Manuscript Disclosure & Submission-Readiness Gate — Catch Missing AI, Authorship & COI Disclosures Before You Submit

Editors increasingly desk-screen manuscripts for disclosure and authorship compliance before the science is even read. This gate catches those predictable, avoidable failures before you submit.

It runs an ordered audit over a near-final manuscript, abstract, poster, or congress submission:

• AI / LLM use — checks whether generative tools were used and disclosed in the right place, names tool and use, and affirms author responsibility (AI cannot be an author). Drafts a ready-to-paste disclosure statement.
• Authorship — tests every author against the four ICMJE criteria; flags gift and ghost authorship and confirms non-qualifying contributors are acknowledged.
• Conflict-of-interest — confirms complete COI coverage for all authors and flags mismatches with the funding section.
• Funding & role of sponsor — confirms the funding statement and sponsor role.
• Data availability — confirms a statement where the journal requires one.
• Trial/reporting hooks — flags missing registration numbers and reporting-guideline statements (CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE).

It returns a single PASS / REVISE verdict with the exact gap, location, and fix for each finding. It is a disclosure-and-readiness QC aid, not legal/editorial sign-off, and defers to the target journal's current Instructions for Authors and the current ICMJE Recommendations.

For framework-level clinical manuscript, congress, plain-language-summary, and regulatory QC work, pair it with the Medical & Clinical Writing skill and the Human-in-the-Loop & Compliance Pack.