Hypothesis Generation
spacering-net/codeg
Structured hypothesis formulation from observations. An agent skill from spacering-net/codeg.
Judge and reshape the story told by a manuscript and its figure deck.
Install Paper Narrative
$ npx skills add xuzhougeng/wisp-science --skill paper-narrative -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install xuzhougeng/wisp-science paper-narrative --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/xuzhougeng/wisp-science.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-narrative .claude/skills/paper-narrative && 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 "paper-narrative" agent skill from https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science/tree/main/skills/paper-narrative into .claude/skills/paper-narrative/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-narrative", 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/xuzhougeng/wisp-science/tree/main/skills/paper-narrativeType 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 xuzhougeng/wisp-science --skill paper-narrative -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install xuzhougeng/wisp-science paper-narrative --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-narrative .agents/skills/paper-narrative && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-narrative" agent skill from https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science/tree/main/skills/paper-narrative into .agents/skills/paper-narrative/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-narrative", 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 xuzhougeng/wisp-science --skill paper-narrative -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install xuzhougeng/wisp-science paper-narrative --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-narrative .cursor/skills/paper-narrative && 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 "paper-narrative" agent skill from https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science/tree/main/skills/paper-narrative into .cursor/skills/paper-narrative/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-narrative", 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/xuzhougeng/wisp-science.git --path skills/paper-narrative--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 xuzhougeng/wisp-science --skill paper-narrative -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install xuzhougeng/wisp-science paper-narrative --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-narrative .gemini/skills/paper-narrative && 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 "paper-narrative" agent skill from https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science/tree/main/skills/paper-narrative into .gemini/skills/paper-narrative/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-narrative", 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 xuzhougeng/wisp-science paper-narrativeInstalls 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 xuzhougeng/wisp-science --skill paper-narrative -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-narrative .github/skills/paper-narrative && 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 "paper-narrative" agent skill from https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science/tree/main/skills/paper-narrative into .github/skills/paper-narrative/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-narrative", 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 xuzhougeng/wisp-science --skill paper-narrative -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install xuzhougeng/wisp-science paper-narrative --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-narrative .opencode/skills/paper-narrative && 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 "paper-narrative" agent skill from https://github.com/xuzhougeng/wisp-science/tree/main/skills/paper-narrative into .opencode/skills/paper-narrative/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-narrative", 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
paper-narrative- GitHub stars
- 1k
- Token cost
- ~572 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 262 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 25
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Judge and reshape the story told by a manuscript and its figure deck.
- Works in 7 steps: Read the abstract, introduction,… → Build an instruction with… → Review the entire brief. Preserve… → …
- Revising paper structure
- SKILL.md covers Workflow and Boundaries
- Runs Python scripts from its folder
What it does
Paper Narrative is an agent skill from xuzhougeng/wisp-science. Judge and reshape the story told by a manuscript and its figure deck. Use when revising paper structure, testing whether Figure 1 is a hook, ordering figures, moving panels, identifying missing analyses, or defining the claim passed to figure-composer.
Its SKILL.md is about 570 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `runtime.py`).
It sits in Research & Science. The repository describes itself as: Open-source, local-first desktop AI research workbench for scientific computing with Python/R, MCP bioinformatics tools, SSH/WSL/GPU runtimes, and OpenAI/Anthropic models. The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Revising paper structure
- Testing whether Figure 1 is a hook
- Ordering figures
- Identifying missing analyses
Example prompts
- “/paper-narrative”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read the abstract, introduction, captions, and concrete figure paths.
- Build an instruction with paper_brief_task(...). Produce a brief matching
- Review the entire brief. Preserve supplied composite_path values and fix
- If the deck is a PDF, use pdf-explore to render the relevant pages to local
- Inspect the images with view_image. Optionally delegate one handling-editor
- Act on the result
- Re-review the revised deck. Converge when the hook verdict is yes and no
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2ba143b. 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 script files (Python), which the agent can run.
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
Paper Narrative loads about 572 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 262 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 xuzhougeng/wisp-science at commit 2ba143b, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© xuzhougeng). 262 words, ~572 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/paper-narrative/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- paper-narrative
- description
- Judge and reshape the story told by a manuscript and its figure deck. Use when revising paper structure, testing whether Figure 1 is a hook, ordering figures, moving panels, identifying missing analyses, or defining the claim passed to figure-composer.
- license
- Apache-2.0
Paper narrative
Use this skill before figure-composer. The sidecar only builds schemas and
self-contained reviewer instructions. Model reasoning happens in the current
Agent or an explicitly delegated Wisp Agent, never inside Python.
Workflow
- Read the abstract, introduction, captions, and concrete figure paths.
- Build an instruction with
paper_brief_task(...). Produce a brief matchingpaper_brief_schema()in the current Agent. Ifdelegate_tasksis advertised, the brief may instead be assigned to onereasoningtask with a structured output schema. - Review the entire brief. Preserve supplied
composite_pathvalues and fix unsupported claims before continuing. The brief and review instructions include JSON figure records so each path stays associated with its claim; keep those records when delegating, including paths with spaces or Unicode. - If the deck is a PDF, use
pdf-exploreto render the relevant pages to local images. Pass their concrete paths tonarrative_review_task(...). - Inspect the images with
view_image. Optionally delegate one handling-editor task with the minimum advertisedreasoning,project_read, andimage_inspectioncapabilities andnarrative_review_schema(). - Act on the result:
- use
arcas the main-figure order; - apply
figure_moves; - turn
missing_panelsinto explicit analyses; - demote or remove the
kill_list; - send
boldest_defensible_fig1tofigure-composer.
- use
- Re-review the revised deck. Converge when the hook verdict is
yesand no figure moves or missing panels remain.
Use run_in_context only for deterministic analyses requested by
missing_panels. Narrative reasoning and Agent delegation are not Runs.
Boundaries
- Do not pass artifact markers where a path is required.
- Do not call another model from
python. - Do not claim the deck was inspected unless every relevant page was rendered and viewed.
© xuzhougeng, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/paper-narrative of xuzhougeng/wisp-science.
- SKILL.md
- runtime.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2ba143b
Compare with similar skills
Paper Narrative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Narrative this skillxuzhougeng/wisp-science | 1k | — | ~572 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Hypothesis Generationspacering-net/codeg | 3.9k | 14 repos | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| GitHub Deep Researchbytedance/deer-flow | 84k | 4 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Nature Paper CardYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Content Research Writerweapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss | 1.9k | 25 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Last30daysmvanhorn/last30days-skill | 64k | — | ~7.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Paper Narrative
What does Paper Narrative do?
Judge and reshape the story told by a manuscript and its figure deck. Paper Narrative is an agent skill from xuzhougeng/wisp-science. Judge and reshape the story told by a manuscript and its figure deck.
When should I use Paper Narrative?
Paper Narrative fits situations like: revising paper structure; testing whether Figure 1 is a hook; ordering figures; identifying missing analyses.
How do I install Paper Narrative in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add xuzhougeng/wisp-science --skill paper-narrative -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-narrative in xuzhougeng/wisp-science) into .claude/skills/paper-narrative in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Paper Narrative in Codex?
Run `npx skills add xuzhougeng/wisp-science --skill paper-narrative -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-narrative in xuzhougeng/wisp-science) into .agents/skills/paper-narrative in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Paper Narrative 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 xuzhougeng/wisp-science --skill paper-narrative -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paper-narrative, .gemini/skills/paper-narrative, .github/skills/paper-narrative and .opencode/skills/paper-narrative in your project.
What does Paper Narrative need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Paper Narrative needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Paper Narrative 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 Paper Narrative 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 Paper Narrative use?
Paper Narrative is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Paper Narrative use?
About 572 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k 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 Paper Narrative?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paper Narrative: Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars), Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars) and Content Research Writer (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Paper Narrative?
xuzhougeng (a GitHub user) maintains it in xuzhougeng/wisp-science, which has 1,026 GitHub stars. The repository holds 25 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: xuzhougeng/wisp-science on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.