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Production-grade academic research pipeline for Claude Code: research → write → review → revise → finalize. 4 skills, 27 modes, 39-agent ensemble, v3.7.3 + v3.8 L3 claim-faithfulness gate, v3.9.0 cross-index triangulation, v3.10 triangulation policy layer, v3.11 deterministic citation verification gate (#182).

Workflow-builder skill: design and write deterministic multi-agent workflow scripts (.js files in .claude/workflows/) for Claude Code's Workflow tool (CLAUDE_CODE_WORKFLOWS=1, /workflows). Every session opens with an intake question set; when the user is vague, a stdlib recommendation engine infers and proposes a topology with rationale instead of stalling. Ships 3 stdlib Python tools (intake recommendation engine, .js validator enforcing the pure-literal-meta / no-non-determinism / guarded-loop / parallel-thunk rules, topology scaffolder), 3 references citing 7-8 authoritative sources each (full API surface, orchestration patterns, decision + intake guide), templates + a runnable example, cs-workflow-architect persona agent + /cs:workflow-build slash command. Use when building, scaffolding, or running a custom Claude Code workflow or orchestrating sub-agents (fan-out, pipeline, loop, judge-panel).

Generates a curated supplementary reading list from any course syllabus using Consensus academic search. Grill-me intake (syllabus input format + course audience + year range) plus a grouping forcing-options checkpoint before any search runs — so the reading list matches the course's level and recency need. Parses the syllabus to extract topics and learning outcomes, searches Consensus for recent peer-reviewed papers per topic, and produces a professionally formatted .docx with clickable Consensus links, plain-language summaries calibrated to audience level, and Bloom-higher-order discussion questions tied to course learning goals. Triggers whenever a user uploads a syllabus, course outline, or curriculum document and wants supplementary readings. Also triggers on: 'syllabus reading list', 'find papers for my course', 'create a reading list from this syllabus', 'recent research for my class', 'supplementary readings', 'find journal articles for these topics', 'what recent papers cover this material', 'any new research on these course topics', 'update my syllabus with recent papers'. Even casual mentions when a syllabus is attached should trigger this skill.

End-to-end SLO/SLI/error-budget discipline per Google SRE Workbook. Ships SLO designer (refuses to render without required fields), error-budget calculator with multi-window burn-rate alert thresholds (PromQL-shaped), and SLO reviewer that catches the 7 common bugs (target too high, window too short, no SLI definition, CPU-as-SLI, etc.). 4 references on principles + SLI design + error budget math + composition with feature-flags-architect/chaos-engineering/kubernetes-operator. Asset templates for SLO YAML and error budget policy. /slo-design slash command. NOT a generic observability skill.

A disciplined coding pipeline that grounds code in verified structure before a line is written: Discuss -> Map -> Decompose -> Execute -> Verify, with a lazy-senior-dev YAGNI ladder that deletes unnecessary code first. No invented APIs, no assumed imports, no placeholder code. Opt-in for high-stakes, complex, or multi-file work; not for trivial edits. Synthesizes four MIT/open-source projects (Ralph, GSD Core, Graphify, Ponytail).