paper-writing-section

The paper-writing-section skill generates academic paper sections in LaTeX format using a two-pass refinement process and section-specific guidance.

892
Installs
3
Use cases
4/10
Quality

Is paper-writing-section safe to install?

Safe to install

Safe to install: our audit of paper-writing-section's source files found 0 shell commands, 0 external URLs, file reads and writes (low risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill reads local LaTeX files, experiment logs, and reference files from the user's file system to generate content.

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Who is this skill for?

Academic researchers and students drafting or refining specific sections of LaTeX-based research papers.

What can you do with it?

  • Drafting academic paper sections including abstract, introduction, methods, and results.
  • Refining existing LaTeX text for clarity and technical accuracy.
  • Integrating research context from experiment logs and prior paper sections into new drafts.

How good is this skill?

Quality score: 4/10. The skill provides a clear workflow and specific quality checklists, though it relies on external reference files that must be present in the specified directory.

What does the skill file contain?

SKILL.md
# Paper Section Writer

Write a publication-quality section for an academic paper.

## Input

- `$0` — Section name: `abstract`, `introduction`, `background`, `related-work`, `methods`, `experimental-setup`, `results`, `discussion`, `conclusion`
- `$1` — (Optional) Path to context file (research plan, results, prior sections)

## Workflow

### Step 1: Gather Context
Read the paper's existing `.tex` files, experiment logs, result files, and any provided context. Understand: title, contributions, methodology, key results, figures, tables.

### Step 2: Write the Section
Load section-specific tips...

Frequently asked questions

Which sections can this skill write?

It supports abstract, introduction, background, related-work, methods, experimental-setup, results, discussion, and conclusion.

How does the skill ensure technical accuracy?

It performs a two-pass refinement process to fix math errors, broken references, and hallucinated numbers while removing redundancies.

Does the skill output a full LaTeX document?

No, it outputs a LaTeX fragment without a document class or preamble.

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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