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Academic Paper Writer · brycewang-stanford | DecimalAI

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Academic Paper Writer

brycewang-stanford/academic-paper-writer

Source brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills ↗License NOASSERTION

Draft economics papers with proper structure and academic style

SkillScore68Maintained

Automatic

Writing & Editing pack

Last verified 8/9/2026

What it changes

Passed 15 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 13 of 22 without it.

Without skill59%

With skill68%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Recommends past tense for specific empirical findings from the author's paper.
Specifies that standard errors are enclosed in parentheses below point estimates.

2 fixed13 passed either way7 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +9 pp
Tokens: +64%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -22%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/9/2026v115 of 22 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/brycewang-stanford-academic-paper-writer/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/brycewang-stanford-academic-paper-writer/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add brycewang-stanford-academic-paper-writer, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/brycewang-stanford-academic-paper-writer/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add brycewang-stanford-academic-paper-writer

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/brycewang-stanford-academic-paper-writer/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/brycewang-stanford-academic-paper-writer/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/brycewang-stanford-academic-paper-writer/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/brycewang-stanford-academic-paper-writer.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

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See it in action

One of 2 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 2

Prompt

I am editing my manuscript on labor economics. I am confused about when to use present tense versus past tense. Should I use present tense for my own regression estimates and past tense for established economic facts, or vice-versa?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Recommends present tense for established facts.	Passed	Passed
Recommends past tense for specific empirical findings from the author's paper.	Missed	Passed

case-05 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/9/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md203 linessingle file

Academic Paper Writer

Purpose

This skill helps economists draft, structure, and polish academic papers with proper conventions for economics journals. It provides templates for different paper types and guidance on academic writing style.

When to Use

Starting a new research paper from scratch
Restructuring an existing draft
Writing specific sections (introduction, literature review, conclusion)
Preparing papers for journal submission

Instructions

Step 1: Identify Paper Type

Ask the user:

Is this empirical or theoretical?
What is the target journal/audience?
What stage is the paper at? (outline, first draft, revision)
What sections need help?

Step 2: Follow the IMRAD Structure

For empirical papers, use:

Introduction - Motivation, research question, contribution
Literature Review - Related work and positioning
Data & Methods - Sources, sample, empirical strategy
Results - Main findings with tables/figures
Discussion - Interpretation, mechanisms, limitations
Conclusion - Summary and implications

Step 3: Apply Economics Writing Conventions

First paragraph should state the research question and main finding
Use present tense for established facts, past tense for your findings
Be precise with causal language (effect vs. association)
Cite heavily in the literature review
Lead with results in the results section

Track record

Benchmark

15 / 22

test cases passed, vs 13 / 22 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/2/2026

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LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

brycewang-stanford / Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills

skills/09-meleantonio-awesome-econ-ai-stuff/_skills/writing/academic-paper-writer/SKILL.md

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License NOASSERTIONImported 8/2/2026Version v1

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Academic Paper Writer

Purpose

When to Use

Instructions

Step 1: Identify Paper Type

Step 2: Follow the IMRAD Structure

Step 3: Apply Economics Writing Conventions

Track record

Benchmark

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