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.
Build a defensible thesis or dissertation outline — argument-first structure, chapter by chapter, with the through-line visible.
Install Thesis Outline
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills thesis-outline --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/thesis-outline .claude/skills/thesis-outline && 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 "thesis-outline" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/thesis-outline into .claude/skills/thesis-outline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "thesis-outline", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/thesis-outlineType 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills thesis-outline --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/thesis-outline .agents/skills/thesis-outline && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "thesis-outline" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/thesis-outline into .agents/skills/thesis-outline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "thesis-outline", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills thesis-outline --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/thesis-outline .cursor/skills/thesis-outline && 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 "thesis-outline" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/thesis-outline into .cursor/skills/thesis-outline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "thesis-outline", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/thesis-outline--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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills thesis-outline --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/thesis-outline .gemini/skills/thesis-outline && 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 "thesis-outline" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/thesis-outline into .gemini/skills/thesis-outline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "thesis-outline", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills thesis-outlineInstalls 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/thesis-outline .github/skills/thesis-outline && 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 "thesis-outline" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/thesis-outline into .github/skills/thesis-outline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "thesis-outline", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills thesis-outline --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/thesis-outline .opencode/skills/thesis-outline && 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 "thesis-outline" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/thesis-outline into .opencode/skills/thesis-outline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "thesis-outline", 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
thesis-outline- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 531 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Build a defensible thesis or dissertation outline — argument-first structure, chapter by chapter, with the through-line visible.
- Works in 5 steps: Answer-first: the outline is the… → The through-line test: the final… → Evidence budgeting: map every… → …
- Asked to outline my thesis
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework and Output Format, plus 7 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Thesis Outline is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Build a defensible thesis or dissertation outline — argument-first structure, chapter by chapter, with the through-line visible. Use when asked to outline my thesis, structure my dissertation, plan my capstone, or organize my research into chapters. Produces a full outline: the one-sentence thesis, chapter map with each chapter's job and claim, evidence allocation, and the risk register of weak links an examiner would probe.
Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/worked-example.md`).
It sits in Education, covering Essays and academic help. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked to outline my thesis
- Structure my dissertation
- Plan my capstone
- Organize my research into chapters
Example prompts
- “/thesis-outline”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Answer-first: the outline is the argument for the thesis sentence; chapters exist to carry parts of that argument. "Chapter 4: Findings"…
- The through-line test: the final paragraph of each chapter should hand off to the next ("having shown X, the question becomes Y"). Write…
- Evidence budgeting: map every dataset/source cluster to the claims it supports. One chapter hoarding all evidence while another argues…
- Examiner simulation: for each chapter ask, "what would a skeptical expert probe?" — method validity, alternative explanations, scope…
- Scope honesty: everything in the outline that doesn't serve the thesis sentence gets a cut-or-justify note. Theses are late because…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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
Thesis Outline loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 111 tokens; SKILL.md has 531 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 531 words, ~1,041 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/thesis-outline/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- thesis-outline
- description
- Build a defensible thesis or dissertation outline — argument-first structure, chapter by chapter, with the through-line visible. Use when asked to outline my thesis, structure my dissertation, plan my capstone, or organize my research into chapters. Produces a full outline: the one-sentence thesis, chapter map with each chapter's job and claim, evidence allocation, and the risk register of weak links an examiner would probe.
Thesis Outline Skill
A thesis dies two ways: chapters that are containers instead of arguments, and a through-line only the author can see. This skill builds the outline argument-first — every chapter has a job and a claim — and then reads it like an examiner, flagging the weak links before the defense does.
What This Skill Produces
- The thesis sentence — one sentence; if it takes three, the work isn't scoped yet
- The chapter map — per chapter: its job in the argument, its central claim, its evidence
- Evidence allocation — which data/sources carry which chapter, exposing overloaded and starving chapters
- The examiner's risk register — the 3–5 weakest links, each with a shoring-up plan
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided:
- The research question and (draft) answer — even rough; the outline is built around the answer
- What exists already — data collected, chapters drafted, the literature review's gap statement
- Program constraints — length, chapter conventions of the field, deadline
- The supervisor's known opinions (optional but valuable — outlines that fight the supervisor lose slowly)
Framework
- Answer-first: the outline is the argument for the thesis sentence; chapters exist to carry parts of that argument. "Chapter 4: Findings" is a container; "Chapter 4: the survey data shows X, which establishes premise 2" is a chapter.
- The through-line test: the final paragraph of each chapter should hand off to the next ("having shown X, the question becomes Y"). Write those handoffs in the outline itself.
- Evidence budgeting: map every dataset/source cluster to the claims it supports. One chapter hoarding all evidence while another argues from air is the most common structural failure.
- Examiner simulation: for each chapter ask, "what would a skeptical expert probe?" — method validity, alternative explanations, scope creep, the gap between claim and evidence.
- Scope honesty: everything in the outline that doesn't serve the thesis sentence gets a cut-or-justify note. Theses are late because outlines are ambitious.
Output Format
Show full SKILL.md (214 more words)Show less
Thesis Outline: [working title]
Thesis sentence: … The argument in four moves: 1)… 2)… 3)… 4)…
Chapter map
| Ch | Title | Job in the argument | Central claim | Evidence carried |
|---|
Handoffs
[The one-sentence bridge ending each chapter]
Examiner's risk register
| Weak link | Where | The probe they'd make | Shoring-up plan |
|---|
Cut-or-justify
[Material that doesn't serve the thesis sentence, with a recommendation each]
Quality Checks
- The thesis fits in one sentence
- Every chapter has both a job and a claim — no container chapters
- Handoffs are written, making the through-line inspectable
- Evidence allocation shows no starving chapter
- The risk register names real probes with real shoring plans
Anti-Patterns
- Do not structure by activity ("what I read, what I did, what I found") — structure by argument
- Do not let chapter 2 be "everything I know about the field" — the literature review earns its place by establishing the gap, nothing more
- Do not allocate a claim no evidence supports — flag it as a collection gap now, not a defense surprise later
- Do not outline the ideal thesis — outline the one finishable with the data and months that exist
- Do not hide the weakest link — it's the first thing the committee finds; better it's the best-defended
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Outline my thesis."
- "Structure my dissertation."
- "Plan my capstone."
- "Organize my research into chapters."
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Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/thesis-outline of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/worked-example.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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| Skill Thesis Writeryanlin-cheng/skill-thesis-writer | 209 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
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What does Thesis Outline do?
Build a defensible thesis or dissertation outline — argument-first structure, chapter by chapter, with the through-line visible. Thesis Outline is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Build a defensible thesis or dissertation outline — argument-first structure, chapter by chapter, with the through-line visible.
When should I use Thesis Outline?
Thesis Outline fits situations like: asked to outline my thesis; structure my dissertation; plan my capstone; organize my research into chapters.
How do I install Thesis Outline in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/thesis-outline in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/thesis-outline in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Thesis Outline in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/thesis-outline in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/thesis-outline in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Thesis Outline 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill thesis-outline -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/thesis-outline, .gemini/skills/thesis-outline, .github/skills/thesis-outline and .opencode/skills/thesis-outline in your project.
What does Thesis Outline need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Thesis Outline is instructions for the agent only.
Does Thesis Outline 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 Thesis Outline 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 Thesis Outline use?
Thesis Outline 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 Thesis Outline use?
About 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. Its references folder adds about 1.8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Thesis Outline?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Thesis Outline: Academic Paper Strategist (AAASS554/codex-academic-paper-skills, 539 stars), Modeling Paper Rubric and Model Selector (yushui2022/MathModel-Skill, 454 stars), Humanities Thesis (ganzhi-black/humanities-thesis-skill, 637 stars) and Skill Thesis Writer (yanlin-cheng/skill-thesis-writer, 209 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Thesis Outline?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.