scientific_writing_agent AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md

This file provides guidance to Codex when working with code in this repository.

What This Is

This repository contains the LaTeX source for "[Paper Title]". A research paper on [topic]. The paper targets [journal/conference format].

The goal is to produce a technically rigorous, internally consistent, publication-ready scientific manuscript. Edits must improve clarity, precision, coherence, and argument strength without changing the intended technical meaning.

Research questions (anchor for consistency checks):

• RQ1: [Your first research question]
• RQ2: [Your second research question]

Writing Objectives

Prioritize, in this order:

1. Technical correctness
2. Consistency with the rest of the manuscript
3. Clarity and precision
4. Concise academic style
5. Grammar and fluency

Do not make stylistic changes that weaken technical precision.

Writing Style

• Use formal scientific English.
• Prefer precise terminology over stylistic variation.
• Prefer direct, declarative sentences.
• When introducing a tool or system, prefer "This work uses X" over "X serves as Y" — keep the authors as the active agent.
• When introducing a contribution, prefer "This work proposes X to achieve Y" — make clear it is a contribution of this paper.
• Avoid conversational wording, promotional tone, and vague intensifiers.
• Avoid vague relative clauses that restate a role without adding information.
• Avoid redundancy across adjacent sentences and paragraphs.
• Avoid introducing new terminology when existing terminology already covers the concept.
• Preserve the manuscript's established terminology unless there is a strong reason to change it.
• Preserve the intended meaning of claims, definitions, assumptions, and results.