Nature-Paper-Skills
27 skills for a scientific manuscript: structure, figures, citations, prose and reviewer replies, from question to submission.
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- The installer runs through curl and bash and writes files into agent skill directories.
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In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add skills/nature-paper-skillsDetects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.
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- The installer runs through curl and bash and writes files into agent skill directories.
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What it does
Nature-Paper-Skills walks a manuscript through a chain: paper framing, argument, figures and the Results section, prose revision, preflight and reviewer responses. Argument and evidence come before sentence polish, and measured values, units and uncertainty are preserved. Separate skills audit statistics, citation support and data availability. Install profiles: full with 27 skills, recommended with 19 and a variant with figure production at 21. Aimed at Nature-series papers in life sciences, computational biology and methods.
Who it is for. Life-science and computational-methods researchers preparing a manuscript or reviewer response with Codex or Claude Code.
Good fit when
- A draft claims more than the confidence intervals show.
- The Results section is rebuilt around the main figures.
- Reviewers sent comments and the response is tied to actual manuscript changes.
- Before submission, cited sources are checked for support of the claims.
- One section or paragraph needs a fix without touching the rest.
Not a fit when
- The paper is outside biology and computational methods and journal rules are strict.
- Typesetting to a specific journal template is needed: the README calls its section patterns guidance, not formatting rules.
- Data and figures are not ready yet, so there is nothing to write about.
Example request
Use paper-workflow on this Results draft: compare conclusions with the confidence intervals and align the wording with the data.Limitations
Install runs `install.sh` through `curl | bash` and needs Bash and Python 3.9+; read the script before running it. The README notes that file integrity does not prove the skills are visible in a new agent session, so restart the client after installing. ChatGPT Work on the web is not confirmed. Section patterns are derived from 28 articles and 12 Nature method papers and are descriptive. The README example edit is synthetic, not a recorded run.
How to disable. Delete the installed skill folders from the Codex or Claude Code skills directory and restart the client.
FAQ
How do install profiles differ?
The full profile installs 27 skills, the recommended one installs 19 by default, and the `--figure` flag adds figure production for 21 skills.
Where to start?
Call `paper-workflow`: it picks the stage. A single paragraph does not need the whole chain, so enter at the stage you need.
Does the skill invent data?
No. Edits are bound to evidence: values, units and negative results are kept, and unsupported claims are softened.
Does it work with Claude Code?
Yes, there is a separate install command with `--agent claude`, then call `/paper-workflow`.
Which skills cover the pre-submission stage?
`submission-audit` assembles the final check, and the other audits are called at their own stages.
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