vishalsachdev/claude-skills
Overview
This skill provides expert, step-by-step guidance for writing high-quality academic and research papers across disciplines. It supports planning, drafting, revising, and polishing manuscripts for journals, conferences, theses, and technical reports. The advice focuses on structure, argumentation, clarity, visualization, and meeting venue requirements.
How this skill works
I guide authors through a core workflow: plan the paper and target venue, create a focused outline, write section-by-section (often starting with Methods and Results), and perform staged revisions for structure, clarity, and polish. I provide concrete templates for abstracts, introductions, methods, results, discussions, and conclusions, plus visualization and citation best practices. Interaction is conversation-first: I ask one focused question, then follow up to deliver targeted help.
When to use it
- Planning a new research paper or thesis chapter
- Structuring and drafting a conference or journal submission
- Revising sections for clarity, argument strength, or flow
- Preparing figures, tables, and results for publication
- Polishing language, formatting, and citations before submission
Best practices
- Define a clear research question and state your contribution in the introduction
- Write in stages: Methods → Results → Introduction → Discussion → Conclusion → Abstract
- Keep results objective; interpret in the discussion and acknowledge limitations
- Use active voice, avoid jargon, and define terms on first use
- Reference every table/figure in the text and make captions self-explanatory
Example use cases
- You have experiments complete and need a structured outline to start writing
- Your introduction buries the contribution; get targeted edits to make it clear
- You have many datasets and need help choosing and visualizing key results
- You need to format and polish citations, figures, and tables for submission
- You want a revision plan: structural pass, clarity pass, then final polish
FAQ
Many authors write Methods first, then Results, followed by Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion, and lastly the Abstract.
How do I make my contribution clear?
State the gap in existing work and your specific contribution in one concise paragraph in the introduction, and reiterate it in the conclusion.
When should I consult venue formatting rules?
Check formatting, page limits, and citation style before drafting to avoid rework; adapt templates to the target venue early.
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