Latex Rhythm Refiner
appautomaton/latex-arxiv-SKILL
Post-process LaTeX project prose to improve readability through varied sentence and paragraph lengths.
Correct grammar errors, typos, and improve academic readability in LaTeX, Markdown, or plain-text manuscripts.
Install Readability
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill readability -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills readability --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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability .claude/skills/readability && 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 "readability" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability into .claude/skills/readability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readability", 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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readabilityType 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill readability -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills readability --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability .agents/skills/readability && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "readability" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability into .agents/skills/readability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readability", 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill readability -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills readability --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability .cursor/skills/readability && 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 "readability" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability into .cursor/skills/readability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readability", 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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git --path skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability--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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill readability -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills readability --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability .gemini/skills/readability && 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 "readability" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability into .gemini/skills/readability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readability", 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills readabilityInstalls 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill readability -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability .github/skills/readability && 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 "readability" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability into .github/skills/readability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readability", 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill readability -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills readability --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability .opencode/skills/readability && 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 "readability" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability into .opencode/skills/readability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "readability", 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
readability- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~2.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,402 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 369
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Correct grammar errors, typos, and improve academic readability in LaTeX, Markdown, or plain-text manuscripts.
- Works in 7 steps: Receive the target → Respect the format → Scan in three passes → …
- The user says readability
- SKILL.md covers Overview, Spelling standard: American…, Non-negotiable interaction rule and Workflow, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Readability is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Correct grammar errors, typos, and improve academic readability in LaTeX, Markdown, or plain-text manuscripts. Scans the document once, then walks through every issue one-by-one asking for approval before applying each fix. Trigger when the user says "readability", "check grammar", "fix typos", "proofread for grammar", "improve readability", "polish wording", "语言润色", "修语法", or asks you to clean up the prose in a paper/chapter/section without wanting full content restructuring.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.8k 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 Plain language and style rules and 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
- The user says readability
- Proofread for grammar
- Improve readability
- Asks you to clean up the prose in a paper/chapter/section without wanting full content restructuring
Example prompts
- “readability”
- “check grammar”
- “fix typos”
- “/readability”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Receive the target
- Respect the format
- Scan in three passes
- Report the scan summary
- Walk issues one at a time
- Apply fixes with Edit
- Close the session
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:
ReadEditWriteGlobGrepBashAskUserQuestion
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
Readability loads about 2.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 123 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,402 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: 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: Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion
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 1,402 words (~2,842 tokens).
“Single-purpose proofreader. Scans academic text (LaTeX, Markdown, plain text) for three classes of issue and presents each one individually for approval before editing:”
- name
- readability
- allowed-tools
- Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion
- argument-hint
- [path-to-file-or-directory]
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Readability next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readability this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence | |
| Latex Rhythm Refinerappautomaton/latex-arxiv-SKILL | 457 | — | ~890 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Latex Rhythm Refineryunshenwuchuxun/latex-paper-skills | 265 | — | ~834 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Nature-Style Academic PolishingYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 46k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Proofreadflonat/flonat-research | 145 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Brief Compliance Checkflonat/flonat-research | 145 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Readability
What does Readability do?
Correct grammar errors, typos, and improve academic readability in LaTeX, Markdown, or plain-text manuscripts. Readability is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Correct grammar errors, typos, and improve academic readability in LaTeX, Markdown, or plain-text manuscripts.
When should I use Readability?
Readability fits situations like: the user says readability; proofread for grammar; improve readability; asks you to clean up the prose in a paper/chapter/section without wanting full content restructuring.
How do I install Readability in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill readability -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/readability in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Readability in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill readability -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/67-econfin-workflow-toolkit/readability in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/readability in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Readability 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 readability -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/readability, .gemini/skills/readability, .github/skills/readability and .opencode/skills/readability in your project.
What does Readability need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Readability is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion.
Does Readability 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 Readability 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 Readability use?
Readability 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 Readability use?
About 2.8k 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 Readability?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Readability: Latex Rhythm Refiner (appautomaton/latex-arxiv-SKILL, 457 stars), Latex Rhythm Refiner (yunshenwuchuxun/latex-paper-skills, 265 stars), Nature-Style Academic Polishing (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 46k stars) and Proofread (flonat/flonat-research, 145 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Readability?
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.