Agent skill

Scholar Writing

by catlog22 in catlog22/maestro-flow

End-to-end academic paper writing workflow. An agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow.

No licenceAuto-check: notesResearch & Science

Install Scholar Writing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add catlog22/maestro-flow --skill scholar-writing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install catlog22/maestro-flow scholar-writing --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/catlog22/maestro-flow.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/optional/skills/scholar-writing .claude/skills/scholar-writing && 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
scholar-writing
GitHub stars
564
Token cost
~3.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
784 words
Files
7
Skills in repo
30
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

End-to-end academic paper writing workflow. An agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow.

  • Works in 4 steps: Codebase docs: If… → Specs: maestro load --type spec… → Wiki knowledge: maestro search "academic… → …
  • Scholar writing
  • SKILL.md covers Run Lifecycle, Pre-load (before execution), Architecture Overview and Key Design Principles, plus 11 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Scholar Writing is an agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow. End-to-end academic paper writing workflow. Takes a research repository and produces a publication-ready LaTeX manuscript for top ML/AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, COLM). Covers repo understanding, structure planning, section drafting, citation management, anti-AI polishing, and conference formatting. Triggers on "write paper", "draft paper", "scholar writing", "paper writing workflow".

Its SKILL.md is about 3.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files (for example `phases/01-repo-understanding.md`, `phases/02-structure-planning.md` and `phases/03-section-drafting.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Scientific writing, Citation management and LaTeX. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: Intent-driven workflow orchestration for multi-agent AI development — adaptive lifecycle engine, self-reinforcing knowledge graph, and visual dashboard for Claude Code, Gemini….

When your agent uses it

  • Scholar writing
  • Paper writing workflow

Example prompts

  • “write paper”
  • “draft paper”
  • “scholar writing”
  • “/scholar-writing”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, WebSearch, WebFetch, TodoWrite, AskUserQuestion, Task

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Codebase docs: If .workflow/codebase/ARCHITECTURE.md exists, read for project context
  2. Specs: maestro load --type spec --category coding — load coding conventions
  3. Wiki knowledge: maestro search "academic writing research paper" --json — top 5 entries as prior context
  4. All optional — proceed without if unavailable

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f888cec. 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
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Bash
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • WebSearch
    • WebFetch
    • TodoWrite
    • AskUserQuestion

    …and 1 more on the same allowed-tools line.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash, json and markdown).

    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

Scholar Writing loads about 3.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 106 tokens; SKILL.md has 784 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~106
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.3k

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, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, WebSearch, WebFetch, TodoWrite, AskUserQuestion, Task

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 784 words (~3,315 tokens).

name
scholar-writing
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, WebSearch, WebFetch, TodoWrite, AskUserQuestion, Task
disable-model-invocation
true
session-mode
run

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files in optional/skills/scholar-writing of catlog22/maestro-flow.

  • SKILL.md
  • phases/01-repo-understanding.md
  • phases/02-structure-planning.md
  • phases/03-section-drafting.md
  • phases/04-citation-management.md
  • phases/05-anti-ai-polish.md
  • phases/06-conference-formatting.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f888cec

Compare with similar skills

Scholar Writing 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.

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Academic Paper Helpercnfjlhj/ai-collab-playbook453—~1.8kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Research Depth ControlBingHanOfUESTC/open_agent_team106—~989Automated safety check: PassMIT
Paper SkillcLin-c/paper-skill119—~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Research SurveyEvoScientist/EvoSkills4763 repos~2.5kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Works with

Questions about Scholar Writing

What does Scholar Writing do?

End-to-end academic paper writing workflow. An agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow. Scholar Writing is an agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow. End-to-end academic paper writing workflow.

When should I use Scholar Writing?

Scholar Writing fits situations like: scholar writing; paper writing workflow.

How do I install Scholar Writing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add catlog22/maestro-flow --skill scholar-writing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (optional/skills/scholar-writing in catlog22/maestro-flow) into .claude/skills/scholar-writing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Scholar Writing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add catlog22/maestro-flow --skill scholar-writing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (optional/skills/scholar-writing in catlog22/maestro-flow) into .agents/skills/scholar-writing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Scholar Writing 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 catlog22/maestro-flow --skill scholar-writing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scholar-writing, .gemini/skills/scholar-writing, .github/skills/scholar-writing and .opencode/skills/scholar-writing in your project.

What does Scholar Writing need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Scholar Writing is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, WebSearch, WebFetch, TodoWrite, AskUserQuestion, Task.

Does Scholar Writing 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 Scholar Writing 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 Scholar Writing use?

No licence was found for Scholar Writing or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Scholar Writing use?

About 3.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k 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 Scholar Writing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scholar Writing: Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Academic Paper Helper (cnfjlhj/ai-collab-playbook, 453 stars), Research Depth Control (BingHanOfUESTC/open_agent_team, 106 stars) and Paper Skill (cLin-c/paper-skill, 119 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Scholar Writing?

catlog22 (a GitHub user) maintains it in catlog22/maestro-flow, which has 564 GitHub stars. The repository holds 30 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: catlog22/maestro-flow on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.