Professional skills for Claude Code following the Agent Skills open specification.
Comprehensive academic paper writing guidance with expert workflows, templates, and quality checking tools.
Perfect for:
- Research papers and journal articles
- Conference papers (ACM, IEEE, etc.)
- Technical reports and white papers
- Thesis chapters and dissertations
- Literature reviews and survey papers
What's included:
- 4 comprehensive reference guides (69KB total)
- Elite IS Papers (Thatcher's 17 Rules)
- Writing Guidelines (argument, evidence, citations, ethics)
- Structure Templates (7 paper types)
- Style Guide (clarity, precision, revision)
- 2 detailed paper templates
- Research Paper (IMRAD format)
- Conference Paper (CS/Engineering)
- Quality checker script (automated style analysis)
- 3,478 lines of expert guidance
Based on:
- Thatcher, Jason Bennett (2024). "Rules for Writing Elite Information Systems Papers." SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5993034
- APA Style (7th Edition)
- IEEE Editorial Style
- Academic writing best practices from Ohio University, Duke, MIT, USC, UCSD
📖 Full Documentation | 💾 Download v1.0.0
Option 1: Download pre-packaged skill
# Download the .skill file
curl -L https://github.com/vishalsachdev/claude-code-skills/releases/download/v1.0.0/paper-writing-v1.0.0.skill -o paper-writing.skill
# Extract to Claude Code skills directory
unzip paper-writing.skill -d ~/.claude/skills/paper-writing
# Verify installation
ls -la ~/.claude/skills/paper-writing/Option 2: Clone and copy
# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/vishalsachdev/claude-code-skills.git
# Copy specific skill
cp -r claude-code-skills/skills/paper-writing ~/.claude/skills/
# Verify installation
ls -la ~/.claude/skills/paper-writing/Skills automatically activate in Claude Code when relevant to your task. For example:
- Start typing "Help me write a research paper..." → Paper Writing skill activates
- "Review my paper's introduction..." → Paper Writing skill provides guidance
- "What's the best structure for a literature review?" → Paper Writing skill loads templates
You can also manually invoke skills by referencing them directly in your conversation.
claude-code-skills/
├── README.md # This file
├── CONTRIBUTING.md # Contribution guidelines
├── LICENSE # Repository license
├── skills/ # Source skills
│ └── paper-writing/ # Paper writing skill
│ ├── SKILL.md # Main skill file
│ ├── LICENSE.txt # Skill license
│ ├── references/ # Reference materials
│ │ ├── ELITE-PAPERS.md
│ │ ├── REFERENCE.md
│ │ ├── STRUCTURE.md
│ │ └── STYLE.md
│ ├── assets/ # Templates
│ │ ├── research-paper-template.md
│ │ ├── conference-paper-template.md
│ │ └── README.md
│ └── scripts/ # Helper scripts
│ └── check_paper.py
├── releases/ # Packaged .skill files
│ └── paper-writing-v1.0.0.skill
└── .github/
└── workflows/
└── package-skills.yml # Auto-packaging workflow
Contributions are welcome! Whether you want to:
- Report a bug
- Suggest improvements
- Add new skills
- Fix documentation
See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
These skills follow the Agent Skills open specification, which means:
- ✅ Portable - Works across any AI platform that adopts the standard
- ✅ Modular - Each skill is self-contained and composable
- ✅ Progressive - Loads content only when needed to conserve context
- ✅ Open - Simple markdown format, easy to read and modify
Skills are not locked to Claude - the same skill format works across AI platforms and tools that adopt the Agent Skills standard.
This repository is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.
Individual skills may have their own licenses - check each skill's LICENSE.txt file.
Vishal Sachdev
- GitHub: @vishalsachdev
If you find these skills useful:
- ⭐ Star this repository
- 🐛 Report issues
- 💡 Suggest new skills
- 🤝 Contribute improvements
Made with ❤️ for the Claude Code community