officecli-academic-paper

Academic Paper Skill

Create formally structured Word documents with Table of Contents, equations (LaTeX to OMML), footnotes/endnotes, bibliography, and scholarly formatting. Output is a single .docx file. This skill supersedes the docx creating.md Academic Paper recipe -- use THIS skill for any document requiring TOC + equations + footnotes + formal structure.

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BEFORE YOU START (CRITICAL)

Every time before using officecli, run this check:

if ! command -v officecli &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Installing officecli..."
    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iOfficeAI/OfficeCli/main/install.sh | bash
    # Windows: irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iOfficeAI/OfficeCli/main/install.ps1 | iex
else
    CURRENT=$(officecli --version 2>&1 | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | head -1)
    LATEST=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"v?([0-9.]+)".*/\1/')
    if [ "$CURRENT" != "$LATEST" ]; then
        echo "Upgrading officecli $CURRENT -> $LATEST..."
        curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iOfficeAI/OfficeCli/main/install.sh | bash
    else
        echo "officecli $CURRENT is up to date"
    fi
fi
officecli --version

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Use When

• User wants to create a research paper, journal manuscript, or conference paper with academic structure (abstract, numbered sections, references)
• User wants a white paper, policy brief, or technical report with formal structure (executive summary, TOC, branded headers)
• User needs math equations (LaTeX to OMML) in a Word document
• User needs footnotes, endnotes, or bibliography with hanging indent
• User needs a Table of Contents that auto-updates in Word
• User mentions "APA", "MLA", "Chicago", or any citation style formatting
• User needs multi-column abstract or mixed portrait/landscape sections

Don't Use When

• User wants a general letter, memo, contract, or simple report -- use docx skill
• User wants a presentation -- use pptx skill
• User wants a spreadsheet or dashboard -- use xlsx or data-dashboard skill
• User needs LaTeX output (.tex file) -- this skill produces .docx only
• User needs graduate thesis with Roman numeral front-matter pagination -- deferred to Phase 2
• User needs tracked changes or collaborative editing markup -- use docx skill with raw-set