Use when main results pass result-to-claim (claim_supported=yes or partial) and ablation studies are needed for paper submission.
novelty-check
novelty-check is an open-source data skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by wanshuiyin. Its author describes it as: “Verify research idea novelty against recent literature. Use when user says "查新", "novelty check", "有没有人做过", "check novelty", or wants to verify a research idea is novel before implementing.”. The project has 15k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/novelty-check`.
What novelty-check does
Check whether a proposed method/idea has already been done in the literature: **$ARGUMENTS**
Installation
Add novelty-check to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/novelty-checkAlways review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.
What's inside
The SKILL.md for novelty-check is organised into these sections:
- Constants
- Instructions
- Phase A: Extract Key Claims
- Phase B: Multi-Source Literature Search
- Phase C: Cross-Model Verification
- Phase D: Novelty Report
- Important Rules
- Review Tracing
When to use it
Reach for novelty-check when you want data help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
- Ships in wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, an established project with 14,858 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does novelty-check do?
- Verify research idea novelty against recent literature. Use when user says "查新", "novelty check", "有没有人做过", "check novelty", or wants to verify a research idea is novel before implementing.
- How do I install novelty-check?
- Run git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/novelty-check in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep before installing.
- Is novelty-check free to use?
- Yes. novelty-check is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does novelty-check come from?
- novelty-check ships inside wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 14,858 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
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