Vibe Coding,
  Vibe Figure, and Vibe Writing, with behavioural rules that keep the
  user in charge of academic judgment while delegating mechanical
  work to AI. Recommends the right tool (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex,
  Figma, Gemini) for the current stage. Use when the user asks 'how
  to use AI for research', 'Vibe Coding tips', 'AI-assisted writing
  workflow', 'which AI tool for this', or starts an AI-assisted work
  session.
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# Vibe Research Workflow

## Overview

Vibe Research is the modern research workflow where large language
models and AI coding tools handle mechanical tasks (implementation,
figure rendering, language polish) while the researcher retains
full ownership of research direction, problem framing, experimental
design, and factual accuracy. The goal is a two-to-five times
productivity gain on routine tasks without compromising academic
integrity.

The skill has three sub-flows: **Vibe Coding** (AI-assisted code),
**Vibe Figure** (AI-assisted figure production), **Vibe Writing**
(AI-assisted prose polish). Each is governed by six behavioural
rules that draw a hard line between acceptable use (mechanical
acceleration, auxiliary suggestions, style correction) and
academic misconduct (fabricated citations, outsourced scientific
judgment, hidden AI authorship).

This skill is a meta-skill that orchestrates tool selection, flow
design, and integrity enforcement across a research session. It
consolidates the the curriculum's Vibe Research section into a
single invocable procedure.

## When to use this skill

- Starting a new AI-assisted work block (a morning of coding, a
  figure day, a writing session).
- The user asks 'how to use AI for research', 'Vibe Coding tips',
  'AI-assisted writing workflow', 'which AI tool for this'.
- The user is choosing between Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Figma,
  Gemini, or other tools.
- The user wants a workflow plan for a multi-day project
  involving AI.
- The user suspects AI output has drifted into unacceptable
  territory (fabricated citations, outsourced reasoning).

## When NOT to use this skill

- The user wants paper prose drafted. That is legitimate under this
  plugin's evidence discipline and belongs to the drafting skills:
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