Expert copy editor for Quarto (.qmd) files. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

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/22-christopherkenny-skills/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
~2.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,234 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Expert copy editor for Quarto (.qmd) files. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

  • Works in 4 steps: GRAMMAR → TYPOS → PUNCTUATION → …
  • Asked to proofread
  • SKILL.md covers Input Arguments, Scope, What to Check and Step-by-Step Workflow, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Proofread is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Expert copy editor for Quarto (.qmd) files. Checks grammar, spelling, punctuation, and academic writing quality. Produces a structured markdown report organized by document section — never modifies the source file. Use when asked to proofread, check grammar, fix typos, or review prose in a .qmd document. For APSA style rules (numbers, citations, capitalization, abbreviations, neutral language), use the apsa-style skill instead. Supports an optional output-file argument and an optional @sec-label argument to…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.7k 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 Writing & Content, covering Copy editing and proofreading and Plain language and style rules. 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

  • Asked to proofread
  • Review prose in a .qmd document

Example prompts

  • “/proofread”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. GRAMMAR
  2. TYPOS
  3. PUNCTUATION
  4. ACADEMIC QUALITY

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 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

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

    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 2.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 139 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,234 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~139
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.7k

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 1,234 words (~2,700 tokens).

“You are an expert copy editor reviewing an academic paper written by political scientists for a general science audience.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
proofread
metadata.author
Christopher T. Kenny
metadata.version
1

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/proofread of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Proofread

What does Proofread do?

Expert copy editor for Quarto (.qmd) files. An agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Proofread is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.qmd) files.

When should I use Proofread?

Proofread fits situations like: asked to proofread; review prose in a .qmd document.

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/22-christopherkenny-skills/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/22-christopherkenny-skills/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.

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 2.7k 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 Proofread?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Proofread: Natural Japanese Business Writing (coji/natural-japanese, 1.9k stars), Defensive Writing Editor (lennney/stop-that-shit, 2.5k stars), Chinese Technical Writing (leter/zh-tech-writing, 338 stars) and Oil Tone Chinese Writing Style (oil-oil/oil-tone, 229 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 4,542 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.