A skill your agent uses when writing law papers - provides legal writing conventions, citation formats, and argumentation guidance

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Writing Law

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Norman-bury/research-writing-skill writing-law --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-law .claude/skills/writing-law && 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-law
GitHub stars
3.4k
Token cost
~592 tokens
SKILL.md length
124 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when writing law papers - provides legal writing conventions, citation formats, and argumentation guidance

  • Works in 6 steps: 确定待分析的法律规范 → 文义解释:字面含义 → 体系解释:与其他条文的关系 → …
  • Writing law papers - provides legal writing conventions
  • SKILL.md covers 一、法学论文特点, 二、法学论文结构, 三、法学引用规范 and 四、法学写作规范, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Writing Law is an agent skill from Norman-bury/research-writing-skill. Use when writing law papers - provides legal writing conventions, citation formats, and argumentation guidance

Its SKILL.md is about 590 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 Citation management. The repository describes itself as: 科研写作助手 (Research Writing Assistant). The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Writing law papers - provides legal writing conventions
  • Citation formats
  • Argumentation guidance

Example prompts

  • “/writing-law”

Workflow steps

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

  1. 确定待分析的法律规范
  2. 文义解释:字面含义
  3. 体系解释:与其他条文的关系
  4. 目的解释:立法目的
  5. 历史解释:立法背景
  6. 比较解释:域外规定

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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • pkulaw.com
    • law.wkinfo.com.cn
    • wenshu.court.gov.cn

    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 Law loads about 592 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 31 tokens; SKILL.md has 124 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~31
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~592

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). 124 words, ~592 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/writing-law/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
writing-law
description
Use when writing law papers - provides legal writing conventions, citation formats, and argumentation guidance

法学写作专项

本技能针对法学论文的写作特点,提供专项指导。

一、法学论文特点

与其他学科的区别
方面法学论文一般文科
核心法律论证、规范分析论证逻辑
引用法律文件、司法案例、学说学术文献
结构问题导向、规范分析灵活多样
语言严谨精确、术语规范可适度文学化
常见法学论文类型
  • 理论研究:法学基础理论、法哲学
  • 规范分析:法条解释、制度分析
  • 案例研究:典型案例分析、判例评析
  • 比较法研究:域外法律制度比较
  • 实证研究:法律实施效果分析
  • 立法研究:立法建议、制度完善

二、法学论文结构

常见结构模式

问题导向结构(最常用)

一、问题的提出
二、现行法律规定及其不足
三、域外经验与比较借鉴
四、完善建议
五、结语

规范分析结构

一、引言
二、[制度/概念]的界定
三、[制度/概念]的构成要件
四、[制度/概念]的法律效果
五、[制度/概念]的适用问题
六、结论

案例研究结构

一、案情简介与争议焦点
二、裁判理由分析
三、学理评析
四、制度反思与建议

比较法结构

一、问题的提出
二、我国现行规定
三、域外立法例(德国法、日本法、英美法)
四、比较与借鉴
五、完善建议

三、法学引用规范

基于《法学引注手册》(2020年版)
著作引用
王利明:《民法总则研究》,中国人民大学出版社2018年版,第156页。
期刊论文引用
张明楷:《刑法学中的概念使用与概念界定》,载《法学研究》2021年第3期,第75页。
法律文件引用
《中华人民共和国民法典》第1165条第1款。
司法案例引用
张某诉李某合同纠纷案,最高人民法院(2020)最高法民终123号民事判决书。
司法解释引用
《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国民法典〉合同编通则若干问题的解释》(法释〔2023〕13号)第5条。
外文文献引用
英文著作
H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law (Oxford University Press 2012), p. 89.
英文期刊
Richard A. Posner, "The Decline of Law as an Autonomous Discipline", Harvard Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 4 (1987), pp. 761-780.

四、法学写作规范

语言风格

准确性

  • ❌ 这个法律规定不太合理
  • ✅ 该条款在适用中存在以下问题

规范性

  • ❌ 法院判错了
  • ✅ 该判决在法律适用上存在值得商榷之处

客观性

  • ❌ 我认为应该修改法律
  • ✅ 基于上述分析,现行规定有待完善
常用法学表达

引出问题

  • 实践中存在...的问题
  • 学界对此存在争议
  • 现行法对此规定不明

分析论证

  • 从文义解释角度
  • 从体系解释角度
  • 从目的解释角度
  • 从历史解释角度

比较借鉴

  • 域外立法例表明...
  • 比较法上的经验显示...

得出结论

  • 综上所述
  • 基于以上分析
  • 由此可见

五、法学研究方法

规范分析法
  1. 确定待分析的法律规范
  2. 文义解释:字面含义
  3. 体系解释:与其他条文的关系
  4. 目的解释:立法目的
  5. 历史解释:立法背景
  6. 比较解释:域外规定
案例分析法
  1. 案情梳理:事实认定
  2. 争议焦点:法律问题提炼
  3. 裁判分析:法院论证逻辑
  4. 学理评析:理论支撑或批评
  5. 制度反思:规则完善建议

六、法学论文检查清单

结构与逻辑
  • 问题意识明确
  • 论证层次清晰
  • 各部分衔接自然
  • 结论与论证一致
引用规范
  • 引用格式统一
  • 法条引用准确
  • 案例引用完整
  • 外文引用规范
语言表达
  • 术语使用准确
  • 表达客观规范
  • 无口语化表达
学术规范
  • 观点有出处
  • 引用标注完整
  • 创新点明确

七、常用资源

法律数据库
CSSCI法学期刊
  • 中国法学、法学研究、中外法学、法学家、法学、法律科学、政法论坛、现代法学、法商研究、法制与社会发展

© Norman-bury, 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 skills/writing-law of Norman-bury/research-writing-skill.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6f79595

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Questions about Writing Law

What does Writing Law do?

A skill your agent uses when writing law papers - provides legal writing conventions, citation formats, and argumentation guidance. Writing Law is an agent skill from Norman-bury/research-writing-skill.

When should I use Writing Law?

Writing Law fits situations like: writing law papers - provides legal writing conventions; citation formats; argumentation guidance.

How do I install Writing Law in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Writing Law in Codex?

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

Can I use Writing Law 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-law -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-law, .gemini/skills/writing-law, .github/skills/writing-law and .opencode/skills/writing-law in your project.

What does Writing Law need to run?

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

Does Writing Law access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. As links in the text: pkulaw.com, law.wkinfo.com.cn and wenshu.court.gov.cn. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Writing Law 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 Law use?

Writing Law 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 Law 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.

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Who maintains Writing Law?

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.