Orchestrate the complete post-first-draft polishing pipeline for an academic LaTeX paper by invoking five existing skills in fixed order: (1) paper-polish, (2) paper-self-revise, (3) paper-style…

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesDocuments & Office

Install Paper Pipeline

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-pipeline -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills paper-pipeline --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/paper-pipeline .claude/skills/paper-pipeline && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
paper-pipeline
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,224 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Orchestrate the complete post-first-draft polishing pipeline for an academic LaTeX paper by invoking five existing skills in fixed order: (1) paper-polish, (2) paper-self-revise, (3) paper-style…

  • Works in 7 steps: Receive folder path from $ARGUMENTS or… → Dropbox conflict check: Glob the project… → Check for a previous pipeline run: if… → …
  • User says paper pipeline / paper-pipeline / 论文流水线 / 全流程打磨 / 一条龙打磨 / 初稿打磨 / full polish pipeline / run the whole pipeline
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Phase 0: Setup (do all of this…, Stage Execution Protocol and Stage-Specific Notes, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Paper Pipeline is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Orchestrate the complete post-first-draft polishing pipeline for an academic LaTeX paper by invoking five existing skills in fixed order: (1) paper-polish, (2) paper-self-revise, (3) paper-style, (4) paper-polish again, (5) reference-verify. Trigger when user says "paper pipeline" / "paper-pipeline" / "论文流水线" / "全流程打磨" / "一条龙打磨" / "初稿打磨" / "full polish pipeline" / "run the whole pipeline", or wants the entire post-draft polishing sequence run on a paper folder. Use this skill whenever the user asks for several…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k 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 Documents & Office, covering LaTeX. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库,覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…

When your agent uses it

  • User says paper pipeline / paper-pipeline / 论文流水线 / 全流程打磨 / 一条龙打磨 / 初稿打磨 / full polish pipeline / run the whole pipeline
  • Wants the entire post-draft polishing sequence run on a paper folder
  • The user asks for several paper-finishing steps (polish + revise + style + reference check) on one manuscript in one go
  • Even if they dont name every individual skill

Example prompts

  • “paper pipeline”
  • “paper-pipeline”
  • “full polish pipeline”
  • “/paper-pipeline”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Skill, Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Receive folder path from $ARGUMENTS or ask. Verify main.tex exists with Glob.
  2. Dropbox conflict check: Glob the project folder for *冲突副本* and *conflicted copy*. If found, stop and ask the user to resolve which version…
  3. Check for a previous pipeline run: if pipeline_state.json exists in the folder and has incomplete stages, show its status and ask: resume…
  4. Collect the target journal now (needed by Stage 3, asked upfront so the pipeline never stalls mid-run). If given in $ARGUMENTS, use it…
  5. Ask for the interaction mode with AskUserQuestion — this is the single most important setup question, because five interactive skills…
  6. Create the backup baseline: make a pipeline_backups/ subfolder and copy main.tex → pipeline_backups/main_stage0.tex and ref.bib →…
  7. Write pipeline_state.json in the project folder

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Skill
    • Read
    • Edit
    • Write
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • Bash
    • AskUserQuestion
    • WebSearch
    • WebFetch

    …and 1 more on the same allowed-tools line.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are json).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Paper Pipeline loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 168 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,224 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~168
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Skill, Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,224 words (~2,626 tokens).

“This skill runs the full post-first-draft polishing process on an academic paper by invoking five existing skills in a fixed order. It is an orchestrator: it does not duplicate any sub-skill's logic. Each stage is executed by invoking the corresponding…”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
paper-pipeline
allowed-tools
Skill, Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent
argument-hint
[path-to-project-folder] [target-journal(optional)]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/paper-pipeline of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Paper Pipeline

What does Paper Pipeline do?

Orchestrate the complete post-first-draft polishing pipeline for an academic LaTeX paper by invoking five existing skills in fixed order: (1) paper-polish, (2) paper-self-revise, (3) paper-style…. Paper Pipeline is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Orchestrate the complete post-first-draft polishing pipeline for an academic LaTeX paper by invoking five existing skills in fixed order: (1) paper-polish, (2) paper-self-revise, (3) paper-style, (4) paper-polish again, (5) reference-verify.

When should I use Paper Pipeline?

Paper Pipeline fits situations like: user says paper pipeline / paper-pipeline / 论文流水线 / 全流程打磨 / 一条龙打磨 / 初稿打磨 / full polish pipeline / run the whole pipeline; wants the entire post-draft polishing sequence run on a paper folder; the user asks for several paper-finishing steps (polish + revise + style + reference check) on one manuscript in one go; even if they dont name every individual skill.

How do I install Paper Pipeline in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-pipeline -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/paper-pipeline in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/paper-pipeline in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Paper Pipeline in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-pipeline -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/paper-pipeline in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/paper-pipeline in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Paper Pipeline 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-pipeline -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paper-pipeline, .gemini/skills/paper-pipeline, .github/skills/paper-pipeline and .opencode/skills/paper-pipeline in your project.

What does Paper Pipeline need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Paper Pipeline is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Skill, Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion, WebSearch, WebFetch, Agent.

Does Paper Pipeline access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Paper Pipeline safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Paper Pipeline use?

Paper Pipeline has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Paper Pipeline use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k 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 Paper Pipeline?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paper Pipeline: Research Writing (alfonso0512/research-writing-skill, 490 stars), Paper Writing (MLNLP-World/Paper-Writing-Tips, 4.7k stars), Paperjury (Spark-To-Paper-Skills/paperjury, 1.2k stars) and PDF (zai-org/ZCode, 7.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Paper Pipeline?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,556 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.