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Academic Writing

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jamditis·vlatest·writing·MIT

Crafts clear, concise academic text – literature reviews, abstracts, essays – adhering to specified style guides.

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    Run this in your project

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    $ npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill academic-writing -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

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jamditis

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  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

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  • No credential access: passed

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    Scanned jamditis/claude-skills-journalism at 8a047d85f3.

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8a047d85f3
Manifest
research-toolkit/skills/academic-writing/SKILL.md
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2 files, 769 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill assists with generating text in a formal, academic style. It can help refine writing for clarity and precision, ensuring adherence to common conventions found in scholarly publications. The skill is designed to produce output suitable for research papers, theses, or other academic documents.

When to use it

  • Drafting sections of a research paper requiring precise language and argumentation.
  • Rewriting existing text to conform to the style guidelines of a specific journal or institution.
  • Generating literature review summaries that accurately reflect source material.
  • Creating abstracts for conference presentations or publications.

Key capabilities

  • Formal tone generation
  • Academic vocabulary usage
  • Precision and clarity enhancement
  • Adherence to scholarly conventions

Example prompts

  • "Rewrite this paragraph in a more formal, academic style: [insert text]"
  • "Summarize the key findings of this research paper for an academic audience: [insert paper content or link]"
  • “Generate an abstract summarizing this document: [insert document content]”

Tips & gotchas

The skill’s output should always be reviewed and edited by a human expert to ensure accuracy and originality. It is best used as a tool to aid in the writing process, not replace it entirely.