skill
academic-paper-strategist
Systematic strategic planning framework for philosophy and interdisciplinary academic papers targeting preprint platforms (PhilArchive, arXiv, PhilSci-Archive). Use when users want to: (1) plan a paper on a specific topic, (2) identify research gaps and assess originality, (3) develop optimized paper outlines, (4) prepare for preprint submission, or (5) understand platform requirements and writing standards. Triggered by phrases like ''plan a paper on,'' ''help me design a paper about,'' ''identify research gaps in,'' ''is this idea original,'' or when users need structured research planning. The skill guides through three phases: Platform Analysis (identifying target venue and studying sample papers), Theoretical Framework (AI-driven literature search and gap identification), and Outline Optimization (structured design with reviewer-perspective self-assessment). Each phase includes quality evaluation standards and validation checkpoints. Output: optimized detailed outline ready for systematic writing (use with academic-paper-composer skill).
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active — Most recent push to the repository was 2026-08-06.
Signals
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| Signal | Value | What it measures | Window | Observed | Source |
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| GitHub stars | 3,289 | Stars on the repository that contains this skill, not on the skill itself. A collection of fifty skills shares one number, so it says nothing about this particular skill. | cumulative, all time | GitHub | |
| Last commit | 2026-08-06 | Most recent push to the containing repository. It may reflect work on a different skill in the same collection. | point in time | GitHub | |
| repository status | active | The repository holding this skill exists and is not archived. | as of fetch | GitHub |
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The skill definition lives at skills/01-lishix520-academic-paper-skills/strategist/SKILL.md in https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
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