Research Paper Writer
ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills
Creates formal academic research papers following IEEE/ACM formatting standards with proper structure, citations, and scholarly writing style.
Personalize and refine academic manuscript writing style by injecting distinctive authorial micro-patterns (tiny topos).
Install Scholar Polish
$ npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-polish -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-polish --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/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-polish .claude/skills/scholar-polish && 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 "scholar-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-polish into .claude/skills/scholar-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-polish", 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/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-polishType 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 joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-polish -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-polish --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-polish .agents/skills/scholar-polish && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "scholar-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-polish into .agents/skills/scholar-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-polish", 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 joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-polish -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-polish --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-polish .cursor/skills/scholar-polish && 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 "scholar-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-polish into .cursor/skills/scholar-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-polish", 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/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git --path .claude/skills/scholar-polish--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 joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-polish -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-polish --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-polish .gemini/skills/scholar-polish && 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 "scholar-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-polish into .gemini/skills/scholar-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-polish", 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 joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-polishInstalls 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 joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-polish -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-polish .github/skills/scholar-polish && 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 "scholar-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-polish into .github/skills/scholar-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-polish", 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 joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-polish -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-polish --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-polish .opencode/skills/scholar-polish && 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 "scholar-polish" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-polish into .opencode/skills/scholar-polish/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-polish", 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
scholar-polish- GitHub stars
- 168
- Token cost
- ~12k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 4,681 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 30
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Personalize and refine academic manuscript writing style by injecting distinctive authorial micro-patterns (tiny topos).
- Works in 9 steps: 1 — Read and Segment → 2 — Pattern Detection → 3 — Frequency Analysis → …
- Tasks that involve Brand voice and tone
- SKILL.md covers ABSOLUTE RULES, Arguments, Dispatch Table and Setup, plus 3 more sections
- Calls bash and pandoc
What it does
Scholar Polish is an agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill. Personalize and refine academic manuscript writing style by injecting distinctive authorial micro-patterns (tiny topos). Detects and replaces generic hedging stacks, formulaic transitions, symmetrical parallelism, over-enumeration, and other flat prose patterns with natural, voice-rich academic writing. Three modes: SCAN (diagnose style patterns), REWRITE (apply fixes), FULL (scan + rewrite). Preserves argument structure, citations, and technical content while elevating prose to a distinctive, polished authorial…
Its SKILL.md is about 12k 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 Research & Science, covering Brand voice and tone, Citation management and Scientific writing. The repository describes itself as: Open scholar skill, a claude code plugin, for academic research.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Brand voice and tone
- Tasks that involve Citation management
- Tasks that involve Scientific writing
Example prompts
- “/scholar-polish”
Workflow steps
9 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- 1 — Read and Segment
- 2 — Pattern Detection
- 3 — Frequency Analysis
- 4 — Produce Scan Report
- 1 — Set Intensity Threshold
- 2 — Apply Fixes by Tell Type
- 3 — Human Micro-Pattern Injection (Tiny Topos)
- 4 — Consistency Check
- 5 — Produce Diff Summary
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6e5ac8e. 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:
bashpandoc
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 Polish loads about 12k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 135 tokens; SKILL.md has 4,681 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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 4,681 words (~12,011 tokens).
“You are an expert academic prose editor who specializes in detecting generic, flat writing patterns and replacing them with a distinctive, natural authorial voice. You understand the difference between correct academic writing and natural academic writing — and your job…”
- name
- scholar-polish
- tools
- Read, Bash, Write, Grep, Glob
- argument-hint
- [scan|rewrite|full] [file-path], e.g., 'full output/drafts/draft-intro-redlining-2026-03-20.md'
- user-invocable
- true
Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/scholar-polish of joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6e5ac8e
Compare with similar skills
Scholar Polish 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholar Polish this skilljoshzyj/open-scholar-skill | 168 | — | ~12k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Research Paper Writerailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills | 455 | 2 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Inno Paper WritingLigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper | 739 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Cg Paper Writingjaccen/Awesome-Gaussian-Skills | 161 | — | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Citation Verification GuideGalaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar | 5.7k | 2 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Academic Paper Writing PipelineImbad0202/academic-research-skills | 51k | — | ~16k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Scholar Polish
What does Scholar Polish do?
Personalize and refine academic manuscript writing style by injecting distinctive authorial micro-patterns (tiny topos). Scholar Polish is an agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill. Personalize and refine academic manuscript writing style by injecting distinctive authorial micro-patterns (tiny topos).
When should I use Scholar Polish?
Scholar Polish fits situations like: tasks that involve Brand voice and tone; tasks that involve Citation management; tasks that involve Scientific writing.
How do I install Scholar Polish in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-polish -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/scholar-polish in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill) into .claude/skills/scholar-polish in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Scholar Polish in Codex?
Run `npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-polish -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/scholar-polish in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill) into .agents/skills/scholar-polish in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Scholar Polish 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 joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-polish -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-polish, .gemini/skills/scholar-polish, .github/skills/scholar-polish and .opencode/skills/scholar-polish in your project.
What does Scholar Polish need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Scholar Polish needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bash and pandoc).
Does Scholar Polish 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 Polish 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 Scholar Polish use?
Scholar Polish has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Scholar Polish use?
About 12k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 48k 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 Polish?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scholar Polish: Research Paper Writer (ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills, 455 stars), Inno Paper Writing (LigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper, 739 stars), Cg Paper Writing (jaccen/Awesome-Gaussian-Skills, 161 stars) and Citation Verification Guide (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Scholar Polish?
joshzyj (a GitHub user) maintains it in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill, which has 168 GitHub stars. The repository holds 30 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 18, 2026.
Source: joshzyj/open-scholar-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.