scientific-writing

scientific-writing is a skill for Claude Code from magic3007/dotfiles. It costs 87 tokens per session (7,130 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of scientific-writing, MIT.

A writing guide for scientific papers and their sections, using structures such as IMRAD: introduction, methods, results, and discussion. It also covers citation styles and research reporting guidelines.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to outline, write, or revise papers such as abstracts, methods, results, and discussions for journal or conference submission.
Why use it?
It helps researchers organize technical findings into complete, properly cited manuscripts instead of loosely structured notes.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to outline, write, or revise papers such as abstracts, methods, results, and discussions for journal or conference submission.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/magic3007/dotfiles/scientific-writing
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.

Any agent
npx skills add magic3007/dotfiles --skill scientific-writing
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/magic3007/dotfiles

Made for: Claude Code.

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A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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Per session 87 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 7,130 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00087 $0.07130
Opus 5 $0.00044 $0.03565
Sonnet 5 $0.00017 $0.01426
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00713

Measured 5d ago against content hash 1c09b073a53f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

scientific-writing 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 5d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 3 executable files (scripts/generate_image.py, scripts/generate_schematic_ai.py, scripts/generate_schematic.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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

This is a copy

100% identical to scientific-writing — 4 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

claude/skills/scientific-agent-skills/skills/scientific-writing/SKILL.md · 719 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 719 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Scientific Writing

Overview

This is the core skill for the deep research and writing tool—combining AI-driven deep research with well-formatted written outputs. Every document produced is backed by comprehensive literature search and verified citations through the research-lookup skill.

Scientific writing is a process for communicating research with precision and clarity. Write manuscripts using IMRAD structure, citations (APA/AMA/Vancouver), figures/tables, and reporting guidelines (CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA). Apply this skill for research papers and journal submissions.

Critical Principle: Always write in full paragraphs with flowing prose. Never submit bullet points in the final manuscript. Use a two-stage process: first create section outlines with key points using research-lookup, then convert those outlines into complete paragraphs.

When to Use This Skill

This skill should be used when:

  • Writing or revising any section of a scientific manuscript (abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion)
  • Structuring a research paper using IMRAD or other standard formats
  • Formatting citations and references in specific styles (APA, AMA, Vancouver, Chicago, IEEE)
  • Creating, formatting, or improving figures, tables, and data visualizations
  • Applying study-specific reporting guidelines (CONSORT for trials, STROBE for observational studies, PRISMA for reviews)
  • Drafting abstracts that meet journal requirements (structured or unstructured)
  • Preparing manuscripts for submission to specific journals
  • Improving writing clarity, conciseness, and precision
  • Ensuring proper use of field-specific terminology and nomenclature
  • Addressing reviewer comments and revising manuscripts

Visual Enhancement with Scientific Schematics

⚠️ MANDATORY: Every scientific paper MUST include a graphical abstract plus 1-2 additional AI-generated figures using the scientific-schematics skill.

This is not optional. Scientific papers without visual elements are incomplete. Before finalizing any document:

  1. ALWAYS generate a graphical abstract as the first visual element
  2. Generate at minimum ONE additional schematic or diagram using scientific-schematics
  3. Prefer 3-4 total figures for comprehensive papers (graphical abstract + methods flowchart + results visualization + conceptual diagram)

Read the full file on GitHub · 719 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. 5d ago First seen · 719 lines · 87 tokens per session scan A 1c09b073a53f

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scientific-writing is a skill published in the GitHub repository magic3007/dotfiles (11 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 87 tokens to every session and 7,130 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to scientific-writing, differing in 4 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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