Academic Research Skills (ADS Edition) for Copilot CLI
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A comprehensive suite of Copilot CLI skills for academic research — 4 skills, 25+ modes, 42-agent ensemble covering the full pipeline from research to publication.
This is the ADS edition — adds SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) as a first-class bibliographic source alongside arXiv for astronomy and astrophysics research. For the standard (non-ADS) edition, see the standard distribution.
This is the Copilot CLI sibling distribution. For the reference Claude Code distribution, see the upstream README. Feature documentation, version history, design specs, and architecture details live in the upstream docs and this repo's docs/ directory. This README covers Copilot CLI-specific installation and usage only.
What's different in the ADS edition
When your research discipline is Astronomy or Astrophysics, this edition:
- Research phase: Queries SAO/NASA ADS (in addition to arXiv, Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar) for literature search and source discovery
- Citation verification: Uses ADS bibcode resolution as a Tier-0 authoritative source during integrity checks — ADS-matched citations skip all lower-tier resolvers
- Literature monitoring: Includes ADS alert strategies in the post-research monitoring phase
Set ADS_API_TOKEN in your environment to enable ADS API access (required — no anonymous access). Without it, ADS features degrade gracefully: the pipeline falls back to arXiv and other databases.
Install
In your Copilot CLI session:
/plugin marketplace add zzyu17/academic-research-skills-copilot-ads
/plugin install academic-research-skills-ads@academic-research-skills-ads
First session only — extension registration:
The ars-bootstrap skill auto-triggers on academic keywords. It detects the missing extension, asks you to approve setup-copilot-extension.sh (one bash permission), creates the symlink, and reloads extensions automatically. 13 slash commands (/ars-full, /ars-plan, etc.) are activated immediately within the same session.
On all subsequent sessions, the bootstrap exits silently — no repeated prompts.
After plugin update: If you run /plugin update academic-research-skills-ads@academic-research-skills-ads, the extension symlink auto-follows the updated source files.
To activate the updated extension.mjs, run /restart or start a new session with /clear.
See QUICKSTART.md for the full walkthrough.
Slash commands
| Slash command | What it does |
|---|
/ars-full | Full pipeline — research → write → review → revise → finalize |
/ars-plan | Socratic chapter-by-chapter planning |
/ars-outline | Detailed outline + evidence map |
/ars-revision | Revised draft + R&R responses |
/ars-revision-coach | Parse reviewer comments → Revision Roadmap |
/ars-reviewer | Multi-perspective simulated peer review |
/ars-abstract | Bilingual abstract + keywords |
/ars-lit-review | Annotated bibliography |
/ars-format-convert | Convert between LaTeX / DOCX / PDF / Markdown |
/ars-citation-check | Citation error report |
/ars-disclosure | Venue-specific AI-usage disclosure |
/ars-mark-read | Record human-read signal for citations |
/ars-unmark-read | Rescind a prior human-read mark |
Auto-generated skill commands (available immediately after plugin install, no extension needed):
/academic-research-skills-ads:deep-research, /academic-research-skills-ads:academic-paper, /academic-research-skills-ads:academic-paper-reviewer, /academic-research-skills-ads:academic-pipeline, /academic-research-skills-ads:ars-bootstrap
Model routing (optional)
For tiered model dispatch via environment variables:
export ARS_MODEL_ARCHITECT="claude-opus-4-5" # architect tier (full pipeline, revision-coach, reviewer)
export ARS_MODEL_EXECUTION="claude-sonnet-4-5" # execution tier (plan, outline, revision, abstract, etc.)
Without env vars, all sub-agent dispatches use the session default model. Both tiers must be served by the same provider endpoint (COPILOT_PROVIDER_BASE_URL) (BYOK mode) or available in your Copilot subscription.
Skills at a glance
