Adversarial but constructive research sparring partner that stress-tests research ideas BEFORE the researcher invests months of effort.
How to install idea-critic?
tobiasblask/open-paper-machine/idea-critic
$curl -o .claude/agents/idea-critic.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tobiasblask/open-paper-machine/HEAD/agents/idea-critic.mdInstalls into the current project.
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Install idea-critic by running `curl -o .claude/agents/idea-critic.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tobiasblask/open-paper-machine/HEAD/agents/idea-critic.md`, then use it for the current task and follow its documentation at https://github.com/tobiasblask/open-paper-machine.
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