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Agent skill

Proofread

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills

Run the proofreading protocol on academic writing — papers or manuscripts.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Proofread

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills proofread --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/15-Felpix-Studios-social-science-research/skills/proofread .claude/skills/proofread && 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
proofread
GitHub stars
4.5k
Token cost
~733 tokens
SKILL.md length
261 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
369
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Run the proofreading protocol on academic writing — papers or manuscripts.

  • Works in 6 steps: Identify files to review → For each file, launch the proofreader… → Produce a detailed report for each file… → …
  • The user wants surface-level writing errors found — not substantive academic critique
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Include: proofread

What it does

Proofread is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Run the proofreading protocol on academic writing — papers or manuscripts. Checks grammar, typos, layout issues, consistency, and academic writing quality. Produces a report without editing files. Make sure to use this skill whenever the user wants surface-level writing errors found — not substantive academic critique. Triggers include: "proofread", "check for typos", "grammar check", "look for errors in my draft", "proofread all", "polish this", "check my writing", "are there any mistakes", "proofread before I…

Its SKILL.md is about 730 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 Writing & Content, covering Copy editing and proofreading. 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

  • The user wants surface-level writing errors found — not substantive academic critique
  • Include: proofread
  • Check for typos
  • Look for errors in my draft

Example prompts

  • “proofread”
  • “check for typos”
  • “grammar check”
  • “/proofread”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Task, AskUserQuestion

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify files to review
  2. For each file, launch the proofreader agent that checks for
  3. Produce a detailed report for each file listing every finding with
  4. Save each report to quality_reports/
  5. IMPORTANT: Do NOT edit any source files.
  6. Present summary to the user

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:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • Write
    • Task
    • AskUserQuestion

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Proofread loads about 733 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 156 tokens; SKILL.md has 261 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~156
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~733

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 261 words (~733 tokens).

“Run the mandatory proofreading protocol on papers or manuscripts. Produces a report of all issues WITHOUT editing any source files.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
proofread
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Task, AskUserQuestion
argument-hint
[filename, 'all', or path to manuscript]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/15-Felpix-Studios-social-science-research/skills/proofread of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Story Multi-Perspective Reviewzenstory-ai/oh-story-claudecode7.3k3 repos~3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Chinese Text Humanizerop7418/Humanizer-zh19k—~2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Baoyu TranslateJimLiu/baoyu-skills26k1 repos~3.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Natural Japanese Business Writingcoji/natural-japanese1.9k—~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Proofread

What does Proofread do?

Run the proofreading protocol on academic writing — papers or manuscripts. Proofread is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Run the proofreading protocol on academic writing — papers or manuscripts.

When should I use Proofread?

Proofread fits situations like: the user wants surface-level writing errors found — not substantive academic critique; include: proofread; check for typos; look for errors in my draft.

How do I install Proofread in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill proofread -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/15-Felpix-Studios-social-science-research/skills/proofread in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/proofread in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Proofread in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill proofread -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/15-Felpix-Studios-social-science-research/skills/proofread in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/proofread in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Proofread 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 proofread -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/proofread, .gemini/skills/proofread, .github/skills/proofread and .opencode/skills/proofread in your project.

What does Proofread need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Proofread is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Task, AskUserQuestion.

Does Proofread 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 Proofread 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 Proofread use?

Proofread 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 Proofread use?

About 733 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 Proofread?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Proofread: User-Facing Text Cleanup (guillaumemeyer/watermarks-remover, 23k stars), Story Multi-Perspective Review (zenstory-ai/oh-story-claudecode, 7.3k stars), Chinese Text Humanizer (op7418/Humanizer-zh, 19k stars) and Baoyu Translate (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 26k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Proofread?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,517 GitHub stars. The repository holds 369 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.