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.
A skill your agent uses when a content-driven video has a candidate topic but still needs research, experiments, a defensible thesis, or user-approved scope before an article or video beats can be…
Install Develop Topic
$ npx skills add sugarforever/boring-video-studio --skill develop-topic -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sugarforever/boring-video-studio develop-topic --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/sugarforever/boring-video-studio.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/develop-topic .claude/skills/develop-topic && 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 "develop-topic" agent skill from https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio/tree/main/skills/develop-topic into .claude/skills/develop-topic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "develop-topic", 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/sugarforever/boring-video-studio/tree/main/skills/develop-topicType 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 sugarforever/boring-video-studio --skill develop-topic -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sugarforever/boring-video-studio develop-topic --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/develop-topic .agents/skills/develop-topic && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "develop-topic" agent skill from https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio/tree/main/skills/develop-topic into .agents/skills/develop-topic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "develop-topic", 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 sugarforever/boring-video-studio --skill develop-topic -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sugarforever/boring-video-studio develop-topic --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/develop-topic .cursor/skills/develop-topic && 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 "develop-topic" agent skill from https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio/tree/main/skills/develop-topic into .cursor/skills/develop-topic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "develop-topic", 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/sugarforever/boring-video-studio.git --path skills/develop-topic--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 sugarforever/boring-video-studio --skill develop-topic -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sugarforever/boring-video-studio develop-topic --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/develop-topic .gemini/skills/develop-topic && 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 "develop-topic" agent skill from https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio/tree/main/skills/develop-topic into .gemini/skills/develop-topic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "develop-topic", 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 sugarforever/boring-video-studio develop-topicInstalls 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 sugarforever/boring-video-studio --skill develop-topic -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/develop-topic .github/skills/develop-topic && 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 "develop-topic" agent skill from https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio/tree/main/skills/develop-topic into .github/skills/develop-topic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "develop-topic", 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 sugarforever/boring-video-studio --skill develop-topic -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sugarforever/boring-video-studio develop-topic --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/develop-topic .opencode/skills/develop-topic && 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 "develop-topic" agent skill from https://github.com/sugarforever/boring-video-studio/tree/main/skills/develop-topic into .opencode/skills/develop-topic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "develop-topic", 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
develop-topic- GitHub stars
- 167
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 511 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 11
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when a content-driven video has a candidate topic but still needs research, experiments, a defensible thesis, or user-approved scope before an article or video beats can be…
- A content-driven video has a candidate topic but still needs research
- SKILL.md covers Scope, Evidence workspace, Content contract and Approval gate
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- A defensible thesis
What it does
Develop Topic is an agent skill from sugarforever/boring-video-studio. Use when a content-driven video has a candidate topic but still needs research, experiments, a defensible thesis, or user-approved scope before an article or video beats can be written.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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 Education, covering Essays and academic help. The repository describes itself as: 小木头的个人视频流水线 Agent Skill - VerySmallWoods Video. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- A content-driven video has a candidate topic but still needs research
- A defensible thesis
- User-approved scope before an article
- Video beats can be written
Example prompts
- “/develop-topic”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ec7b52f. 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 (its code samples are markdown and yaml).
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
Develop Topic loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 511 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 sugarforever/boring-video-studio at commit ec7b52f, republished under its MIT licence (© sugarforever). 511 words, ~1,139 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/develop-topic/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- develop-topic
- description
- Use when a content-driven video has a candidate topic but still needs research, experiments, a defensible thesis, or user-approved scope before an article or video beats can be written.
Develop topic
Turn a candidate topic into an approved content contract. The work is ready for writing only when the argument, evidence, and boundaries no longer need to be invented downstream.
Scope
Start from one candidate topic or a small, naturally bounded set. When several nearby directions remain, compare them lightly for audience value, novelty, verifiability, demonstrability, author fit, and overclaiming risk; ask the user to choose before deep research. Open-ended trend scanning and maintaining an idea backlog stay outside this skill.
Evidence workspace
Create a content/ directory in the video project:
content/
|-- RESEARCH.md
|-- TOPIC.md
`-- experiments/Use RESEARCH.md for sourced facts, interpretations, disagreements, unknowns, rejected directions, and links to primary material. Keep collection separate from editorial selection.
Treat a claim as material when it affects whether the subject works, matters to the audience, differs from an alternative, can be demonstrated, or remains valid within the stated scope. Support it with a source or experiment strong enough for that exact claim; label weaker evidence provisional rather than silently stretching it.
When a claim needs runnable evidence, perform the smallest experiment that can settle it and write content/experiments/<name>.md with the question, method, samples, environment, command, results, limitations, and conclusions the result supports. Keep code and raw data in the project that owns them; record their paths and Git revision instead of copying them into the video project.
Content contract
Write content/TOPIC.md:
---
status: draft
audience: ...
core_question: ...
thesis: ...
scope: ...
voice:
language: ...
skills: []
documents: []
unavailable: []
status: resolved | assumed
---
# Working title
## Reader promise
## Argument
### A01 - Claim
- role: Why this claim exists in the argument
- claim: The exact proposition
- evidence: Links to RESEARCH.md headings or experiment reports
- confidence: established | provisional
- boundary: What the evidence does not establish
## Out of scope
## Open questions
## Alternate titlesResolve voice sources in this order: explicit user direction, project or brand guidance, an available writing-style skill matching the language and content type, visible user preferences, writing samples, then a clear explanatory default. Record the sources actually used and persist requested but unavailable sources under voice.unavailable; do not assume unavailable memory or a hidden profile.
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Approval gate
Present the working title, thesis, scope, argument, key evidence, boundaries, and material open questions for review. A title may keep changing, but audience, thesis, scope, argument, evidence, and conclusion boundaries are locked decisions.
Only explicit user approval changes the frontmatter to:
status: approved
approved_at: YYYY-MM-DD
approved_digest: sha256:<digest>The digest is SHA-256 of the complete file after removing only the approved_digest: line. Recompute it before trusting approval. A mismatch makes the approval stale and returns the file to draft. After a verified non-material title or copy edit, the digest may be refreshed without renewed approval; propagate the new digest to every dependent artifact.
Until then, keep all writing inside RESEARCH.md, experiment reports, and the draft TOPIC.md. Do not create ARTICLE.md or BEATS.md; a request to move quickly or permission to choose a thesis does not substitute for approval of the resulting contract.
A later material change to a locked decision returns TOPIC.md to draft and makes downstream article approval stale. Copy edits, examples, and title changes that preserve meaning do not revoke approval.
REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use artifact-preview for content/TOPIC.md whenever it is ready for review and after every later source change.
The topic is complete when TOPIC.md is approved, every material claim points to sufficient evidence, remaining open questions are non-blocking and visible, an article writer can draft without inventing facts, experiments, author position, argument, or scope, and the artifact-preview completion criterion is satisfied for content/TOPIC.preview.html.
© sugarforever, 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/develop-topic of sugarforever/boring-video-studio.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ec7b52f
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What does Develop Topic do?
A skill your agent uses when a content-driven video has a candidate topic but still needs research, experiments, a defensible thesis, or user-approved scope before an article or video beats can be…. Develop Topic is an agent skill from sugarforever/boring-video-studio. Use when a content-driven video has a candidate topic but still needs research, experiments, a defensible thesis, or user-approved scope before an article or video beats can be written.
When should I use Develop Topic?
Develop Topic fits situations like: A content-driven video has a candidate topic but still needs research; A defensible thesis; user-approved scope before an article; video beats can be written.
How do I install Develop Topic in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add sugarforever/boring-video-studio --skill develop-topic -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/develop-topic in sugarforever/boring-video-studio) into .claude/skills/develop-topic in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Develop Topic in Codex?
Run `npx skills add sugarforever/boring-video-studio --skill develop-topic -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/develop-topic in sugarforever/boring-video-studio) into .agents/skills/develop-topic in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Develop Topic 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 sugarforever/boring-video-studio --skill develop-topic -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/develop-topic, .gemini/skills/develop-topic, .github/skills/develop-topic and .opencode/skills/develop-topic in your project.
What does Develop Topic need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Develop Topic is instructions for the agent only.
Does Develop Topic 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 Develop Topic 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 Develop Topic use?
Develop Topic 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 Develop Topic use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k 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 Develop Topic?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Develop Topic: Academic Paper Strategist (AAASS554/codex-academic-paper-skills, 539 stars), Modeling Paper Rubric and Model Selector (yushui2022/MathModel-Skill, 452 stars), Humanities Thesis (ganzhi-black/humanities-thesis-skill, 627 stars) and Skill Thesis Writer (yanlin-cheng/skill-thesis-writer, 207 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Develop Topic?
sugarforever (a GitHub user) maintains it in sugarforever/boring-video-studio, which has 167 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: sugarforever/boring-video-studio on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.