A Claude Code Plugin
Regis A. Ely 14 research skills Replication-first workflow

SUPERPAPERS

AI-Powered Academic Research From Idea to Published Paper

github.com/regisely/superpapers
The Problem

AI Alone Is Not Enough

Raw chat is useful, but serious research needs a structured way to think with AI.

01

No Shared Research Process

AI can suggest many paths, but there is no disciplined way to debate trade-offs and converge on one design.

02

No Durable Consensus

Good ideas vanish across prompts when assumptions, decisions, and rejected alternatives are not documented.

03

No Reproducible Record

Without a structured pipeline, AI-assisted research turns into scattered chat instead of a traceable paper workflow.

Superpapers turns AI into a research partner.

What It Is

A Research Plugin for Claude Code

Inspired by Superpowers. Adapted to empirical quantitative research.

Superpapers gives researchers a structured way to think with Claude, converge on a design, and keep the full workflow documented and reproducible.

Brainstorm Plan Execute Submit

Built Around 4 Stages

Brainstorm. Plan. Execute. Submit.

Each stage leaves artifacts behind: design choices, execution plans, scripts, outputs, and a reproducible paper trail.

Key Features

Why It Works

01

Socratic Brainstorming

The plugin challenges question, design, data, and contribution before execution.

02

Replication-Driven

Tables and figures stay tied to scripts and raw data.

03

14 Skills

Search, data, modeling, writing, and submission in one system.

04

Subagent Execution

Independent tasks run in parallel under one reviewed plan.

05

Field-Agnostic

Built for any empirical quantitative workflow.

06

Full Pipeline

Idea to manuscript, without handoff gaps.

Before The Demo

What The Demo Shows

24 screenshots from a real Claude Code session that produced the paper available on the repository page.

Real Session, Real Paper

Brainstorming, design, estimation, robustness, writing, and submission formatting happen in the same research thread.

24 real screenshots

Evidence Forced a Pivot

The first identification strategy looked promising, then failed after estimation. The workflow changes route instead of forcing a weak result.

Honest Assessment Stays Visible

Failed first stages, null results, robustness checks, and reframing decisions remain explicit in the record.

User and AI Decide Together

Claude proposes options, but major choices are discussed with the user before the project moves forward.

Cinematic Demo

A Real Research Session

24 screenshots from brainstorm to submission. Arrows step through.

Brainstorm 01 / 24
01 The journey begins Act I · Brainstorm

Act I · Brainstorm

Get Started

Install from GitHub

Add the GitHub marketplace, install the plugin, and start talking about your research.

/plugin marketplace add regisely/superpapers
/plugin install superpapers