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面向中国 AI / ML 研究者，主投 Nature Machine Intelligence、次投 Nature Communications / Nature Computational Science、必要时冲刺 Nature 的论文写作技能（craft + taste + story-craft）。v5 在 v4 拆分版上吸收了 8 篇 2024–2026 NMI/NC/Nature…
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Install Nature Writing
$ npx skills add SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill --skill nature-writing -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill nature-writing --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "nature-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill/tree/main into .claude/skills/nature-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "nature-writing", 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.
$ npx skills add SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill --skill nature-writing -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill nature-writing --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "nature-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill/tree/main into .agents/skills/nature-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "nature-writing", 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 SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill --skill nature-writing -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill nature-writing --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "nature-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill/tree/main into .cursor/skills/nature-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "nature-writing", 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.
$ npx skills add SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill --skill nature-writing -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill nature-writing --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "nature-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill/tree/main into .gemini/skills/nature-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "nature-writing", 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 SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill nature-writingInstalls 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 SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill --skill nature-writing -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "nature-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill/tree/main into .github/skills/nature-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "nature-writing", 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 SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill --skill nature-writing -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill nature-writing --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "nature-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill/tree/main into .opencode/skills/nature-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "nature-writing", 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
nature-writing- GitHub stars
- 159
- Token cost
- ~4.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 885 words
- Files
- 44 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 1
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
面向中国 AI / ML 研究者，主投 Nature Machine Intelligence、次投 Nature Communications / Nature Computational Science、必要时冲刺 Nature 的论文写作技能（craft + taste + story-craft）。v5 在 v4 拆分版上吸收了 8 篇 2024–2026 NMI/NC/Nature…
- Works in 4 steps: 先记住这句话：论文不是实验清单，是阅读体验 → Routing — 按任务加载 → 提交前 checklist → …
- SKILL.md covers Craft, Taste, and Story-Craft…, 0. 先记住这句话：论文不是实验清单，是阅读体验, 1. Routing — 按任务加载 and 2. 提交前 checklist, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Nature Writing is an agent skill from SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill. 面向中国 AI / ML 研究者，主投 Nature Machine Intelligence、次投 Nature Communications / Nature Computational Science、必要时冲刺 Nature 的论文写作技能（craft + taste + story-craft）。v5 在 v4 拆分版上吸收了 8 篇 2024–2026 NMI/NC/Nature 纯 AI 方法论文（DeepSeek-R1、Densing law、AligNet、ADeLe、Webb-MAP、DiscoRL、Farquhar semantic-entropy、Whitelam Simmering），新增 measurement / new-ruler hook、correctness-gap limitation、pure-AI 数字密度 carve-out、SI black hole 反模式、AI evaluation/measurement 子门类剧本等。本 SKILL.md 为瘦索引：骨架公式、写作顺序、按任务加载的 routing table、提交前 checklist、屏幕边 quick…
Its SKILL.md is about 4.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 46 other files, including reference files (for example `FIGURE-SKILL.md`, `README.md` and `_framework.md`).
It works with DeepSeek. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code / Codex skill — Nature-family paper writing (NMI / NC / NCS / Nature) for Chinese AI/ML researchers, distilled from 44 OA papers.
Example prompts
- “/nature-writing”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- 先记住这句话：论文不是实验清单，是阅读体验
- Routing — 按任务加载
- 提交前 checklist
- Quick field manual（屏幕边贴条）
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c1a8716. 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
Nature Writing loads about 4.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~30k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 186 tokens; SKILL.md has 885 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
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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 885 words (~4,214 tokens).
- name
- nature-writing
Files
SKILL.md and 43 other files (references) in the repository root of SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill.
- SKILL.md
- .gitignore
- FIGURE-SKILL.md
- README.md
- _framework.md
- archive/README.md
- archive/SKILL.v3.md
- extracts/01-singlecell.md
- extracts/02-protein.md
- extracts/03-physics.md
- extracts/04-drug.md
- extracts/05-medical.md
- extracts/06-ml.md
- extracts/07-ai-methods.md
- figure-references/01-fig1-schematic.md
- figure-references/02-color.md
- figure-references/03-typography-layout.md
- figure-references/04-chart-selection.md
- … and 26 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit c1a8716
Compare with similar skills
Nature Writing next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Writing this skillSyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill | 159 | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| ModLens Image Vision Bridgeliustack/modlens | 4.2k | 1 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Vision SkillsAnionex/agent-vision-toolkit | 1.2k | 1 repos | ~4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Distilly Person Profile Buildertitanwings/distilly | 25k | — | ~15k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Evals Contextzgsm-ai/costrict | 4.4k | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| J SpaceTiger3807861189/J-Space-Cognition-Suite | 3k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Nature Writing
What does Nature Writing do?
面向中国 AI / ML 研究者，主投 Nature Machine Intelligence、次投 Nature Communications / Nature Computational Science、必要时冲刺 Nature 的论文写作技能（craft + taste + story-craft）。v5 在 v4 拆分版上吸收了 8 篇 2024–2026 NMI/NC/Nature…. Nature Writing is an agent skill from SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill.
How do I install Nature Writing in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill --skill nature-writing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (the SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill repository) into .claude/skills/nature-writing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Nature Writing in Codex?
Run `npx skills add SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill --skill nature-writing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (the SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill repository) into .agents/skills/nature-writing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Nature Writing 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 SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill --skill nature-writing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/nature-writing, .gemini/skills/nature-writing, .github/skills/nature-writing and .opencode/skills/nature-writing in your project.
What does Nature Writing need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Nature Writing is instructions for the agent only.
Does Nature Writing 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 Nature Writing 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 Nature Writing use?
No licence was found for Nature Writing or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Nature Writing use?
About 4.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k 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 26k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Nature Writing?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Nature Writing: ModLens Image Vision Bridge (liustack/modlens, 4.2k stars), Vision Skills (Anionex/agent-vision-toolkit, 1.2k stars), Distilly Person Profile Builder (titanwings/distilly, 25k stars) and Evals Context (zgsm-ai/costrict, 4.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Nature Writing?
SyntaxSmith (a GitHub user) maintains it in SyntaxSmith/nature-writing-skill, which has 159 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on April 27, 2026.
Source: SyntaxSmith/nature-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.