paper-revision

The paper-revision skill provides a structured workflow to address reviewer feedback in academic papers. It parses comments, maps them to paper sections, plans revisions, executes edits, and verifies improvements.

936
Installs
5
Use cases
4/10
Quality

Is paper-revision safe to install?

Review before installing

Review before installing: our audit of paper-revision's source files found 0 shell commands, 0 external URLs, file reads and writes (medium risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill reads and modifies local paper files and requires access to experiment and figure generation skills.

How we audit skills: our security review methodology.

Who is this skill for?

Academic researchers and authors preparing revisions for peer-reviewed papers.

What can you do with it?

  • Mapping reviewer concerns to specific paper sections
  • Planning structural changes and text clarifications
  • Integrating new experimental results or analyses
  • Marking revised text for reviewer visibility
  • Generating a summary of changes for a response letter

How good is this skill?

Quality score: 4/10. The skill provides a clear, logical workflow for academic revision. It lacks specific API or shell command dependencies, relying instead on integration with other modular skills.

What does the skill file contain?

SKILL.md
# Paper Revision

Systematically revise papers based on reviewer feedback.

## Input

- `$0` — Reviewer comments/feedback
- `$1` — Current paper draft (main.tex or paper directory)

## References

- Revision workflow and prompts: `~/.claude/skills/paper-revision/references/revision-prompts.md`

## Workflow

### Step 1: Parse and Prioritize Concerns
For each reviewer comment:
1. Extract the specific concern
2. Classify: major revision, minor revision, question, suggestion
3. Map to affected paper section(s)
4. Prioritize: address major concerns first

### Step 2: Plan Revisions
Create a revisio...

Frequently asked questions

How does the skill handle new experiments?

The skill delegates experiment execution to the experiment-code skill.

How are revisions highlighted for reviewers?

The skill applies the LaTeX command \textcolor{blue}{...} to revised text.

Does the skill verify if revisions improve the paper?

Yes, it uses the self-review skill to compare scores before and after revisions.

Data sourced from lingzhi227/agent-research-skills on GitHub. Install counts from skills.sh. The summary and security audit are derived from the skill's source files: every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the source.

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