Research Writing
alfonso0512/research-writing-skill
科研论文写作助手，提供 30 个 Prompt 模板覆盖论文写作全流程. An agent skill from alfonso0512/research-writing-skill.
Transfers prose edits from latex/index.tex (Overleaf) back into index.qmd.
Install Sync Tex
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill sync-tex -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills sync-tex --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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex .claude/skills/sync-tex && 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 "sync-tex" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex into .claude/skills/sync-tex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-tex", 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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-texType 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 sync-tex -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills sync-tex --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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex .agents/skills/sync-tex && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "sync-tex" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex into .agents/skills/sync-tex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-tex", 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 sync-tex -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills sync-tex --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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex .cursor/skills/sync-tex && 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 "sync-tex" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex into .cursor/skills/sync-tex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-tex", 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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex--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 sync-tex -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills sync-tex --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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex .gemini/skills/sync-tex && 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 "sync-tex" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex into .gemini/skills/sync-tex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-tex", 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 sync-texInstalls 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 sync-tex -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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex .github/skills/sync-tex && 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 "sync-tex" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex into .github/skills/sync-tex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-tex", 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 sync-tex -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 sync-tex --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/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex .opencode/skills/sync-tex && 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 "sync-tex" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex into .opencode/skills/sync-tex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-tex", 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
sync-tex- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~752 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 332 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Transfers prose edits from latex/index.tex (Overleaf) back into index.qmd.
- Works in 6 steps: Read these three files → Compare latex/.baseline.tex vs… → For each section (identified by… → …
- Tasks that involve LaTeX
- SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Steps and Error handling
- Calls bash
What it does
Sync Tex is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Transfers prose edits from latex/index.tex (Overleaf) back into index.qmd. Use after pulling LaTeX edits from a collaborator.
Its SKILL.md is about 750 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
- Tasks that involve LaTeX
Example prompts
- “Use the sync-tex skill to transfer prose edits from latex/index.tex (Overleaf) back into index.qmd”
- “/sync-tex”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read these three files
- Compare latex/.baseline.tex vs latex/index.tex to identify changes.
- For each section (identified by \section{...}\label{...} and \subsection{...}\label{...} markers), check if the prose text changed between…
- For each changed section, apply the edits to the corresponding section in index.qmd
- After applying all changes, show a summary
- Render the manuscript with bash scripts/render.sh to verify the round-trip is clean (no warnings, no errors).
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:
BashReadWriteEditGlobGrep
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
bash
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
Sync Tex loads about 752 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 332 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: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
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 332 words (~752 tokens).
“Transfer prose changes made by collaborators in latex/index.tex (e.g., via Overleaf) back into index.qmd.”
- name
- sync-tex
- allowed-tools
- Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
- disable-model-invocation
- true
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Sync Tex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sync Tex this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~752 | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence | |
| Research Writingalfonso0512/research-writing-skill | 488 | 1 repos | ~818 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Paper WritingMLNLP-World/Paper-Writing-Tips | 4.7k | — | ~630 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Evomath TaoEvoScientist/EvoSkills | 476 | 2 repos | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| PaperjurySpark-To-Paper-Skills/paperjury | 1.2k | — | ~5.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Thesis Defense PPTX Builderzouchenzhen/thesis-defense-pptx-skill | 266 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Sync Tex
What does Sync Tex do?
Transfers prose edits from latex/index.tex (Overleaf) back into index.qmd. Sync Tex is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.qmd.
When should I use Sync Tex?
Sync Tex fits situations like: tasks that involve LaTeX.
How do I install Sync Tex in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill sync-tex -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/sync-tex in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Sync Tex in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill sync-tex -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/sync-tex in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/sync-tex in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Sync Tex 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 sync-tex -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/sync-tex, .gemini/skills/sync-tex, .github/skills/sync-tex and .opencode/skills/sync-tex in your project.
What does Sync Tex need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Sync Tex needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bash). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep.
Does Sync Tex 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 Sync Tex 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 Sync Tex use?
Sync Tex 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 Sync Tex use?
About 752 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k 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 Sync Tex?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Sync Tex: Research Writing (alfonso0512/research-writing-skill, 488 stars), Paper Writing (MLNLP-World/Paper-Writing-Tips, 4.7k stars), Evomath Tao (EvoScientist/EvoSkills, 476 stars) and Paperjury (Spark-To-Paper-Skills/paperjury, 1.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Sync Tex?
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.