Agent skill

Writing Humanities

by Norman-bury in Norman-bury/research-writing-skill

A skill your agent uses when writing humanities or social science papers - provides discipline-specific writing guidance

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Install Writing Humanities

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Norman-bury/research-writing-skill --skill writing-humanities -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Norman-bury/research-writing-skill writing-humanities --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/Norman-bury/research-writing-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing-humanities .claude/skills/writing-humanities && 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
writing-humanities
GitHub stars
3.4k
Token cost
~665 tokens
SKILL.md length
173 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when writing humanities or social science papers - provides discipline-specific writing guidance

  • Works in 5 steps: 研究背景与意义 → 研究现状(文献综述简版) → 研究问题与目的 → …
  • Writing humanities
  • SKILL.md covers 一、文科论文特点, 二、论证结构, 三、写作风格 and 四、文献引用, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Writing Humanities is an agent skill from Norman-bury/research-writing-skill. Use when writing humanities or social science papers - provides discipline-specific writing guidance

Its SKILL.md is about 670 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 科研写作助手 (Research Writing Assistant). The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Writing humanities
  • Social science papers - provides discipline-specific writing guidance

Example prompts

  • “/writing-humanities”

Workflow steps

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

  1. 研究背景与意义
  2. 研究现状(文献综述简版)
  3. 研究问题与目的
  4. 研究方法
  5. 论文结构安排

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6f79595. 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

Writing Humanities loads about 665 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 173 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~30
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~665

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 Norman-bury/research-writing-skill at commit 6f79595, republished under its MIT licence (© Norman-bury). 173 words, ~665 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/writing-humanities/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
writing-humanities
description
Use when writing humanities or social science papers - provides discipline-specific writing guidance

文科写作专项

本技能针对人文社科类论文的写作特点,提供专项指导。

一、文科论文特点

与理工科的区别
方面理工科文科/社科
核心实验数据、技术方法论证逻辑、理论分析
结构IMRAD标准结构灵活多样
图表数据图表为主概念图、流程图为主
引用侧重近5年文献可追溯经典文献
语言简洁客观可适度文学化
常见文科论文类型
  • 文学评论:作品分析、文学理论应用
  • 历史研究:史料分析、历史事件解读
  • 哲学论文:概念辨析、逻辑论证
  • 教育研究:教学实践、教育理论
  • 社会学研究:社会现象分析、调查研究

二、论证结构

常用论证模式

总-分-总结构

引出论点 → 分论点1 + 论据 → 分论点2 + 论据 → 分论点3 + 论据 → 总结升华

递进式结构

现象描述 → 原因分析 → 深层探讨 → 解决方案/理论建构

对比式结构

观点A阐述 → 观点B阐述 → 比较分析 → 综合评价 → 自己立场

问题导向结构

提出问题 → 文献回顾 → 理论框架 → 分析论证 → 回答问题
论证要素

论点(Thesis)

  • 明确、具体、可论证
  • 避免过于宽泛或绝对化
  • ❌ "鲁迅很伟大"
  • ✅ "鲁迅杂文中的讽刺手法体现了其批判现实主义精神"

论据(Evidence)

  • 文本证据:原文引用、作品分析
  • 理论支撑:学术观点、理论框架
  • 事实依据:历史事件、统计数据、案例

论证(Argument)

  • 逻辑推理清晰
  • 论据与论点紧密关联
  • 避免逻辑跳跃

三、写作风格

学术语言特点

客观性

  • ❌ 我认为这部作品非常感人
  • ✅ 该作品通过细腻的心理描写引发读者的情感共鸣

准确性

  • ❌ 很多学者都这样认为
  • ✅ 王国维(1927)、朱光潜(1932)等学者均持此观点

规范性

  • 使用学科专业术语
  • 避免口语化表达
  • 保持人称一致(通常用第三人称或"本文")
文科特有表达

引入观点

  • 就...而言
  • 从...角度来看
  • 在...语境下
  • 基于...理论

分析表达

  • 体现了...
  • 反映出...
  • 揭示了...
  • 呈现出...

评价表达

  • 具有...意义
  • 存在...局限
  • 为...提供了新视角
  • 丰富了...的内涵
避免的表达
避免改为
我觉得本文认为/笔者认为
大家都知道学界普遍认为/众所周知
肯定是可以推断/有理由认为
绝对正确具有一定的合理性
完全错误存在值得商榷之处

四、文献引用

引用方式

直接引用

  • 短引用(40字以内):融入正文,加引号
  • 长引用(40字以上):另起一段,缩进,不加引号

间接引用(转述)

  • 用自己的语言概括他人观点
  • 仍需标注出处

综合引用

  • 综合多位学者观点
  • 示例:关于这一问题,学界存在不同看法(张三,2020;李四,2021)
中文文科常用引用格式

著作

[1] 王国维. 人间词话[M]. 北京: 人民文学出版社, 1960: 15.

论文

[2] 钱钟书. 论"通感"[J]. 文学评论, 1962(1): 13-25.

古籍

[3] [清]王夫之. 读通鉴论[M]. 北京: 中华书局, 1975: 卷十二.

外文译著

[4] [德]海德格尔. 存在与时间[M]. 陈嘉映, 王庆节, 译. 北京: 三联书店, 2006: 42.

五、章节写作指南

绪论/引言

内容要素

  1. 研究背景与意义
  2. 研究现状(文献综述简版)
  3. 研究问题与目的
  4. 研究方法
  5. 论文结构安排

写作要点

  • 从宏观到微观,逐步聚焦
  • 明确研究的创新点或独特视角
  • 长度:全文的10-15%
文献综述

组织方式

  • 按主题分类
  • 按时间顺序
  • 按学派/观点分类
  • 按研究方法分类

写作要点

  • 不是简单罗列,要有评述
  • 指出已有研究的贡献与不足
  • 引出本研究的必要性
正文论述

每章结构

  • 章节引言:本章要解决的问题
  • 主体论述:分节展开
  • 章节小结:本章主要观点

段落衔接

  • 使用过渡句连接段落
  • 保持论证逻辑的连贯性
  • 适时回扣主论点
结论

内容要素

  1. 研究主要发现/观点总结
  2. 理论贡献或实践意义
  3. 研究局限性
  4. 未来研究方向

写作要点

  • 不引入新论据
  • 不简单重复正文
  • 适度升华,但不过度拔高

六、质量检查清单

论证检查
  • 论点是否明确、可论证?
  • 论据是否充分、可靠?
  • 论证逻辑是否清晰?
  • 是否回应了可能的反驳?
结构检查
  • 各章节是否围绕主题?
  • 章节之间是否有逻辑关联?
  • 是否有重复或遗漏?
引用检查
  • 引用格式是否统一?
  • 引用是否有分析评论?
  • 是否存在过度引用?
语言检查
  • 是否符合学术语言规范?
  • 专业术语使用是否准确?
  • 是否存在口语化表达?

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/writing-humanities of Norman-bury/research-writing-skill.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6f79595

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Questions about Writing Humanities

What does Writing Humanities do?

A skill your agent uses when writing humanities or social science papers - provides discipline-specific writing guidance. Writing Humanities is an agent skill from Norman-bury/research-writing-skill.

When should I use Writing Humanities?

Writing Humanities fits situations like: writing humanities; social science papers - provides discipline-specific writing guidance.

How do I install Writing Humanities in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Writing Humanities in Codex?

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

Can I use Writing Humanities 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 Norman-bury/research-writing-skill --skill writing-humanities -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/writing-humanities, .gemini/skills/writing-humanities, .github/skills/writing-humanities and .opencode/skills/writing-humanities in your project.

What does Writing Humanities need to run?

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

Does Writing Humanities 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 Writing Humanities 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 Writing Humanities use?

Writing Humanities 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 Writing Humanities use?

About 665 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Writing Humanities?

Norman-bury (a GitHub user) maintains it in Norman-bury/research-writing-skill, which has 3,384 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 10, 2026.

Source: Norman-bury/research-writing-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.