Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add muhammad1438/academic-writer-skills --skill thesis-dissertation-guidegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/muhammad1438/academic-writer-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
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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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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00000 | $0.03721 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00000 | $0.01861 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00000 | $0.00744 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00372 |
Grade A, and why
thesis-dissertation-guide 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 11d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 411 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Thesis & Dissertation Guide
A thesis or dissertation is the capstone of a research degree — a sustained piece of scholarship demonstrating the candidate's ability to conduct independent research. Unlike journal articles, which are typically concise and focused, theses allow for comprehensive depth and must satisfy multiple stakeholders: supervisors, examiners, the institution, and the discipline.
Thesis Types
Monograph
Structure: A single, book-length manuscript with integrated chapters.
Typical in: Humanities, social sciences, UK/Europe PhDs.
Characteristics:
- Sustained argument across 60,000–100,000 words
- Unified narrative arc
- Comprehensive literature integration
Article-Based (Cumulative / Publication-Based)
Structure: A compilation of published or submitted papers, with an overarching introduction and synthesis discussion.
Typical in: Sciences, engineering, medicine, increasingly common in social sciences.
Characteristics:
- 3–5 journal articles (published or manuscript-ready)
- General introduction (10,000–15,000 words)
- General discussion/conclusion (5,000–10,000 words)
- May be required or optional depending on institution
Standard Chapter Structure by Discipline
Humanities (Literature, History, Philosophy, Arts)
| Chapter | Typical Length | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | 5,000–10,000 | Hook, research questions, contribution, chapter outline |
| Literature Review | 10,000–20,000 | Critical engagement with key texts, historiography, theoretical frameworks |
| Theoretical Framework | 5,000–10,000 (may be separate) | Theoretical lens, key concepts, position in the field |
| Analysis Chapters (2–4) | 10,000–15,000 each | Close readings, archival work, case studies |
| Conclusion | 5,000–8,000 | Synthesis, contributions, limitations, future research |
Total: 70,000–100,000 words (UK PhD); 150,000–300,000 words (German/Habilitationschrift)
Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering)
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.
- 11d ago First seen · 411 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A cebf4f238a65
thesis-dissertation-guide is a skill published in the GitHub repository muhammad1438/academic-writer-skills (6 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 3,721 tokens. 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 2026-08-31.
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