Design Harness
tigerless-labs/design-harness
A decision board for evidence-based calls — the human adjudicates, the agent runs the errands.
Write the survey's front matter files (Abstract, Introduction, Related Work, Discussion, Conclusion) in paper voice, with high citation density and a single evidence-policy paragraph.
Install Front Matter Writer
$ npx skills add WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill front-matter-writer -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills front-matter-writer --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/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer .claude/skills/front-matter-writer && 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 "front-matter-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills/tree/main/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer into .claude/skills/front-matter-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "front-matter-writer", 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/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills/tree/main/.codex/skills/front-matter-writerType 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 WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill front-matter-writer -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills front-matter-writer --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer .agents/skills/front-matter-writer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "front-matter-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills/tree/main/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer into .agents/skills/front-matter-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "front-matter-writer", 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 WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill front-matter-writer -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills front-matter-writer --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer .cursor/skills/front-matter-writer && 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 "front-matter-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills/tree/main/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer into .cursor/skills/front-matter-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "front-matter-writer", 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/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.git --path .codex/skills/front-matter-writer--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 WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill front-matter-writer -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills front-matter-writer --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer .gemini/skills/front-matter-writer && 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 "front-matter-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills/tree/main/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer into .gemini/skills/front-matter-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "front-matter-writer", 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 WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills front-matter-writerInstalls 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 WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill front-matter-writer -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer .github/skills/front-matter-writer && 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 "front-matter-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills/tree/main/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer into .github/skills/front-matter-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "front-matter-writer", 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 WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill front-matter-writer -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills front-matter-writer --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer .opencode/skills/front-matter-writer && 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 "front-matter-writer" agent skill from https://github.com/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills/tree/main/.codex/skills/front-matter-writer into .opencode/skills/front-matter-writer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "front-matter-writer", 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
front-matter-writer- GitHub stars
- 513
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 477 words
- Files
- 17 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
- Skills in repo
- 107
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Write the survey's front matter files (Abstract, Introduction, Related Work, Discussion, Conclusion) in paper voice, with high citation density and a single evidence-policy paragraph.
- Tasks that involve Markdown
- SKILL.md covers Triggers & routing, Load Order, Inputs and Outputs, plus 8 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls uv
- Tasks that involve Literature review
What it does
Front Matter Writer is an agent skill from WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills. Write the survey's front matter files (Abstract, Introduction, Related Work, Discussion, Conclusion) in paper voice, with high citation density and a single evidence-policy paragraph.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 20 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/domain_templates/llm_agents.json`, `assets/front_matter_context.schema.json` and `assets/front_matter_context_projection.json`).
It sits in Documents & Office, covering Markdown and Literature review. The repository describes itself as: Research pipelines as semantic execution units: each skill declares inputs/outputs, acceptance criteria, and guardrails. Evidence-first methodology prevents hollow writing…
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Markdown
- Tasks that involve Literature review
Example prompts
- “/front-matter-writer”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c92912a. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
uv
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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
Front Matter Writer loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 477 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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 477 words (~1,310 tokens).
“Purpose: produce the paper-level shell while preserving the current output contract and approval gate.”
- name
- front-matter-writer
Files
SKILL.md and 16 other files (scripts, references, assets) in .codex/skills/front-matter-writer of WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.
- SKILL.md
- assets/domain_templates/llm_agents.json
- assets/front_matter_context.schema.json
- assets/front_matter_context_projection.json
- assets/front_matter_context_schema.json
- assets/front_matter_contract.json
- assets/front_matter_templates.json
- references/abstract_archetypes.md
- references/context_projection.md
- references/discussion_conclusion_patterns.md
- references/examples_bad.md
- references/examples_good.md
- references/forbidden_stems.md
- references/introduction_jobs.md
- references/overview.md
- references/related_work_positioning.md
- scripts/run.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit c92912a
Compare with similar skills
Front Matter Writer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front Matter Writer this skillWILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills | 513 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Design Harnesstigerless-labs/design-harness | 230 | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Paper Interpretationdigoal/blog | 8.6k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-2.0 | |
| Deepxiv Baseline TableDeepXiv/deepxiv_sdk | 804 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Typst Paperbahayonghang/academic-writing-skills | 498 | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Mindmap Renderai4s-research/ai4s-skills | 237 | 1 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Front Matter Writer
What does Front Matter Writer do?
Write the survey's front matter files (Abstract, Introduction, Related Work, Discussion, Conclusion) in paper voice, with high citation density and a single evidence-policy paragraph. Front Matter Writer is an agent skill from WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills. Write the survey's front matter files (Abstract, Introduction, Related Work, Discussion, Conclusion) in paper voice, with high citation density and a single evidence-policy paragraph.
When should I use Front Matter Writer?
Front Matter Writer fits situations like: tasks that involve Markdown; tasks that involve Literature review.
How do I install Front Matter Writer in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill front-matter-writer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/front-matter-writer in WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills) into .claude/skills/front-matter-writer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Front Matter Writer in Codex?
Run `npx skills add WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill front-matter-writer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/front-matter-writer in WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills) into .agents/skills/front-matter-writer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Front Matter Writer 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 WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill front-matter-writer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/front-matter-writer, .gemini/skills/front-matter-writer, .github/skills/front-matter-writer and .opencode/skills/front-matter-writer in your project.
What does Front Matter Writer need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Front Matter Writer needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (uv). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Front Matter Writer access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Front Matter Writer 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Front Matter Writer use?
No licence was found for Front Matter Writer or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Front Matter Writer use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k 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 3.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Front Matter Writer?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Front Matter Writer: Design Harness (tigerless-labs/design-harness, 230 stars), Paper Interpretation (digoal/blog, 8.6k stars), Deepxiv Baseline Table (DeepXiv/deepxiv_sdk, 804 stars) and Typst Paper (bahayonghang/academic-writing-skills, 498 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Front Matter Writer?
WILLOSCAR (a GitHub user) maintains it in WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills, which has 513 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.