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semantic-scholar Look up or search papers, authors, citations, and full-text snippets on Semantic Scholar. Use for fast, targeted quer…

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pdf-extraction Extract text from PDFs using olmOCR or remote OCR. Use when user asks to "extract text from PDF", "OCR a document", "…

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workspace Show the user the agent's work on a research project and save iterations on the user's behalf. Scaffold rendering and…

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find-literature This skill should be used when the user asks to "find papers", "search for papers", "what does the literature say", "…

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literature-report Create or update literature reviews/reports. Use whenever you need to research, summarize, or synthesize the literatu…

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research-step Plan and execute autonomous research as a graph of typed tasks tracked in beads. Use when working from a mission.md t…

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asta-documents Local document metadata index for files used by Asta skills and tools. Use this skill when the user asks to store a d…

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generate-theories This skill should be used when the user asks to "generate theories", "theorize about", "what theories explain", "form…

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analyze-data This skill should be used when the user asks to "analyze this dataset", "run datavoyager", "run data voyager", "explo…

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autodiscovery Create, configure, and monitor AutoDiscovery runs — either via the hosted service (`asta autodiscovery`) or via the l…

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preview Render and deploy project documents, reports, and notebooks. Use when docs need to be shared or when previewing how d…

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local-paper-index Build a searchable Asta document index from a collection of local PDF files. Use when the user asks to "index these P…

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experiment Run scientific (software) experiments. Use when the user asks to "run an experiment", "run an investigation", or "res…

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artifacts Use this skill to export and open A2A agent task outputs — "export the task results", "convert the task output to HTM…

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Semantic Scholar Lookup This skill should be used when the user asks to "get paper details", "look up a paper", "find citations", "who cited …

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research-challenge Summarize a research project conducted with Asta skills and submit it to the asta-research-challenge repository. Use …

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asta-cli Install or update the `asta` CLI to the version pinned by this plugin. Invoke whenever `asta` is not on PATH (e.g. `c…

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Asta Literature Reports Create or update literature reviews/reports. Use whenever you need to research, summarize, or synthesize the literatu…

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Asta Library Local document metadata index for files used by Asta skills and tools. Use this skill when the user asks to store a d…

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PDF Text Extraction Extract text from PDFs using olmOCR or remote OCR. Use when user asks to "extract text from PDF", "OCR a document", "…

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pdf-download Download PDFs for a list of academic papers identified by title, DOI, arXiv ID, or other paper IDs. Use when the user…

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Asta Literature Search This skill should be used when the user asks to "find papers", "search for papers", "what does the literature say", "…

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Asta Software Experiment Runner Run scientific (software) experiments. Use when the user asks to "run an experiment", "run an investigation", or "res…

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improve-skills Report or fix a behavior gap in Asta skills. Use when an agent does the wrong thing, doesn't do what was asked, or la…

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brainstorm Converse with the user to identify the next most productive units of work for the current project, and record them in…

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asta-flows Plan and execute autonomous research as a graph of typed tasks tracked in beads. Use when working from a mission.md t…

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do-work Execute the approved plan in work/<slug>/README.md (status ready), write outputs into work/<slug>/data/, record what …

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plan-work Write a detailed, executable plan for a single unit of work, then get it approved by review-plan. Updates work/<slug>…

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review-plan Critic skill. Given a plan in work/<slug>/README.md (status pending-review), check that the steps are concrete, the t…

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review-work Critic skill. Given an executed work item (status pending-assessment), assess whether the Goal was actually accomplis…

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run Router skill that advances the project autonomously. Examines project.md Pending Work, dispatches to do-work for read…

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save-work Persist completed work. For each work/<slug>/README.md with status done, move it from Pending to Completed in project…

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Asta Artifacts Use this skill when the user asks to view, export, or open agent output artifacts — "show me the artifacts", "export …

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feedback Interview the user about their experience with the Asta plugins and tools, write a narrative feedback report, and sub…

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Data Analysis This skill should be used when the user asks to "analyze this dataset", "run datavoyager", "run data voyager", "explo…

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Local PDF Index Builder Build a searchable Asta document index from a collection of local PDF files. Use when the user asks to "index these P…

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