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skill

scientific-writing

Core skill for the deep research and writing tool. Write scientific manuscripts in full paragraphs (never bullet points). Use two-stage process with (1) section outlines with key points using research-lookup then (2) convert to flowing prose. IMRAD structure, citations (APA/AMA/Vancouver), figures/tables, reporting guidelines (CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA), for research papers and journal submissions.

Description as published by the maintainer. Source

  • active

active — Most recent push to the repository was 2026-08-06.

Signals

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Signal Value What it measures Window Observed Source
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

Will this work with your setup?

No harness stated by the author and no install path convention detected. Compatibility is untested.

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The skill definition lives at skills/03-K-Dense-AI-claude-scientific-skills/scientific-writing/SKILL.md in https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

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Sources

  1. brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub — GitHub, observed , trust tier 3.