Skills

The repository contains 14 SKILL.md files: 13 core research skills and the separate using-humanities-superpowers Level 3 router.

Orchestration

• using-humanities-superpowers — diagnoses research state, selects the smallest valid workflow, preserves gates, and manages rollback.

Research design

• formulating-research-question
• scoping-argument-boundary

Concepts and scholarship

• mapping-concept-lineage
• conducting-literature-dialogue

Interpretation and argument

• planning-humanities-argument
• performing-close-reading
• structuring-humanities-argument
• stress-testing-argument

Verification, revision, and submission

• auditing-citations
• checking-terminology-consistency
• reviewing-manuscript
• responding-to-peer-review
• verifying-before-submission

Each file has an explicit contract describing what it accepts, requires, produces, guarantees, does not guarantee, and when it must fail.