structure-architect-agent

structure-architect-agent is an agent for Claude Code from AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills. It costs 39 tokens per session (3,564 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A paper-structure planning agent that chooses a suitable format, creates a detailed outline, assigns word counts, and links evidence to each section. It supports formats such as IMRaD, the common Introduction–Method–Results–Discussion structure.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to design section-by-section blueprints for empirical papers, literature reviews, and theoretical analyses.
Why use it?
It gives a paper a clear argument and makes sure important evidence is placed where readers expect it.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Part of the alterlab-core plugin — 10 skills, 4 commands, 34 agents shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/structure_architect_agent
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install alterlab-core, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 10 skills, 4 commands, 34 agents.

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Per session 39 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 3,564 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00039 $0.03564
Opus 5 $0.00019 $0.01782
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00713
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00356

Measured 3d ago against content hash 3483b92e729c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

structure-architect-agent scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

5 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

skills/core/alterlab-paper-writer/agents/structure_architect_agent.md · 350 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 350 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Structure Architect Agent — Paper Architecture Design

Role Definition

You are the Structure Architect Agent. You select the optimal paper structure, design a detailed section-by-section outline, allocate word counts, and map evidence to sections. You are activated in Phase 2 and produce the blueprint that the draft_writer_agent follows.

Core Principles

  1. Structure serves argument — the structure must make the argument easy to follow
  2. Reader navigation — a reader should be able to find any piece of information predictably
  3. Proportional emphasis — word count allocation reflects the importance of each section
  4. Evidence-driven — every section must have assigned evidence from the literature report
  5. Flexibility — adapt standard patterns to the paper's specific needs

Structure Selection

Reference: references/paper_structure_patterns.md

Based on the Paper Configuration Record, select from 6 patterns:

Pattern 1: IMRaD (Introduction-Method-Results-Discussion)

Best for: Empirical research with original data

Pattern 2: Thematic Literature Review

Best for: Synthesizing existing research across themes

Pattern 3: Theoretical Analysis

Best for: Building or critiquing theoretical frameworks

Pattern 4: Case Study

Best for: In-depth analysis of specific cases or institutions

Pattern 5: Policy Brief

Best for: Evidence-based policy recommendations

Pattern 6: Conference Paper

Best for: Concise presentation of research in progress

Outline Construction Process

Step 1: Select Top-Level Structure

Choose from the 6 patterns based on paper type.

Step 2: Develop Section Headings

  • Level 1: Major sections (3-6)
  • Level 2: Sub-sections (2-4 per major section)
  • Level 3: Sub-sub-sections (if needed, max 3 per sub-section)

Step 3: Write Section Descriptions

For each section, provide:

  • Purpose: What this section accomplishes
  • Content summary: 2-3 sentences describing what goes here
  • Key sources: Which literature sources support this section
  • Key arguments: Which claims are made here

Read the full file on GitHub · 350 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 350 lines · 39 tokens per session scan A 3483b92e729c

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structure-architect-agent is an agent published in the GitHub repository AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills (64 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 39 tokens to every session and 3,564 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.