Academic Writing Skills plugin
A plugin of two skills for a research paper: planning, drafting and revising sections, plus a four-pass manuscript review
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Why this level
- The skills hold instructions and references, and manuscript files are edited only at the author's request.
Install
- Works in
In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add plugins/wenyuchiou-academic-writing-skillsDetects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.
Other ways to install
Access and checks
How we reviewMinimal accessThe tool runs nothing and makes no network calls.
- The skills hold instructions and references, and manuscript files are edited only at the author's request.
This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.
What it does
The plugin guides a research paper through three stages: frame and outline, writing paragraph by paragraph, check and revise. The academic-writing-skills skill picks the right guide for each part: introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion with abstract, figures and tables, reviewer response. The paper-review skill only reads the manuscript by default. It goes through it four times: argument and structure, evidence and scope, scholarly writing, delivery integrity. Each finding is tied to a location in the text. One terminology record runs through the whole job: definitions, preferred names and allowed variants. New terms stay a proposal until the author confirms them. Each skill comes in English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
Who it is for. Graduate students and researchers who write a journal paper or answer reviewers with Claude Code or Codex.
Good fit when
- You have results and sources but no coherent outline with a role for each paragraph.
- The discussion is written, and you want to check that it claims no more than the data show.
- Before submission the manuscript should be read with a reviewer's eye without editing files.
- Reviewer comments arrived, and the response must match the latest text and supplements.
Not a fit when
- You want a whole paper generated without your own data and sources.
- You need a Chinese grammar check: the word-pattern audit works only for English.
- You need literature search and a bibliography built from scratch.
Example request
Use the paper-review skill: review the manuscript and supplement in four passes, locate each finding and do not edit anything.Limitations
The skills rely on the text and sources the author supplies: missing results are marked as unverified and are never invented. The Chinese versions translate the guidance, while the manuscript itself is not translated. For a manual install the review skill needs the writing skill in the same language, and all three language versions should not be loaded at once. Available tools depend on the host agent, and the marketplace tracks the `main` branch, so check the version after an update.
How to disable. Run `claude plugin uninstall academic-writing-skills@ai-research-skills`. For a manual install, delete the copied skill folders.
FAQ
How do I install Academic Writing Skills in Claude Code?
Add the marketplace with `claude plugin marketplace add WenyuChiou/ai-research-skills` and install `academic-writing-skills@ai-research-skills`. Update with `claude plugin update`.
Does the plugin work in Codex and OpenCode?
Yes. In Codex use its skill and plugin interface; for OpenCode copy folders from `skills/` into `.opencode/skills/` or `.agents/skills/`.
Does paper-review edit my manuscript?
Not by default. The skill returns findings with their location, and edits come from the writing skill on a separate request.
What if there is not enough data for a claim?
The skill marks the claim as unverified and says what evidence is missing. It never invents results or sources.
Why keep a shared terminology record?
It keeps names consistent across the paper and supplements. The agent reads confirmed terms before writing and proposes new ones for the author to approve.
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Comparison with similar tools
Cards that share the main search query, and how they differ.
| Tool | Official | Repository stars | Main difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Writing Skills (this card) | no | 423 | |
| Academic Research Skills | no | 56,682 | covers the whole path from research to citation checks; here only writing and review with a shared terminology record |
| Research Paper Writing | no | 8,297 | targets ML, CV and NLP papers; here guides for any field plus Chinese versions |
README in short
The README gives a table of language versions, a map of guides by paper section and ready prompts: outline, section draft, paragraph revision, full review, reviewer response. Details are in docs/USER_GUIDE.md.