Agent skill

Scientific Writing Resources

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

Curated tools and resources for effective scientific writing

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Scientific Writing Resources

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills scientific-writing-resources --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/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/writing/composition/scientific-writing-resources .claude/skills/scientific-writing-resources && 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
scientific-writing-resources
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
909 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Curated tools and resources for effective scientific writing

  • Tasks that involve Scientific writing
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Writing Environments, Grammar and Style Tools and Reference Management, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Scientific Writing Resources is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Curated tools and resources for effective scientific writing

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k 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. 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

  • Tasks that involve Scientific writing

Example prompts

  • “/scientific-writing-resources”

Requirements

  • Docker

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.

    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

Scientific Writing Resources loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 22 tokens; SKILL.md has 909 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~22
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k

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 909 words (~1,911 tokens).

“A skill providing curated tools, techniques, and resources for producing clear, effective scientific writing. Based on awesome-scientific-writing (920 stars), this skill equips the agent with knowledge of the best available tools for each stage of the scientific writing process, from…”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
scientific-writing-resources
version
1.0.0
author
wentor-community
source
https://github.com/writing-resources/awesome-scientific-writing

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/writing/composition/scientific-writing-resources of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Scientific Writing Resources this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills4.6k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
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Econ Writehanlulong/econ-writing-skill6512 repos~14kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
NSFC Grant Rationale Writerhuangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX2.9k—~945Automated safety check: PassMIT
Journal Selector for Manuscriptshuangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX2.9k—~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Citation VerificationLight0305/Light-skills640—~3.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Scientific Writing Resources

What does Scientific Writing Resources do?

Curated tools and resources for effective scientific writing. Scientific Writing Resources is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

When should I use Scientific Writing Resources?

Scientific Writing Resources fits situations like: tasks that involve Scientific writing.

How do I install Scientific Writing Resources in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill scientific-writing-resources -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/writing/composition/scientific-writing-resources in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/scientific-writing-resources in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Scientific Writing Resources in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill scientific-writing-resources -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/writing/composition/scientific-writing-resources in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/scientific-writing-resources in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Scientific Writing Resources need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Scientific Writing Resources is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Docker.

Does Scientific Writing Resources 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 Scientific Writing Resources 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 Scientific Writing Resources use?

Scientific Writing Resources 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 Scientific Writing Resources use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k 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 Scientific Writing Resources?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scientific Writing Resources: Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Econ Write (hanlulong/econ-writing-skill, 651 stars), NSFC Grant Rationale Writer (huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX, 2.9k stars) and Journal Selector for Manuscripts (huangwb8/ChineseResearchLaTeX, 2.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Scientific Writing Resources?

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.