SKILL.md

name	rstack
version	0.1.0
description	Research automation skills for Claude Code. Full pipeline from idea to submittable paper. Skills: /lit-review, /novelty-check, /experiment, /analyze-results, /write-paper, /research (orchestrator), /setup.
allowed-tools	Bash Read AskUserQuestion

Preamble (run first)

# --- GENERATED PREAMBLE START ---
_PROJECT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)
if ! git rev-parse --show-toplevel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "WARNING: Not inside a git repository. Files will be written to $(pwd)."
fi
mkdir -p ~/.rstack/sessions ~/.rstack/analytics "$_PROJECT_ROOT/.rstack"
touch ~/.rstack/sessions/"$PPID"
find ~/.rstack/sessions -mmin +120 -type f -delete 2>/dev/null || true
_SESSIONS=$(find ~/.rstack/sessions -mmin -120 -type f 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
_RSTACK_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." 2>/dev/null && pwd || echo "$HOME/.claude/skills/rstack")"
_RSTACK_CONFIG="$_RSTACK_DIR/bin/rstack-config"
_UPD=$("$_RSTACK_DIR/bin/rstack-update-check" 2>/dev/null || true)
[ -n "$_UPD" ] && echo "$_UPD" || true
_VENUE=$("$_RSTACK_CONFIG" get venue 2>/dev/null || echo "arxiv")
_COMPUTE=$("$_RSTACK_CONFIG" get compute_preferred 2>/dev/null || echo "modal")
_PROACTIVE=$("$_RSTACK_CONFIG" get proactive 2>/dev/null || echo "true")
_TEL=$("$_RSTACK_CONFIG" get telemetry 2>/dev/null || echo "off")
_TEL_PROMPTED=$([ -f ~/.rstack/.telemetry-prompted ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
_BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
echo "PROJECT_ROOT: $_PROJECT_ROOT"
echo "BRANCH: $_BRANCH"
echo "VENUE: $_VENUE"
echo "COMPUTE: $_COMPUTE"
echo "PROACTIVE: $_PROACTIVE"
if [ ! -f ~/.rstack/.setup-complete ]; then
  echo "NEEDS_SETUP"
fi
_TEL_START=$(date +%s)
_SESSION_ID="$$-$(date +%s)"
echo "TELEMETRY: ${_TEL:-off}"
echo "TEL_PROMPTED: $_TEL_PROMPTED"
if [ "$_TEL" != "off" ]; then
  echo '{"skill":"rstack","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'","repo":"'$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")'"}'  >> ~/.rstack/analytics/skill-usage.jsonl 2>/dev/null || true
fi
if [ "$_TEL" != "off" ]; then
  echo '{"skill":"rstack","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'","session_id":"'"$_SESSION_ID"'","rstack_version":"'"$(cat "$_RSTACK_DIR/VERSION" 2>/dev/null | tr -d "[:space:]" || echo "unknown")"'"}'  > ~/.rstack/analytics/.pending-"$_SESSION_ID" 2>/dev/null || true
fi
for _PF in $(find ~/.rstack/analytics -maxdepth 1 -name '.pending-*' 2>/dev/null); do
  if [ -f "$_PF" ]; then
    _PF_BASE="$(basename "$_PF")"
    _PF_SID="${_PF_BASE#.pending-}"
    [ "$_PF_SID" = "$_SESSION_ID" ] && continue
    if [ "$_TEL" != "off" ] && [ -x "$_RSTACK_DIR/bin/rstack-telemetry-log" ]; then
      "$_RSTACK_DIR/bin/rstack-telemetry-log" --event-type skill_run --skill _pending_finalize --outcome unknown --session-id "$_SESSION_ID" 2>/dev/null || true
    fi
    rm -f "$_PF" 2>/dev/null || true
  fi
  break
done
eval "$("$_RSTACK_DIR/bin/rstack-slug" 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null || true
echo "SLUG: ${SLUG:-unknown}"
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If output shows UPGRADE_AVAILABLE <old> <new>: tell user "RStack update available: v{old} → v{new}." Then read rstack-upgrade/SKILL.md and follow the "Inline Upgrade Flow".

If output shows JUST_UPGRADED <from> <to>: tell user "Running RStack v{to} (just updated!)" and continue.

If NEEDS_SETUP: tell user to run /setup to configure compute providers.

If TEL_PROMPTED is no: Ask the user about telemetry. Use AskUserQuestion:

Help RStack get better! Community mode shares usage data (which skills you use, how long they take, crash info) with a stable device ID so we can track trends and fix bugs faster. No code, file paths, or repo names are ever sent. Change anytime with rstack-config set telemetry off.

Options:

• A) Help RStack get better! (recommended)
• B) No thanks

If A: run rstack-config set telemetry community

If B: ask a follow-up:

How about anonymous mode? Just a counter that helps us know if anyone's out there.

Options:

• A) Sure, anonymous is fine
• B) No thanks, fully off

If B→A: run rstack-config set telemetry anonymous If B→B: run rstack-config set telemetry off

Always run:

touch ~/.rstack/.telemetry-prompted

This only happens once. If TEL_PROMPTED is yes, skip this entirely.

RStack — Research Automation

Available skills:

Skill	What it does	When to use
/research	Full pipeline: idea to paper	"Write a paper about...", "research this topic"
/lit-review	Find and review relevant papers	"Find papers about...", "literature review"
/novelty-check	Assess novelty, refine hypothesis	"Is this novel?", "check existing work"
/experiment	Run ML experiments on cloud GPU	"Run experiments", "train a model"
/analyze-results	Generate figures and tables	"Make figures", "analyze results"
/write-paper	Write venue-formatted LaTeX paper	"Write the paper", "format for arXiv"
/setup	Configure compute and tools	"Setup Modal", "configure RStack"

Routing

When the user's request matches a skill, invoke it using the Skill tool. Match rules:

• Research idea + wants full pipeline → /research
• Wants to find papers, survey a field → /lit-review
• Wants to check if idea is novel → /novelty-check
• Wants to run experiments, train models → /experiment
• Has results, wants figures/tables → /analyze-results
• Has results, wants to write paper → /write-paper
• Needs to configure Modal, tectonic → /setup

If unclear what the user wants, ask:

What would you like to do? A) Full research pipeline (idea to paper) B) Literature review C) Run experiments D) Write/format a paper E) Something else

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Telemetry (run last)

After the skill workflow completes (success, error, or abort), log the telemetry event.

# --- GENERATED EPILOGUE START ---
_TEL_END=$(date +%s)
_TEL_DUR=$(( _TEL_END - _TEL_START ))
rm -f ~/.rstack/analytics/.pending-"$_SESSION_ID" 2>/dev/null || true
if [ "$_TEL" != "off" ]; then
  echo '{"skill":"rstack","duration_s":"'"$_TEL_DUR"'","outcome":"OUTCOME","session":"'"$_SESSION_ID"'","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'"}' >> ~/.rstack/analytics/skill-usage.jsonl 2>/dev/null || true
fi
if [ "$_TEL" != "off" ] && [ -x "$_RSTACK_DIR/bin/rstack-telemetry-log" ]; then
  "$_RSTACK_DIR/bin/rstack-telemetry-log" \
    --skill "rstack" --duration "$_TEL_DUR" --outcome "OUTCOME" \
    --session-id "$_SESSION_ID" 2>/dev/null &
fi
# --- GENERATED EPILOGUE END ---

Replace OUTCOME with success/error/abort based on the workflow result.