Agent skill

Est Writing Style

by franklee16 in franklee16/academic-research-skills

A skill your agent uses when drafting or polishing the prose of an Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) manuscript so it reads for a multidisciplinary audience in ACS style and fits the…

No licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Est Writing Style

skills CLI
$ npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill est-writing-style -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install franklee16/academic-research-skills est-writing-style --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/franklee16/academic-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Environmental-Science-and-Technology-Skills/skills/est-writing-style .claude/skills/est-writing-style && 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
est-writing-style
GitHub stars
223
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~798 tokens
SKILL.md length
295 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,617
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when drafting or polishing the prose of an Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) manuscript so it reads for a multidisciplinary audience in ACS style and fits the…

  • Works in 6 steps: Significance up front. The abstract and… → Standard structure. Abstract →… → Write for the broad audience. Define… → …
  • Tasks that involve Brand voice and tone
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Structure & style ES&T expects, Anti-patterns and Output format, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Est Writing Style is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when drafting or polishing the prose of an Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) manuscript so it reads for a multidisciplinary audience in ACS style and fits the article-type word limit. ES&T values clear environmental significance stated early, ACS citation style, and tight prose. It guides writing and structure; it does not invent content.

Its SKILL.md is about 800 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Brand voice and tone and Citation management. The repository describes itself as: Comprehensive collection of Claude Code skills for academic research in economics, finance, and social sciences.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Brand voice and tone
  • Tasks that involve Citation management

Example prompts

  • “/est-writing-style”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Significance up front. The abstract and the end of the introduction must answer "why does this
  2. Standard structure. Abstract → Introduction → Materials and Methods → Results and Discussion →
  3. Write for the broad audience. Define specialist terms on first use; avoid undefined acronyms;
  4. Word discipline. Respect the per-type cap (Research Article ~7,000; Feature ~5,000; Review
  5. ACS style. Numbered citations in order of appearance; SI units; chemical names/formulae per
  6. Features are journalistic in tone; Policy Analysis speaks to the science–policy interface.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a4b2db. 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

Est Writing Style loads about 798 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 295 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~798

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 295 words (~798 tokens).

“ES&T is read across environmental chemistry, engineering, toxicology, and policy, so the writing must land the environmental significance quickly and stay legible to non-specialists — within a firm word budget. House style is ACS (numbered citations).”

— opening of SKILL.md by franklee16
name
est-writing-style

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Environmental-Science-and-Technology-Skills/skills/est-writing-style of franklee16/academic-research-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a4b2db

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Est Writing Style

What does Est Writing Style do?

A skill your agent uses when drafting or polishing the prose of an Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) manuscript so it reads for a multidisciplinary audience in ACS style and fits the…. Est Writing Style is an agent skill from franklee16/academic-research-skills. Use when drafting or polishing the prose of an Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) manuscript so it reads for a multidisciplinary audience in ACS style and fits the article-type word limit.

When should I use Est Writing Style?

Est Writing Style fits situations like: tasks that involve Brand voice and tone; tasks that involve Citation management.

How do I install Est Writing Style in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill est-writing-style -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Environmental-Science-and-Technology-Skills/skills/est-writing-style in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .claude/skills/est-writing-style in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Est Writing Style in Codex?

Run `npx skills add franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill est-writing-style -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Awesome-Journal-Skills-main/Environmental-Science-and-Technology-Skills/skills/est-writing-style in franklee16/academic-research-skills) into .agents/skills/est-writing-style in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Est Writing Style 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 franklee16/academic-research-skills --skill est-writing-style -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/est-writing-style, .gemini/skills/est-writing-style, .github/skills/est-writing-style and .opencode/skills/est-writing-style in your project.

What does Est Writing Style need to run?

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

Does Est Writing Style 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 Est Writing Style 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 Est Writing Style use?

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

How many tokens does Est Writing Style use?

About 798 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k 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 Est Writing Style?

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Who maintains Est Writing Style?

franklee16 (a GitHub user) maintains it in franklee16/academic-research-skills, which has 223 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,617 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 18, 2026.

Source: franklee16/academic-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.