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Preprint Servers Guide · brycewang-stanford | DecimalAI

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Preprint Servers Guide

brycewang-stanford/preprint-servers-guide

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

Guide to preprint servers across scientific disciplines

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Research pack

Last verified 8/29/2026

What it changes

Passed 17 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 17 of 22 without it.

Without skill77%

With skill77%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

The response states that OSF Preprints uses the SHARE API
The response recommends checking SHERPA/RoMEO at sherpa.ac.uk/romeo

2 fixed15 passed either way3 still failing2 broke

Pass-rate lift: 0 pp
Tokens: +60%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -20%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/29/2026v117 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-preprint-servers-guide/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/brycewang-stanford-preprint-servers-guide/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add brycewang-stanford-preprint-servers-guide, 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-preprint-servers-guide/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add brycewang-stanford-preprint-servers-guide

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

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/brycewang-stanford-preprint-servers-guide/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/brycewang-stanford-preprint-servers-guide/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/brycewang-stanford-preprint-servers-guide/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/brycewang-stanford-preprint-servers-guide.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

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

Where should a researcher check online to verify specific publisher or society journal policies regarding preprints?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
The response recommends checking SHERPA/RoMEO at sherpa.ac.uk/romeo	Missed	Passed

case-11 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/29/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md116 linessingle file

Preprint Servers Guide

A comprehensive guide to preprint servers across all major academic disciplines, covering submission workflows, licensing, and programmatic access.

What Are Preprints?

Preprints are complete research manuscripts shared publicly before formal peer review. They enable rapid dissemination of findings, establish priority of discovery, and invite community feedback before journal submission.

Key characteristics:

Not peer reviewed (but increasingly moderated for basic quality)
Freely accessible to anyone
Citable with a DOI
Versioned (authors can post revisions)
Compatible with most journal submissions (check journal policy first)

Major Preprint Servers by Discipline

Server	Disciplines	Operator	Moderation	DOI Prefix
arXiv	Physics, Math, CS, Econ, EE, Stats, Q-Bio	Cornell	Light screening	10.48550
bioRxiv	Biology (all subfields)	Cold Spring Harbor	Basic screening	10.1101
medRxiv	Clinical/health sciences	Yale/BMJ/CSHL	Enhanced screening	10.1101
ChemRxiv	Chemistry	ACS	Moderate screening	10.26434
EarthArXiv	Earth/planetary sciences	Community-led	Light screening	10.31223
PsyArXiv	Psychology	COS/OSF	Light screening	10.31234
SocArXiv	Social sciences	COS/OSF	Light screening	10.31235
SSRN	Social sciences, law, economics	Elsevier	Minimal	various
engrXiv	Engineering	COS/OSF	Light screening	10.31224
EdArXiv	Education	COS/OSF	Light screening	10.35542
Preprints.org	Multidisciplinary	MDPI	Basic screening	10.20944
Research Square	Multidisciplinary	Springer Nature	In Review service	10.21203
TechRxiv	Electrical eng., CS	IEEE	Moderate	10.36227

Submission Workflow

arXiv Submission

Create an account at arxiv.org and get endorsed (new users need endorsement in the relevant category).
Prepare your manuscript:
- LaTeX source (preferred): upload .tex + figures + .bbl as a single archive

Track record

Benchmark

17 / 22

test cases passed, vs 17 / 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 — 8/9/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

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/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/literature/fulltext/preprint-servers-guide/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License NOASSERTIONImported 8/9/2026Version v1

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What's inside

Preprint Servers Guide

What Are Preprints?

Major Preprint Servers by Discipline

Submission Workflow

arXiv Submission

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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