Scientific Writing Guide
Guides the agent to draft and revise research papers using IMRAD structure and reporting checklists
- Repository
- aiming-lab/AutoResearchClaw
- Stars
- 14,802
- Licence
- MIT
- Files
- 1 file
What it does
When installed, the agent follows a set of academic writing conventions whenever you ask it to draft or revise a research paper. It organizes manuscripts into the standard Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections, applies guidance on paragraph structure, citation habits, and common writing pitfalls, and points you to the right reporting checklist (such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, or STARD) for your study type. It is a set of written guidelines rather than a tool that checks or fetches anything.
Great for
- Researchers or graduate students drafting a manuscript for a journal
- Anyone revising a paper to match IMRAD structure and clearer prose
- Authors who want a pre-submission checklist for figures, citations, and abstract accuracy
Skip it if
- Replacing domain expertise or verifying scientific claims: the skill gives style and structure advice only, so cited sources and results still need human checking
- Meeting a specific journal's requirements: the skill itself says to check each journal's author guidelines
Try asking
- “Draft an abstract of 150-300 words for my study based on these results and methods notes.”
- “Revise my Discussion section to compare my findings with the literature and state limitations.”
- “Check that every figure and table is cited in the text and numbered in order.”
- “Which reporting checklist should I follow for my observational cohort study?”
Install in 3 steps
- 1
Download the skill
The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.
scientific-writing.zip - 2
Add it to your agent
Claude Code (all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip scientific-writing.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)
mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip scientific-writing.zip -d .claude/skills/Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.
- 3
Ask for the task
No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.
Get better results
- Provide your target journal and citation style (APA, Vancouver, or IEEE) up front so the agent applies the right conventions.
- Paste your real results and data summaries rather than asking for invented findings, and verify every citation the agent suggests against the original source.
- Ask for one section at a time, such as the abstract or the Methods, so you can review each revision closely.
What's inside
- SKILL.md
Redistributed unmodified from aiming-lab/AutoResearchClaw under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.