Nature-Style Academic Polishing
Yuan1z0825/nature-skills
Polishes, translates or tightens existing academic prose and fixes manuscript LaTeX layout while keeping facts, terminology and evidence boundaries intact.
Proofread a LaTeX academic paper across eleven language, notation, citation, and consistency categories.
Install Proofread
$ npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill proofread -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research proofread --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/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/proofread .claude/skills/proofread && 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 "proofread" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/proofread into .claude/skills/proofread/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "proofread", 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/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/proofreadType 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 flonat/flonat-research --skill proofread -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research proofread --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/proofread .agents/skills/proofread && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "proofread" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/proofread into .agents/skills/proofread/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "proofread", 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 flonat/flonat-research --skill proofread -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research proofread --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/proofread .cursor/skills/proofread && 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 "proofread" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/proofread into .cursor/skills/proofread/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "proofread", 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/flonat/flonat-research.git --path skills/proofread--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 flonat/flonat-research --skill proofread -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research proofread --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/proofread .gemini/skills/proofread && 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 "proofread" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/proofread into .gemini/skills/proofread/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "proofread", 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 flonat/flonat-research proofreadInstalls 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 flonat/flonat-research --skill proofread -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/proofread .github/skills/proofread && 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 "proofread" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/proofread into .github/skills/proofread/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "proofread", 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 flonat/flonat-research --skill proofread -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research proofread --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/proofread .opencode/skills/proofread && 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 "proofread" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/proofread into .opencode/skills/proofread/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "proofread", 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
proofread- GitHub stars
- 145
- Token cost
- ~2.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 697 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 83
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Proofread a LaTeX academic paper across eleven language, notation, citation, and consistency categories.
- Works in 4 steps: Locate files: Find all .tex files in the… → Read the document: Read all .tex source… → Run 11 check categories (below) → …
- The requested task is bounded proofreading rather than substantive rewriting
- SKILL.md covers Output Path, When to Use, When NOT to Use and Workflow, plus 8 more sections
- Calls bash
What it does
Proofread is an agent skill from flonat/flonat-research. Proofread a LaTeX academic paper across eleven language, notation, citation, and consistency categories. Use when the requested task is bounded proofreading rather than substantive rewriting, clarity stress-testing, or venue compliance.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/check-categories.md` and `references/quality-rubric.md`).
It sits in Writing & Content, covering Copy editing and proofreading and LaTeX. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: Shareable Claude Code + Codex infrastructure for PhD researchers — skills, agents, hooks, and rules for academic workflows. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The requested task is bounded proofreading rather than substantive rewriting
- Clarity stress-testing
- Venue compliance
Example prompts
- “/proofread”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Locate files: Find all .tex files in the project (and .log files for LaTeX diagnostics)
- Read the document: Read all .tex source files in order
- Run 11 check categories (below)
- Produce report: Write reviews//proofread/.md under the project directory (where is the paper slug, e.g., paper-jtp; create the directory…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit da27600. 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:
ReadGlobGrep
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
Proofread loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 62 tokens; SKILL.md has 697 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 flonat/flonat-research at commit da27600, republished under its MIT licence (© flonat). 697 words, ~2,101 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/proofread/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- proofread
- description
- Proofread a LaTeX academic paper across eleven language, notation, citation, and consistency categories. Use when the requested task is bounded proofreading rather than substantive rewriting, clarity stress-testing, or venue compliance.
- allowed-tools
- Read, Glob, Grep
- argument-hint
- [project-path or tex-file]
- skill-dependencies
- devils-advocate
Academic Proofreading
Report-only skill. Never edit source files — produce reviews/<scope>/proofread/<YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM>.md only (where <scope> is the paper slug, e.g. paper-jtp).
Output Path
Per rules/review-artefact-routing.md (auto-loads in research projects (path-scoped to paper-*/ and paper/)):
- Source slug:
proofread - Write reports to:
reviews/<scope>/proofread/YYYY-MM-DD.mdinside the project, where<scope>is the paper slug (e.g.,paper-jtp). Path is relative to the research project root, not the Task-Management repo. - Never at project root (
./CRITIC-REPORT.md-style filenames are forbidden — pre-rule layout). - Idempotency: if today's file exists, append a same-day descriptor (
{date}-revision.md,{date}-r2.md,{date}-pre-submission.md) — never overwrite. - Index update: if
reviews/INDEX.mdexists, write a one-line entry under "Latest per source" pointing at the new file. Otherwisereview-recapwill rebuild the index next time it runs. - Infrastructure repos (Task-Management, atlas-workspace, etc.): this section does not apply — the path-scoped rule won't load there.
When to Use
- Before sending a draft to supervisors
- Before submission to a journal/conference
- After major revisions to check consistency
- When you want a fresh-eyes check on writing quality
When NOT to Use
- Formal audits — use the Referee 2 agent for systematic verification
- Argument quality — use
devils-advocatefor logical scrutiny - Citation completeness — use an installed bibliography validator or direct cite-key cross-referencing (this skill flags only obvious citation-format issues)
Workflow
- Locate files: Find all
.texfiles in the project (and.logfiles for LaTeX diagnostics) - Read the document: Read all
.texsource files in order - Run 11 check categories (below)
- Produce report: Write
reviews/<scope>/proofread/<YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM>.mdunder the project directory (where<scope>is the paper slug, e.g.,paper-jtp; create the directory if it does not exist:mkdir -p reviews/<scope>/proofread/). Do NOT overwrite previous reports — each review is timestamped to the minute. Canonical convention: the installed shared resourceshared/review-state-schema.md.
Check Categories
Eleven categories, run in order. Full catalogue — every bullet, threshold, and worked example — in references/check-categories.md:
| # | Category | # | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grammar & Spelling | 7 | TikZ Diagram Review |
| 2 | Notation Consistency | 8 | Numeric Text↔Table Cross-Check |
| 3 | Citation Format | 9 | Causal Language Audit |
| 4 | Academic Tone | 10 | Equation Completeness |
| 5 | LaTeX-Specific Issues | 11a | Anonymity (double-blind venues only) |
| 6 | Citation Voice Balance | 11 | Preprint Staleness |
Severity Levels
| Level | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | Will be noticed by reviewers, may cause rejection | Broken references, major grammar errors, inconsistent core notation, text↔table number mismatch, causal overclaiming with weak design |
| Major | Noticeable quality issue | Inconsistent citation style, tone issues, overfull hbox > 10pt, undefined variable in equation, stale preprint, ambiguous "significant" |
| Minor | Polish issue | Occasional British/American mix, minor spacing, missing equation number for referenced equation |
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Quality Scoring
Apply numeric quality scoring using the shared framework and skill-specific rubric:
- Framework:
../shared/quality-scoring.md— severity tiers, thresholds, verdict rules - Rubric:
references/quality-rubric.md— issue-to-deduction mappings for this skill
Start at 100, deduct per issue found, apply verdict. Insert the Score Block into the report after the summary table.
Recurring Pattern Grouping
When the same issue appears 3+ times, group it as a single pattern finding instead of listing each instance separately. This prevents reports bloated with 50 individual items when the real message is "you have 3 recurring problems."
Format:
### M3: Hedge phrase "interestingly" (8 instances)
- **Category:** Academic tone
- **Locations:** lines 42, 67, 103, 145, 189, 203, 267, 301
- **Problem:** Filler hedge phrase adds no content
- **Fix:** Delete all 8 instancesOne deduction for the pattern (not 8 separate deductions). Escalation still applies: 5+ instances of the same minor issue → one Major deduction.
Report Format
# Proofread Report
**Document:** [filename]
**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Pages:** [approximate]
## Summary
| Category | Critical | Major | Minor |
|----------|----------|-------|-------|
| Grammar & spelling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notation consistency | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Citation format | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Academic tone | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaTeX-specific | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Citation voice balance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TikZ diagrams | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Numeric cross-check | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Causal language | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Equation completeness | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preprint staleness | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| **Total** | **0** | **0** | **0** |
## Critical Issues
[List each with file, line/section, and specific issue]
## Major Issues
[List each with file, line/section, and specific issue]
## Minor Issues
[List each with file, line/section, and specific issue]
## Quality Score
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| **Score** | XX / 100 |
| **Verdict** | Ship / Ship with notes / Revise / Revise (major) / Blocked |
### Deductions
| # | Issue | Tier | Deduction | Category |
|---|-------|------|-----------|----------|
| 1 | [description] | [tier] | -X | [category] |
| | **Total deductions** | | **-XX** | |
## Recommendations
[Optional: overall observations about the writing — prioritise fixes by deduction size]Council Mode (Optional)
For high-stakes pre-submission checks, run in council mode — 3 LLM providers independently run the 7 check categories, cross-review, and a chairman synthesises one PROOFREAD-REPORT.md. Trigger: "council proofread" / "thorough proofread". Full orchestration + invocation: ../shared/council-protocol.md.
Value: Diminishing returns for pure formatting — most valuable combined with citation-voice-balance and notation-consistency checks, where different models have genuinely different pattern recognition.
Log to REVIEW-STATE.md (final step)
After writing the proofread report, append a row to the project's REVIEW-STATE.md:
bash <skills-root>/_shared/review-state-log.sh \
--check proofread \
--paper "<paper-{venue} dir>" \
--verdict "<PASS|ISSUES FOUND>" \
--open-issues "<total-issues-across-categories>/<total-issues-across-categories>" \
--report "reviews/<scope>/proofread/<YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM>.md" \
--notes "<one-line: e.g. '3 critical, 12 minor; mostly notation §3'>" \
[--trigger "pre-submission-report|review-cluster"]- Verdict: PASS if no issues found across any category; ISSUES FOUND otherwise.
- Open issues: total count across all 7 (or 11) check categories at run time.
- Trigger: pass orchestrator name only if invoked via
pre-submission-reportorreview-cluster. Otherwise omit.
Schema: the installed shared resource shared/review-state-schema.md.
Source format. Paper prose stays one line per paragraph; normalize edited files with .scripts/latex_paragraph_format.py --apply and recompile. Canonical: rules/latex-source-format.md.
Cross-References
- Installed bibliography validator — For thorough bibliography cross-referencing and metadata checks
latex— For compilation and error resolution (run before proofreading to ensure the document compiles cleanly)- Referee 2 agent — For formal code + paper auditing
devils-advocate— For argument quality and logical scrutiny
© flonat, 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 2 other files (references) in skills/proofread of flonat/flonat-research.
- SKILL.md
- references/check-categories.md
- references/quality-rubric.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit da27600
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| BeamerNoi1r/beamer-skill | 363 | — | ~13k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Pre Submission ReviewerHKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills | 8.4k | — | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| Research Paper Writing CoachXiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code | 14k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Paper Polishbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~7.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence |
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Questions about Proofread
What does Proofread do?
Proofread a LaTeX academic paper across eleven language, notation, citation, and consistency categories. Proofread is an agent skill from flonat/flonat-research. Proofread a LaTeX academic paper across eleven language, notation, citation, and consistency categories.
When should I use Proofread?
Proofread fits situations like: the requested task is bounded proofreading rather than substantive rewriting; clarity stress-testing; venue compliance.
How do I install Proofread in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill proofread -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/proofread in flonat/flonat-research) into .claude/skills/proofread in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Proofread in Codex?
Run `npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill proofread -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/proofread in flonat/flonat-research) into .agents/skills/proofread in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Proofread 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 flonat/flonat-research --skill proofread -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/proofread, .gemini/skills/proofread, .github/skills/proofread and .opencode/skills/proofread in your project.
What does Proofread need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Proofread needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bash). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Glob, Grep.
Does Proofread 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 Proofread 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 Proofread use?
Proofread 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 Proofread use?
About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.4k 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 3.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Proofread?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Proofread: Nature-Style Academic Polishing (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 46k stars), Beamer (Noi1r/beamer-skill, 363 stars), Pre Submission Reviewer (HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills, 8.4k stars) and Research Paper Writing Coach (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Proofread?
flonat (a GitHub user) maintains it in flonat/flonat-research, which has 145 GitHub stars. The repository holds 83 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.
Source: flonat/flonat-research on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.