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Guide a PhD student through a structured weekly review of their research progress. Use this skill whenever the user wants to do a weekly check-in, prepare a progress update for their advisor, reflect on the past week's research, or plan the upcoming week. Trigger on phrases like "weekly review", "this week's progress", "advisor update", "reflect on my week", "plan next week", "how did my week go", or whenever the user mentions wanting to take stock of their recent research work. Also trigger when the user seems to be venting about the week without structure — help them channel it into a productive review.
Help a CS or AI PhD student turn a rough research idea into a validated next-step decision using the handbook's FIVE+C framework. Use this skill whenever the user says they have a research idea, wants to know whether an idea is worth pursuing, needs help choosing between project directions, is preparing to pitch an idea to an advisor or senior student, or feels unsure whether a project is too incremental, too ambitious, already solved, hard to evaluate, or missing resources.
Help a PhD student set and revise a realistic 3-month research plan that connects to their longer-term goals. Use this skill whenever the user wants to plan a new quarter, review how the last quarter went, set research goals for the next few months, think about what papers to aim for, or reorient after things drift off course. Trigger on phrases like "quarterly plan", "next 3 months", "plan my quarter", "what should I work on this quarter", "review last quarter", "my research goals", or whenever the user talks about mid-range planning (longer than a week, shorter than a year). Also trigger if the user is feeling directionless about what to focus on next.
Offer a structured but non-clinical space for a PhD student or researcher to check in on their mental and emotional state, especially around imposter syndrome, guilt about rest, chronic over-promising, and burnout signals. Use this skill when the user expresses feelings of inadequacy, constant comparison to peers, fear of disappointing their advisor, guilt about taking time off, or exhaustion that isn't just physical. Trigger on phrases like "I feel behind", "everyone is smarter than me", "I can't rest", "I'm burned out", "imposter syndrome", "I'm not good enough", "I'm afraid of disappointing", "I should be working", or whenever the tone of the user's message suggests emotional strain rather than a technical question. Also trigger gently if these signals appear incidentally in a task-focused conversation.
Guide a CS or AI PhD student through a focused literature review sprint that produces a ranked paper map, notes, gaps, and next actions. Use this skill whenever the user needs to survey a topic, prepare related work, check whether an idea is novel, catch up on a field, read papers before a meeting, or turn a pile of papers into an organized research direction.
Help a CS or AI PhD student design hypothesis-driven experiments with baselines, variables, metrics, controls, logging, and stop conditions. Use this skill whenever the user is about to run experiments, compare models, plan an ablation, debug inconclusive results, prepare an experiment section, or wants to avoid changing too many things at once.