Paper Review Skill — Reference
PipelineConfig Parameters
Parameter
Type
Default
Description
model_name
str
"gpt-4o"
LiteLLM model string
api_key
str
""
API key for the model provider
base_url
str | None
None
Custom API endpoint (proxies, self-hosted)
temperature
float
0.7
Generation temperature
timeout
int
7500
Request timeout in seconds. Increase for very long papers.
enable_safety_checks
bool
True
Jailbreak detection + format check
enable_correctness
bool
True
Objective error detection
enable_review
bool
True
Overall quality/novelty review (score 1–6)
enable_criticality
bool
True
Severity check (only runs if correctness score > 1)
enable_bib_verification
bool
True
BibTeX reference cross-check
crossref_mailto
str | None
None
Email for CrossRef API; improves rate limits
discipline
str | DisciplineConfig | None
None
Discipline ID or custom config
venue
str | None
None
Target venue name, applied on top of discipline criteria
instructions
str | None
None
Free-form reviewer guidance, e.g. "Focus on experimental design"
language
str | None
None
Output language: "en" (default) or "zh" (Simplified Chinese)
use_vision_for_pdf
bool
False
Render PDF pages as images (needs pypdfium2)
vision_max_pages
int | None
30
Max pages when using vision mode
format_vision_max_pages
int | None
10
Max pages for Format grader in vision mode
ID
Name
Key venues
cs
Computer Science & AI/ML
NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ACL, AAAI
medicine
Medicine & Clinical Research
NEJM, The Lancet, JAMA, BMJ, Nature Medicine
physics
Physics
Physical Review Letters, Nature Physics, JHEP, PRD
chemistry
Chemistry
JACS, Angewandte Chemie, Nature Chemistry, JCTC
biology
Biology & Life Sciences
Cell, Nature, Science, eLife, PLOS Biology, Nature Genetics
economics
Economics
AER, QJE, JPE, Econometrica, REStud
psychology
Psychology
Psychological Review, JEP:General, Psychological Science
environmental_science
Environmental Science
Nature Climate Change, Environmental Science & Technology
mathematics
Mathematics
Annals of Mathematics, Inventiones Mathematicae, JAMS
social_sciences
Social Sciences
American Sociological Review, APSR, American Journal of Sociology
Model Strings (LiteLLM format)
Provider
Example model string
API key env var
OpenAI
gpt-4o, gpt-4.1, o3, o4-mini
OPENAI_API_KEY
Anthropic
claude-opus-4-5, claude-sonnet-4-5, claude-haiku-3-5
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
DashScope / Qwen
qwen-plus, qwen-max, qwen-turbo
DASHSCOPE_API_KEY
Azure OpenAI
azure/gpt-4o
AZURE_API_KEY + AZURE_API_BASE
Local (Ollama)
ollama/llama3.1
— (use --base-url http://localhost:11434)
All file types use a single entry point. File type is auto-detected.
python -m cookbooks.paper_review [--input FILE] [options]
Flag
Default
Description
--input
—
Path to PDF, .tar.gz/.zip, or .bib file
--bib_only
—
Path to .bib file for standalone BibTeX-only verification
--model
gpt-4o
Model name (LiteLLM format, see table above)
--api_key
env var
API key
--base_url
—
Custom API base URL (must end at /v1, not /v1/chat/completions)
--discipline
—
Academic discipline ID
--venue
—
Target venue, e.g. "NeurIPS 2025"
--instructions
—
Free-form reviewer guidance
--language
en
Output language: en or zh
--paper_name
filename stem
Paper title in report
--output
auto
Output .md report path
--bib
—
.bib file for reference verification alongside PDF review
--email
—
CrossRef mailto for better rate limits
--no_safety
False
Skip safety checks
--no_correctness
False
Skip correctness check
--no_criticality
False
Skip criticality verification
--no_bib
False
Skip BibTeX verification
--vision
True
Use vision mode for PDF (requires pypdfium2); pass --vision=False to disable
--vision_max_pages
30
Max pages in vision mode (0 = all)
--format_vision_max_pages
10
Max pages for format check in vision mode
--timeout
7500
API timeout in seconds
Output: PaperReviewResult Fields
Field
Type
Description
is_safe
bool
False if jailbreaking detected
safety_issues
list[str]
Safety check failure reasons
format_compliant
bool
True if paper format is acceptable
correctness
CorrectnessResult | None
Objective error check
review
ReviewResult | None
Overall review with score 1–6
criticality
CriticalityResult | None
Error severity assessment
bib_verification
dict[str, BibVerificationSummary] | None
BibTeX results per file
tex_info
TexPackageInfo | None
TeX package metadata (TeX review only)
Field
Description
score
1 = no errors, 2 = minor, 3 = major
reasoning
Step-by-step explanation
key_issues
List of specific errors with locations
Field
Description
score
1–6 (1–2 reject, 3–4 borderline, 5–6 accept)
review
Full detailed review text
Field
Description
total_references
Total entries in .bib file
verified
Confirmed in CrossRef/arXiv/DBLP
suspect
Title/author mismatch or not found
errors
Parse or API errors
verification_rate
verified / total
suspect_references
List of suspect reference titles
For disciplines not in the registry, create a DisciplineConfig directly:
from cookbooks .paper_review .disciplines .base import DisciplineConfig
from cookbooks .paper_review import PaperReviewPipeline , PipelineConfig
my_discipline = DisciplineConfig (
id = "my_field" ,
name = "My Research Field" ,
venues = ["Top Conference A" , "Top Journal B" ],
reviewer_context = "You specialize in ..." ,
evaluation_dimensions = [
"Dimension 1: ..." ,
"Dimension 2: ..." ,
],
correctness_categories = [
"Error type 1 - description" ,
"Error type 2 - description" ,
],
correctness_context = "Pay attention to ..." ,
scoring_notes = "For this field, ... lowers the score." ,
)
config = PipelineConfig (
model_name = "gpt-4o" ,
api_key = "..." ,
discipline = my_discipline ,
)
pipeline = PaperReviewPipeline (config )
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cookbooks'
Run scripts from the project root, or install with pip install -e .
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'litellm'
BibTeX verification returns all "suspect"
Provide --email your@email.com to avoid CrossRef rate limiting.
Timeout errors on long papers
Increase --timeout 15000 or enable vision mode with page limits:
python -m cookbooks.paper_review paper.pdf --vision --timeout 15000
Vision mode: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pypdfium2'