Agent skill

Paper Writing Section

by lingzhi227 in lingzhi227/agent-research-skills

Write a specific section of an academic paper (Abstract, Introduction, Background, Related Work, Methods, Experiments, Results, Discussion/Conclusion) with section-specific guidance and two-pass…

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Paper Writing Section

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill paper-writing-section -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lingzhi227/agent-research-skills paper-writing-section --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/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-writing-section .claude/skills/paper-writing-section && 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
paper-writing-section
GitHub stars
390
Token cost
~592 tokens
SKILL.md length
195 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
31
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Write a specific section of an academic paper (Abstract, Introduction, Background, Related Work, Methods, Experiments, Results, Discussion/Conclusion) with section-specific guidance and two-pass…

  • Works in 3 steps: Gather Context → Write the Section → Two-Pass Refinement
  • The user wants to write
  • SKILL.md covers Input, Workflow, References and Output, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Paper Writing Section is an agent skill from lingzhi227/agent-research-skills. Write a specific section of an academic paper (Abstract, Introduction, Background, Related Work, Methods, Experiments, Results, Discussion/Conclusion) with section-specific guidance and two-pass refinement. Use when the user wants to write, draft, or improve a paper section.

Its SKILL.md is about 590 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/refinement-prompts.md` and `references/section-tips.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Scientific writing and Literature review. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: Skills for Claude Code — deep-research: systematic academic literature review.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to write
  • Improve a paper section

Example prompts

  • “/paper-writing-section”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Gather Context
  2. Write the Section
  3. Two-Pass Refinement

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9e6c085. 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

Paper Writing Section loads about 592 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 195 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~592
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.2k

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 195 words (~592 tokens).

“Write a publication-quality section for an academic paper.”

— opening of SKILL.md by lingzhi227
name
paper-writing-section
argument-hint
section-name

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/paper-writing-section of lingzhi227/agent-research-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/refinement-prompts.md
  • references/section-tips.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9e6c085

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Questions about Paper Writing Section

What does Paper Writing Section do?

Write a specific section of an academic paper (Abstract, Introduction, Background, Related Work, Methods, Experiments, Results, Discussion/Conclusion) with section-specific guidance and two-pass…. Paper Writing Section is an agent skill from lingzhi227/agent-research-skills. Write a specific section of an academic paper (Abstract, Introduction, Background, Related Work, Methods, Experiments, Results, Discussion/Conclusion) with section-specific guidance and two-pass refinement.

When should I use Paper Writing Section?

Paper Writing Section fits situations like: the user wants to write; improve a paper section.

How do I install Paper Writing Section in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill paper-writing-section -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-writing-section in lingzhi227/agent-research-skills) into .claude/skills/paper-writing-section in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Paper Writing Section in Codex?

Run `npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill paper-writing-section -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-writing-section in lingzhi227/agent-research-skills) into .agents/skills/paper-writing-section in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Paper Writing Section 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 lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill paper-writing-section -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paper-writing-section, .gemini/skills/paper-writing-section, .github/skills/paper-writing-section and .opencode/skills/paper-writing-section in your project.

What does Paper Writing Section need to run?

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

Does Paper Writing Section 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 Paper Writing Section 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 Paper Writing Section use?

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

How many tokens does Paper Writing Section use?

About 592 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 1.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Paper Writing Section?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paper Writing Section: Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Econ Write (hanlulong/econ-writing-skill, 651 stars), Paper Orchestra (Ar9av/PaperOrchestra, 679 stars) and Paper Skill (cLin-c/paper-skill, 119 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Paper Writing Section?

lingzhi227 (a GitHub user) maintains it in lingzhi227/agent-research-skills, which has 390 GitHub stars. The repository holds 31 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on February 27, 2026.

Source: lingzhi227/agent-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.