Literature Survey
ai4s-research/ai4s-skills
A skill your agent uses when the user wants a comprehensive literature survey on a specific research topic.
Edit academic prose in LaTeX manuscripts or supplied text at light, moderate, or strict intensity.
Install Latex Polish
$ npx skills add Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills --skill latex-polish -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills latex-polish --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/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/latex-polish .claude/skills/latex-polish && 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 "latex-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills/tree/main/latex-polish into .claude/skills/latex-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "latex-polish", 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/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills/tree/main/latex-polishType 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 Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills --skill latex-polish -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills latex-polish --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/latex-polish .agents/skills/latex-polish && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "latex-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills/tree/main/latex-polish into .agents/skills/latex-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "latex-polish", 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 Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills --skill latex-polish -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills latex-polish --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/latex-polish .cursor/skills/latex-polish && 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 "latex-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills/tree/main/latex-polish into .cursor/skills/latex-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "latex-polish", 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/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills.git --path latex-polish--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 Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills --skill latex-polish -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills latex-polish --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/latex-polish .gemini/skills/latex-polish && 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 "latex-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills/tree/main/latex-polish into .gemini/skills/latex-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "latex-polish", 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 Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills latex-polishInstalls 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 Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills --skill latex-polish -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/latex-polish .github/skills/latex-polish && 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 "latex-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills/tree/main/latex-polish into .github/skills/latex-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "latex-polish", 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 Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills --skill latex-polish -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills latex-polish --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/latex-polish .opencode/skills/latex-polish && 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 "latex-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills/tree/main/latex-polish into .opencode/skills/latex-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "latex-polish", 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
latex-polish- GitHub stars
- 181
- Token cost
- ~981 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 467 words
- Files
- 7 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 5
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Edit academic prose in LaTeX manuscripts or supplied text at light, moderate, or strict intensity.
- Tasks that involve LaTeX
- SKILL.md covers Scope and intensity, Preserve meaning and source…, Edit with relevant guidance and Verify and deliver
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Tasks that involve Citation management
What it does
Latex Polish is an agent skill from Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills. Edit academic prose in LaTeX manuscripts or supplied text at light, moderate, or strict intensity. Improve grammar and clarity while preserving scientific claims, uncertainty, numbers, citations, and LaTeX structure.
Its SKILL.md is about 980 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/config.yaml`, `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/academic-phrasebank.md`).
It sits in Documents & Office, covering LaTeX and Citation management. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: LaTeX manuscript workflows with five agent skills, project diagnostics, reproducible builds and offline change review. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve LaTeX
- Tasks that involve Citation management
Example prompts
- “/latex-polish”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7c29d3c. 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
Latex Polish loads about 981 tokens when it runs, and up to ~8.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 467 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 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
The full file from Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills at commit 7c29d3c, republished under its MIT licence (© Calix-L). 467 words, ~981 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/latex-polish/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- latex-polish
- description
- Edit academic prose in LaTeX manuscripts or supplied text at light, moderate, or strict intensity. Improve grammar and clarity while preserving scientific claims, uncertainty, numbers, citations, and LaTeX structure.
- metadata.version
- 1.25.0
Scope and intensity
Edit the requested text, section, or manuscript. Infer scope from the request;
ask only when a missing preference changes the work. Default to moderate.
| Level | Editing scope |
|---|---|
light | Grammar, spelling, articles, agreement, and necessary syntax fixes. |
moderate | Light edits plus clearer phrasing, concision, and sentence flow. |
strict | Moderate edits plus stronger paragraph organization within the requested scope. |
No level authorizes changing findings, adding evidence, or making a paper "publication ready" by declaration. Use the author's chosen English variant, terminology, and venue requirements when supplied.
Preserve meaning and source structure
- Preserve numbers, units, uncertainty, causal direction, comparisons, named entities, and the distinction between relative percentages and percentage points.
- Keep modality and scope:
can,may,suggests, andunder these conditionsmay carry scientific meaning. Removing them can turn a capability into an observed result or a qualified claim into a universal claim. - Do not add significance tests, p-values, citations, mechanisms, novelty, or broader-impact claims. Flag missing evidence for the author instead.
- Preserve citation/reference/label keys, bibliography records, equations, macro definitions, file paths, comments, and quoted material. Treat LaTeX arguments by their role, not by a blanket regular-expression replacement.
- Prose inside
\emph{},\textbf{}, headings, or captions may be edited when it falls within scope; retain the command, options, braces, keys, and math. Leave verbatim, listings, minted, and inline code untouched. - Keep an already clear sentence. Formality does not require heavier synonyms, and sentence length alone is not a reason to split it.
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Edit with relevant guidance
Read supporting material only as needed:
- Style guardrails: voice, clarity, notation, consistency, and claim strength. These are editing choices, not universal laws.
- Section anatomy: section-specific purposes; adapt to the article type and the verified target requirements.
- Chinglish patterns: common constructions when they actually occur; do not infer errors from the author's identity.
- Academic phrasebank: optional phrasing patterns. Fill only with claims already supported by the manuscript.
Lead results prose with the finding and its actual evidence. Improve method descriptions without inventing missing reproducibility details. Suggest missing limitations or ethics content for author review; formatting requirements belong to the specified venue/year/track/stage, not to generic prose polishing.
Verify and deliver
Review the diff for accidental changes to meaning, scientific tokens, commands, and argument balance. For a local project, use its configured engine/backend to check compilation when available. For pasted text or missing build tools, mark compilation as not performed or unverified rather than claiming success.
Return the edited text or changed files, intensity, representative before/after
edits with reasons, substantive questions for the author, and observed build/
visual-check status. Scale the explanation to the edit; a large manuscript can
use a grouped change summary plus the full diff rather than an item for every word.
If new compilation errors arose, repair the text edit or use latex-rescue when
available. Preserve unrelated author changes during rollback.
© Calix-L, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in latex-polish of Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills.
- SKILL.md
- agents/config.yaml
- agents/openai.yaml
- references/academic-phrasebank.md
- references/chinglish-patterns.md
- references/section-anatomy.md
- references/style-guardrails.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7c29d3c
Compare with similar skills
Latex Polish 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latex Polish this skillCalix-L/awesome-latex-skills | 181 | — | ~981 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Literature Surveyai4s-research/ai4s-skills | 237 | 2 repos | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Latex To Word Workflowhajimi-kun/latex-to-word-workflow | 128 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Latex Paper Enbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | 1 repos | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Paper Detailsmathbullet/skills | 173 | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Typst Paperbahayonghang/academic-writing-skills | 500 | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Latex Polish
What does Latex Polish do?
Edit academic prose in LaTeX manuscripts or supplied text at light, moderate, or strict intensity. Latex Polish is an agent skill from Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills. Edit academic prose in LaTeX manuscripts or supplied text at light, moderate, or strict intensity.
When should I use Latex Polish?
Latex Polish fits situations like: tasks that involve LaTeX; tasks that involve Citation management.
How do I install Latex Polish in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills --skill latex-polish -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (latex-polish in Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills) into .claude/skills/latex-polish in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Latex Polish in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills --skill latex-polish -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (latex-polish in Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills) into .agents/skills/latex-polish in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Latex Polish 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 Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills --skill latex-polish -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/latex-polish, .gemini/skills/latex-polish, .github/skills/latex-polish and .opencode/skills/latex-polish in your project.
What does Latex Polish need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Latex Polish is instructions for the agent only.
Does Latex Polish 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 Latex Polish 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 Latex Polish use?
Latex Polish is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Latex Polish use?
About 981 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 7.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Latex Polish?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Latex Polish: Literature Survey (ai4s-research/ai4s-skills, 237 stars), Latex To Word Workflow (hajimi-kun/latex-to-word-workflow, 128 stars), Latex Paper En (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.6k stars) and Paper Details (mathbullet/skills, 173 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Latex Polish?
Calix-L (a GitHub user) maintains it in Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills, which has 181 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: Calix-L/awesome-latex-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.