What problem does it solve? Coordinating a lab paper release involves tracking authors, affiliations, Overleaf edits, venue submission, arXiv checks, social posts, slides, and posters across many tools, and any premature public action can cause real damage. This Skill structures that entire pipeline behind an approval gate so nothing is submitted or posted without human review. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Paper Pipeline Records: Maintain a single paper record with authors, mentor, current step, Overleaf links, submission status, Drive PDF, arXiv checks, social drafts, slides, and poster links across the eight standard steps from brainstorming to poster making. - Approval-Gated Submission: Prepare paper_publish.prepare proposals for metadata and checklist tracking, and only create the T4 paper_publish.submit proposal after venue, files, approvals, and timing are confirmed, with idempotency keys tied to venue, paper id, and version. - Author Nudges and Escalation: Track waiting-on-authors reminders, and after three business days without a reply, propose an approval-gated Slack nudge asking the head professor to follow up with authors. - Use Case: A lab manager asks the assistant to prepare a paper for arXiv submission. The Skill updates the paper record, runs affiliation and GitHub link checks, confirms author approvals, and produces a submission proposal that an admin reviews and approves before anything is sent. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to prepare the current paper for submission and show its publication checklist and pending author approvals.
