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Checklist-driven academic English polishing and Chinglish correction
Install Academic Writing Refiner
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-writing-refiner -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-writing-refiner --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner .claude/skills/academic-writing-refiner && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "academic-writing-refiner" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner into .claude/skills/academic-writing-refiner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-writing-refiner", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refinerType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-writing-refiner -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-writing-refiner --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner .agents/skills/academic-writing-refiner && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-writing-refiner" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner into .agents/skills/academic-writing-refiner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-writing-refiner", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-writing-refiner -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-writing-refiner --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner .cursor/skills/academic-writing-refiner && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "academic-writing-refiner" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner into .cursor/skills/academic-writing-refiner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-writing-refiner", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git --path skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-writing-refiner -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-writing-refiner --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner .gemini/skills/academic-writing-refiner && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-writing-refiner" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner into .gemini/skills/academic-writing-refiner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-writing-refiner", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-writing-refinerInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-writing-refiner -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner .github/skills/academic-writing-refiner && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-writing-refiner" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner into .github/skills/academic-writing-refiner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-writing-refiner", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-writing-refiner -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins academic-writing-refiner --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner .opencode/skills/academic-writing-refiner && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-writing-refiner" agent skill from https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins/tree/main/skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner into .opencode/skills/academic-writing-refiner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-writing-refiner", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
academic-writing-refiner- GitHub stars
- 298
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~1.7k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 785 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 405
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Checklist-driven academic English polishing and Chinglish correction
- Works in 5 steps: Topic-comment structure. Chinese allows… → Redundant verbs. Chinese often uses… → Missing determiners. Chinese has no… → …
- Tasks that involve Scientific writing
- SKILL.md covers Overview, Common Error Categories, Self-Editing Checklist and Automated Polishing Tools, plus 3 more sections
- Calls java and npm
What it does
Academic Writing Refiner is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Checklist-driven academic English polishing and Chinglish correction
Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Scientific writing. The repository describes itself as: 350+ academic research skills, MCP configs, and plugins for Research-Claw and AI agents. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Scientific writing
Example prompts
- “/academic-writing-refiner”
Requirements
- Node.js
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Topic-comment structure. Chinese allows "As for X, Y does Z." English prefers "Y does Z to X."
- Redundant verbs. Chinese often uses verb-verb compounds that become redundant in English.
- Missing determiners. Chinese has no articles, leading to dropped "the/a/an."
- Overuse of "respectively."
- "With the development of..." This opening is overused to the point of cliche.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bf44b3c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
javanpm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
github.comcs.columbia.eduwritefull.comlanguagetool.org
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Academic Writing Refiner loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 23 tokens; SKILL.md has 785 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from wentorai/research-plugins at commit bf44b3c, republished under its MIT licence (© wentorai). 785 words, ~1,741 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/academic-writing-refiner/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- academic-writing-refiner
- description
- Checklist-driven academic English polishing and Chinglish correction
Academic Writing Refiner
Overview
Academic papers are judged not only on their scientific merit but also on the quality of their English. Grammatical errors, awkward phrasing, and non-native patterns (commonly called "Chinglish" when originating from Chinese-English interference) can distract reviewers and undermine credibility.
This skill provides a systematic checklist for identifying and correcting common academic English issues. It draws from the academic-writing-guide repository (327+ stars) maintained by SYSUSELab, which catalogs frequent mistakes observed in student and researcher manuscripts across STEM disciplines.
The approach is checklist-driven: rather than relying solely on automated tools, researchers learn to recognize error patterns and self-edit effectively. This skill is especially useful for non-native English speakers preparing manuscripts for international journals and conferences.
Common Error Categories
Grammar and Syntax Errors
| Error Type | Example (Wrong) | Correction |
|---|---|---|
| Article misuse | "We propose a novel the method" | "We propose a novel method" |
| Subject-verb disagreement | "The results shows that..." | "The results show that..." |
| Tense inconsistency | "We train the model and evaluated it" | "We trained the model and evaluated it" |
| Dangling modifier | "Using gradient descent, the loss decreased" | "Using gradient descent, we decreased the loss" |
| Run-on sentence | "The model converges fast it achieves high accuracy" | "The model converges fast and achieves high accuracy" |
Chinglish Patterns
These are interference patterns common when translating from Chinese thought patterns into English:
Topic-comment structure. Chinese allows "As for X, Y does Z." English prefers "Y does Z to X."
- Wrong: "As for the dataset, we use ImageNet."
- Better: "We use ImageNet as our dataset."
Redundant verbs. Chinese often uses verb-verb compounds that become redundant in English.
- Wrong: "We can be able to achieve..."
- Better: "We can achieve..."
Missing determiners. Chinese has no articles, leading to dropped "the/a/an."
- Wrong: "Model achieves state-of-art result."
- Better: "The model achieves a state-of-the-art result."
Overuse of "respectively."
- Wrong: "The accuracy and F1 are 95% and 0.93 respectively."
- Better: "The accuracy is 95% and the F1 score is 0.93."
"With the development of..." This opening is overused to the point of cliche.
- Better: Lead with the specific problem or finding.
Self-Editing Checklist
Apply this checklist before submitting any manuscript:
Pass 1: Structure and Flow
- Each paragraph has a clear topic sentence.
- Transitions connect paragraphs logically (however, therefore, in contrast).
- No paragraph exceeds 200 words.
- Figures and tables are referenced in order.
Pass 2: Grammar and Mechanics
- All verbs agree with their subjects.
- Tense is consistent within each section (past for Methods/Results, present for general truths).
- Every acronym is defined on first use.
- No comma splices or run-on sentences.
- Articles (a, an, the) are used correctly.
Pass 3: Style and Conciseness
- Remove "very," "really," "quite," "basically" unless essential.
- Replace "in order to" with "to."
- Replace "a large number of" with "many" or give the exact count.
- Convert passive voice to active where possible.
- Eliminate "it is well known that" and similar filler phrases.
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Pass 4: Technical Accuracy
- All numbers have units.
- Table column headers are unambiguous.
- Equations are numbered and referenced.
- Statistical claims include confidence intervals or p-values.
Automated Polishing Tools
While manual review is irreplaceable, these tools serve as a useful second pass:
# LanguageTool CLI for grammar checking
java -jar languagetool-commandline.jar -l en-US paper.tex
# Writefull for academic-specific suggestions (VS Code extension)
# Install from VS Code marketplace: "Writefull for LaTeX"
# textlint for rule-based prose linting
npm install -g textlint textlint-rule-no-dead-link textlint-rule-write-good
textlint paper.mdTool Comparison
| Tool | Type | Academic Focus | Free Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammarly | Cloud | General + academic | Yes (limited) |
| Writefull | Plugin | High (trained on papers) | Yes |
| LanguageTool | Local/Cloud | General | Yes (full) |
| textlint | CLI | Configurable rules | Yes (open source) |
| Trinka | Cloud | High (academic-specific) | Yes (limited) |
Sentence-Level Revision Examples
Before and After
Before: "In recent years, with the rapid development of deep learning, more and more researchers have paid attention to the problem of image classification, which is a very important task in computer vision."
After: "Image classification is a fundamental task in computer vision. Recent advances in deep learning have renewed interest in this problem, with convolutional and transformer architectures achieving human-level accuracy on standard benchmarks."
Before: "We can observe from Table 1 that our method can achieve better performance than baseline methods in terms of all evaluation metrics."
After: "Our method outperforms all baselines across every metric (Table 1)."
Best Practices
- Read published papers in your target venue. Absorb the register and conventions of journals like Nature, IEEE TPAMI, or ACL.
- Have a native speaker review critical sections. At minimum, ask someone to read the Abstract and Introduction.
- Use consistent terminology. If you call it "feature extraction" in Section 2, do not switch to "representation learning" in Section 4 unless you define the distinction.
- Limit sentences to 25 words on average. Long sentences are harder to parse, especially for non-native readers.
- Revise in separate passes. Do not try to fix grammar, structure, and style simultaneously.
References
- academic-writing-guide -- Writing checklist and tutorials (327+ stars)
- Common Errors in Technical Writing -- Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University
- Writefull -- AI writing assistant trained on published papers
- LanguageTool -- Open-source grammar checker
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner of wentorai/research-plugins.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit bf44b3c
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in wentorai/research-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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| Academic Writing Refiner this skillwentorai/research-plugins | 298 | 1 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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| Citation Verification GuideGalaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar | 5.7k | 2 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Citation ManagementK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer | 2.4k | 2 repos | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Academic Paper Composerlishix520/academic-paper-skills | 1.4k | 2 repos | ~6.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Academic Paper Writing PipelineImbad0202/academic-research-skills | 51k | — | ~16k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Academic Writing Refiner
What does Academic Writing Refiner do?
Checklist-driven academic English polishing and Chinglish correction. Academic Writing Refiner is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.
When should I use Academic Writing Refiner?
Academic Writing Refiner fits situations like: tasks that involve Scientific writing.
How do I install Academic Writing Refiner in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-writing-refiner -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner in wentorai/research-plugins) into .claude/skills/academic-writing-refiner in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Academic Writing Refiner in Codex?
Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-writing-refiner -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/writing/polish/academic-writing-refiner in wentorai/research-plugins) into .agents/skills/academic-writing-refiner in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Academic Writing Refiner in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill academic-writing-refiner -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/academic-writing-refiner, .gemini/skills/academic-writing-refiner, .github/skills/academic-writing-refiner and .opencode/skills/academic-writing-refiner in your project.
What does Academic Writing Refiner need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Academic Writing Refiner needs the command-line tools its instructions call (java and npm). Our summary lists: Node.js.
Does Academic Writing Refiner access the network?
SKILL.md names 4 domains. As links in the text: github.com, cs.columbia.edu, writefull.com and languagetool.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Academic Writing Refiner safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Academic Writing Refiner use?
Academic Writing Refiner is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Academic Writing Refiner use?
About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Academic Writing Refiner?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Academic Writing Refiner: Nature-Style Scientific Figures (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars), Citation Verification Guide (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars), Citation Management (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars) and Academic Paper Composer (lishix520/academic-paper-skills, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Academic Writing Refiner?
wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/research-plugins, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 405 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.
Source: wentorai/research-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.