Academic Paper Strategist
AAASS554/codex-academic-paper-skills
A skill your agent uses when the user needs to plan, de-risk, or ground a software engineering / computer science undergraduate thesis from a real codebase before final writing.
Develop SubZeroClaw — the single-file ~550-line C agentic runtime.
Install Subzeroclaw Contribute
$ npx skills add genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw --skill subzeroclaw-contribute -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw subzeroclaw-contribute --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/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute .claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute && 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 "subzeroclaw-contribute" agent skill from https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw/tree/main/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute into .claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "subzeroclaw-contribute", 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/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw/tree/main/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contributeType 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 genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw --skill subzeroclaw-contribute -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw subzeroclaw-contribute --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute .agents/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "subzeroclaw-contribute" agent skill from https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw/tree/main/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute into .agents/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "subzeroclaw-contribute", 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 genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw --skill subzeroclaw-contribute -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw subzeroclaw-contribute --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute .cursor/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute && 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 "subzeroclaw-contribute" agent skill from https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw/tree/main/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute into .cursor/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "subzeroclaw-contribute", 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/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw.git --path .claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute--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 genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw --skill subzeroclaw-contribute -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw subzeroclaw-contribute --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute .gemini/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute && 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 "subzeroclaw-contribute" agent skill from https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw/tree/main/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute into .gemini/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "subzeroclaw-contribute", 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 genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw subzeroclaw-contributeInstalls 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 genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw --skill subzeroclaw-contribute -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute .github/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute && 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 "subzeroclaw-contribute" agent skill from https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw/tree/main/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute into .github/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "subzeroclaw-contribute", 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 genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw --skill subzeroclaw-contribute -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw subzeroclaw-contribute --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute .opencode/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute && 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 "subzeroclaw-contribute" agent skill from https://github.com/genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw/tree/main/.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute into .opencode/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "subzeroclaw-contribute", 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
subzeroclaw-contribute- GitHub stars
- 137
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 497 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Develop SubZeroClaw — the single-file ~550-line C agentic runtime.
- Works in 2 steps: Reduce complexity — same behaviour with… → Prove a runtime limitation — a task…
- Tasks that involve Essays and academic help
- SKILL.md covers The two contributions that are…, Code map (src/subzeroclaw.c), Build & test and The bar, restated
- Calls make; needs SUBZEROCLAW_API_KEY
What it does
Subzeroclaw Contribute is an agent skill from genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw. Develop SubZeroClaw — the single-file ~550-line C agentic runtime. Load this before changing src/subzeroclaw.c or src/test.c: it carries the anti-framework thesis (the goal is NOT to grow), the code map (the loop, config, the shell tool, async compaction), what will and won't be merged, and the build/test loop. To merely run or configure SubZeroClaw, use subzeroclaw-use.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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 Education, covering Essays and academic help. It works with OpenRouter. The repository describes itself as: An agent small enough to run anywhere. A minimal agentic runtime in C — ~380 lines, 54KB binary, ~2MB RAM. A skill file + an LLM + a shell loop, no framework. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Essays and academic help
Example prompts
- “/subzeroclaw-contribute”
Requirements
- A credential in SUBZEROCLAW_API_KEY
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Reduce complexity — same behaviour with less code, fewer moving parts, or
- Prove a runtime limitation — a task where "skill + shell + LLM loop" genuinely
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6b6b5ad. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
make
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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
SUBZEROCLAW_API_KEY
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Subzeroclaw Contribute loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 99 tokens; SKILL.md has 497 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 genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw at commit 6b6b5ad, republished under its MIT licence (© genlayerlabs). 497 words, ~1,054 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- subzeroclaw-contribute
- description
- Develop SubZeroClaw — the single-file ~550-line C agentic runtime. Load this before changing src/subzeroclaw.c or src/test.c: it carries the anti-framework thesis (the goal is NOT to grow), the code map (the loop, config, the shell tool, async compaction), what will and won't be merged, and the build/test loop. To merely run or configure SubZeroClaw, use subzeroclaw-use.
Contributing to SubZeroClaw
SubZeroClaw is an anti-framework: the goal is not to grow but to stay minimal,
readable and correct. The whole runtime is one file, src/subzeroclaw.c
(~550 lines). Before you add anything, read CONTRIBUTING.md — a PR that adds
surface has to clear a high bar, and several categories are refused outright.
The two contributions that are welcome
- Reduce complexity — same behaviour with less code, fewer moving parts, or clearer logic: remove a function that doesn't earn its place, flatten a control path, drop a dependency or an allocation, replace a hand-rolled pattern with libc. A PR that removes lines while keeping tests green is probably good.
- Prove a runtime limitation — a task where "skill + shell + LLM loop" genuinely
breaks down in the runtime, not the skill. The honest test: could a better
.mdskill fix it? If yes, it's a skill problem, not a SubZeroClaw one. If the limitation is structural (e.g. binary tool output can't round-trip through the JSON string protocol), that's worth discussing. Open an issue with the task, the skill you wrote, what happened, and why no skill can work around it.
Won't be merged: new tools (the shell is the only tool — the model runs git,
tee, curl itself); plugin systems, hooks, event buses, middleware (multi-user
platform problems SubZeroClaw doesn't have); backward-compatibility shims.
Code map (src/subzeroclaw.c)
The loop, top to bottom:
| Function | Role |
|---|---|
config_parse_line / config_load | parse the config keys; env overrides; scrub the four provider secrets (SUBZEROCLAW_API_KEY/_ENDPOINT/_REQUEST_EXTRA/_COMPACT_EXTRA) from the environment (wipe-in-place + unsetenv) so the model's shell never sees the key. SUBZEROCLAW_SKILLS is preserved on purpose. |
main | read config + skills, build the system prompt, seed the message array, drive the loop. |
agent_run | the turn loop: POST to endpoint, parse, dispatch tools, until a stop or max_turns. |
parse_response | pull assistant text / tool calls / errors out of the completion JSON. |
process_tool_calls | the one tool: run each shell command via popen() (stderr merged), append results as turns. |
round_has_command | guard: did this round actually request a shell command? |
compact_fire / compact_splice / compact_url | async context sealing: on the router's x_router.compact signal, fire /v1/compact in the background and splice the sealed block in ahead of intervening turns — no turn is ever blocked. |
log_write, write_temp, mkdirp | session logging + scratch files. |
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cJSON is vendored (src/cJSON.c/.h) and used automatically when system
libcjson is absent (the Makefile detects it via pkg-config).
Build & test
make # single-file build → subzeroclaw (needs gcc; -lm or -lcjson)
make test # builds test_subzeroclaw and runs the suite → "31 passed, 0 failed"
make install # → ~/.local/bin/
make cleansrc/test.c #includes src/subzeroclaw.c directly and defines SZC_TEST to
exclude main, so tests link against the real functions. All 31 tests must
pass, and if you change subzeroclaw.c you must update test.c to match — the
suite covers the shell tool, turn framing, request building + request_extra
merge, response/error parsing, the compact flag + splice, tool dispatch, the
system prompt, skill loading, and config (including the env scrub).
The bar, restated
Every line justifies its existence. The code that remains is the code that can't
be removed. If your change grows the file, the burden is on you to show the
runtime — not a skill — needed it. See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full policy.
© genlayerlabs, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute of genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6b6b5ad
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| Humanities Thesisganzhi-black/humanities-thesis-skill | 632 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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| Thesis CreatorStars-OC/thesis-creator | 230 | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Subzeroclaw Contribute
What does Subzeroclaw Contribute do?
Develop SubZeroClaw — the single-file ~550-line C agentic runtime. Subzeroclaw Contribute is an agent skill from genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw. Develop SubZeroClaw — the single-file ~550-line C agentic runtime.
When should I use Subzeroclaw Contribute?
Subzeroclaw Contribute fits situations like: tasks that involve Essays and academic help.
How do I install Subzeroclaw Contribute in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw --skill subzeroclaw-contribute -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute in genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw) into .claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Subzeroclaw Contribute in Codex?
Run `npx skills add genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw --skill subzeroclaw-contribute -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute in genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw) into .agents/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Subzeroclaw Contribute 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 genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw --skill subzeroclaw-contribute -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute, .gemini/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute, .github/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute and .opencode/skills/subzeroclaw-contribute in your project.
What does Subzeroclaw Contribute need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Subzeroclaw Contribute needs the command-line tools its instructions call (make) and credentials named SUBZEROCLAW_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in SUBZEROCLAW_API_KEY.
Does Subzeroclaw Contribute 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 Subzeroclaw Contribute 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 Subzeroclaw Contribute use?
Subzeroclaw Contribute 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 Subzeroclaw Contribute use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k 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 Subzeroclaw Contribute?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Subzeroclaw Contribute: Academic Paper Strategist (AAASS554/codex-academic-paper-skills, 539 stars), Modeling Paper Rubric and Model Selector (yushui2022/MathModel-Skill, 453 stars), Humanities Thesis (ganzhi-black/humanities-thesis-skill, 632 stars) and Skill Thesis Writer (yanlin-cheng/skill-thesis-writer, 207 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Subzeroclaw Contribute?
genlayerlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw, which has 137 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 25, 2026.
Source: genlayerlabs/subzeroclaw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.