Draft a full academic paper manuscript from analysis outputs, project spec, and lit review.

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Install Write Paper

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills write-paper --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/write-paper .claude/skills/write-paper && 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
write-paper
GitHub stars
4.5k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
505 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
364
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Draft a full academic paper manuscript from analysis outputs, project spec, and lit review.

  • Works in 7 steps: Orient → Inventory Analysis Outputs → Propose Outline (WAIT FOR APPROVAL) → …
  • The user wants to turn completed analysis into a written paper — not to run analysis
  • SKILL.md covers Step 1: Orient, Step 2: Inventory Analysis…, Step 3: Propose Outline (WAIT… and Step 4: Draft Section by Section, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Write Paper is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Draft a full academic paper manuscript from analysis outputs, project spec, and lit review. Make sure to use this skill whenever the user wants to turn completed analysis into a written paper — not to run analysis or review existing writing. Triggers include: "write the paper", "draft the manuscript", "write up the results", "start the paper", "turn my results into a paper", "write the introduction", "draft the empirics section", "I have my results, now write the paper", "help me write this up", "write the…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

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 to turn completed analysis into a written paper — not to run analysis
  • Review existing writing
  • Include: write the paper
  • Draft the manuscript

Example prompts

  • “write the paper”
  • “draft the manuscript”
  • “write up the results”
  • “/write-paper”

Requirements

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

Workflow steps

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

  1. Orient
  2. Inventory Analysis Outputs
  3. Propose Outline (WAIT FOR APPROVAL)
  4. Draft Section by Section
  5. Save the Draft
  6. Run Domain Review
  7. Recommend Next Steps

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
    • Edit
    • Task

    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

Write Paper loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 152 tokens; SKILL.md has 505 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~152
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 505 words (~1,219 tokens).

“Draft an academic manuscript from existing analysis outputs. Follows propose-first — the outline is always shown for approval before writing begins.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
write-paper
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit, Task
argument-hint
[paper title, research question, or 'from spec']

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Write Paper

What does Write Paper do?

Draft a full academic paper manuscript from analysis outputs, project spec, and lit review. Write Paper is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Draft a full academic paper manuscript from analysis outputs, project spec, and lit review.

When should I use Write Paper?

Write Paper fits situations like: the user wants to turn completed analysis into a written paper — not to run analysis; review existing writing; include: write the paper; draft the manuscript.

How do I install Write Paper in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Write Paper in Codex?

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

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

What does Write Paper need to run?

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

Does Write Paper 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 Write Paper 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 Write Paper use?

Write Paper 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 Write Paper use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k 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 Write Paper?

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Who maintains Write Paper?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,529 GitHub stars. The repository holds 364 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.