Agent skill

Survey Writer

write a chinese survey draft around a research topic when the input includes a topic, multiple papers, abstracts, links, pdfs, or a user curated related-work list and the user needs a short survey…

MITAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Survey Writer

skills CLI

$ npx skills add chtc66/academic-skills --skill survey-writer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install chtc66/academic-skills survey-writer --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/chtc66/academic-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/survey-writer .claude/skills/survey-writer && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "survey-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills/tree/main/survey-writer into .claude/skills/survey-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "survey-writer", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills/tree/main/survey-writer

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add chtc66/academic-skills --skill survey-writer -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install chtc66/academic-skills survey-writer --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/survey-writer .agents/skills/survey-writer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "survey-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills/tree/main/survey-writer into .agents/skills/survey-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "survey-writer", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add chtc66/academic-skills --skill survey-writer -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install chtc66/academic-skills survey-writer --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/survey-writer .cursor/skills/survey-writer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "survey-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills/tree/main/survey-writer into .cursor/skills/survey-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "survey-writer", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills.git --path survey-writer

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add chtc66/academic-skills --skill survey-writer -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install chtc66/academic-skills survey-writer --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/survey-writer .gemini/skills/survey-writer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "survey-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills/tree/main/survey-writer into .gemini/skills/survey-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "survey-writer", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install chtc66/academic-skills survey-writer

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add chtc66/academic-skills --skill survey-writer -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/survey-writer .github/skills/survey-writer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "survey-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills/tree/main/survey-writer into .github/skills/survey-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "survey-writer", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add chtc66/academic-skills --skill survey-writer -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install chtc66/academic-skills survey-writer --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/survey-writer .opencode/skills/survey-writer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "survey-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/chtc66/academic-skills/tree/main/survey-writer into .opencode/skills/survey-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "survey-writer", 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: survey-writer
GitHub stars: 360
Token cost: ~318 tokens
SKILL.md length: 60 words
Files: 5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 8
Repo updated: Apr 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

write a chinese survey draft around a research topic when the input includes a topic, multiple papers, abstracts, links, pdfs, or a user curated related-work list and the user needs a short survey…

Works in 5 steps: 先确认覆盖范围：主题边界、论文数量、输入完整度。 → 判断输出模式：简版综述或长版综述。 → 依据 references/comparison_dimensions.md… → …
Tasks that involve Literature review
SKILL.md covers 工作流, 模式选择, 输入处理规则 and 输出规则, plus 2 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Survey Writer is an agent skill from chtc66/academic-skills. write a chinese survey draft around a research topic when the input includes a topic, multiple papers, abstracts, links, pdfs, or a user curated related-work list and the user needs a short survey, long survey, taxonomy, or method evolution summary.

Its SKILL.md is about 320 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/comparison_dimensions.md` and `references/related_work_patterns.md`).

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Literature review. The repository describes itself as: Academic workflow skills for paper reading, survey writing, experiment summarization, rebuttal drafting, and weekly lab updates. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Literature review

Example prompts

“/survey-writer”

Workflow steps

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

先确认覆盖范围：主题边界、论文数量、输入完整度。
判断输出模式：简版综述或长版综述。
依据 references/comparison_dimensions.md 建立对比维度。
依据 references/related_work_patterns.md 组织 related work 语言。
依据 references/survey_template.md 输出综述草稿。

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 126e235. 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

Survey Writer loads about 318 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 60 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~66
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~318
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~1.3k

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 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 chtc66/academic-skills at commit 126e235, republished under its MIT licence (© chtc66). 60 words, ~318 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/survey-writer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: survey-writer
description: write a chinese survey draft around a research topic when the input includes a topic, multiple papers, abstracts, links, pdfs, or a user curated related-work list and the user needs a short survey, long survey, taxonomy, or method evolution summary.

Survey Writer

用这个 skill 围绕一个研究主题组织多篇论文，输出中文综述草稿。重点是梳理研究问题、方法演化、代表性路线和当前局限，而不是逐篇摘要拼接。

工作流

先确认覆盖范围：主题边界、论文数量、输入完整度。
判断输出模式：简版综述或长版综述。
依据 references/comparison_dimensions.md 建立对比维度。
依据 references/related_work_patterns.md 组织 related work 语言。
依据 references/survey_template.md 输出综述草稿。

模式选择

在材料较少、用户只需快速整理时，输出简版综述。
在材料较多、需要形成成稿框架时，输出长版综述。
如果输入覆盖不全，在开头明确说明“当前综述仅覆盖已提供材料，不代表完整文献全景”。

输入处理规则

接收研究主题、多篇标题、摘要、PDF、链接，或用户已有的相关工作列表。
如果不同论文信息粒度不一致，先按可比字段组织，再明确缺口。
如果用户只给了论文列表而没有内容，先做结构化框架和阅读建议，不要伪造具体实验细节。

输出规则

不要按“论文 A 说了什么、论文 B 说了什么”的流水账方式写作。
强调问题定义、方法分类、方法演化、代表性工作对比和开放问题。
在 benchmark、dataset、metric 部分，只总结输入中明确出现的信息。
在“开放问题”和“值得继续看的方向”部分，区分已有证据支持的趋势与个人推断。

证据与表述约束

不要把覆盖不全的材料写成全面综述。
不要编造时间线、代表作地位或 benchmark 事实。
如果论文数量过少，明确输出“这是初步综述草稿，不足以代表完整研究版图”。

何时读引用文件

始终读取 references/survey_template.md。
在组织论文比较时读取 references/comparison_dimensions.md。
在写 related work 段落时读取 references/related_work_patterns.md。

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in survey-writer of chtc66/academic-skills.

SKILL.md
agents/openai.yaml
references/comparison_dimensions.md
references/related_work_patterns.md
references/survey_template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 126e235

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Questions about Survey Writer

What does Survey Writer do?

write a chinese survey draft around a research topic when the input includes a topic, multiple papers, abstracts, links, pdfs, or a user curated related-work list and the user needs a short survey…. Survey Writer is an agent skill from chtc66/academic-skills. write a chinese survey draft around a research topic when the input includes a topic, multiple papers, abstracts, links, pdfs, or a user curated related-work list and the user needs a short survey, long survey, taxonomy, or method evolution summary.

When should I use Survey Writer?

Survey Writer fits situations like: tasks that involve Literature review.

How do I install Survey Writer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add chtc66/academic-skills --skill survey-writer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (survey-writer in chtc66/academic-skills) into .claude/skills/survey-writer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Survey Writer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add chtc66/academic-skills --skill survey-writer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (survey-writer in chtc66/academic-skills) into .agents/skills/survey-writer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Survey Writer 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 chtc66/academic-skills --skill survey-writer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/survey-writer, .gemini/skills/survey-writer, .github/skills/survey-writer and .opencode/skills/survey-writer in your project.

What does Survey Writer need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Survey Writer is instructions for the agent only.

Does Survey Writer 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 Survey Writer 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 Survey Writer use?

Survey Writer 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 Survey Writer use?

About 318 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 970 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Survey Writer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Survey Writer: Typst Paper (bahayonghang/academic-writing-skills, 498 stars), Cell Review (yrui-cmd/Cell, 106 stars), Front Matter Writer (WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills, 513 stars) and Research Topic Extractor (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 Survey Writer?

chtc66 (a GitHub user) maintains it in chtc66/academic-skills, which has 360 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 5, 2026.

Source: chtc66/academic-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Survey Writer

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Survey Writer

工作流

模式选择

输入处理规则

输出规则

证据与表述约束

何时读引用文件

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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