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.
npx skills add zai-org/Synapse --skill research-paper-writergit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zai-org/SynapseWrote 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.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/zai-org/synapse/research-paper-writer)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/zai-org/synapse/research-paper-writer"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/zai-org/synapse/research-paper-writer.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00049 | $0.02044 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00024 | $0.01022 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00010 | $0.00409 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00204 |
Grade A, and why
research-paper-writer 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 7d 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.
This is a copy
88% identical to inno-paper-writing — 55 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 269 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Research Paper Writer
Overview
This skill guides the creation of formal academic research papers that meet publication standards for IEEE and ACM conferences/journals. It ensures proper structure, formatting, academic writing style, and comprehensive coverage of research topics.
Workflow
1. Understanding the Research Topic
When asked to write a research paper:
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Clarify the topic and scope with the user:
- What is the main research question or contribution?
- What is the target audience (conference, journal, general academic)?
- What is the desired length (page count or word count)?
- Are there specific sections required?
- What formatting standard to use (IEEE or ACM)?
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Gather context if needed:
- Review any provided research materials, data, or references
- Understand the domain and technical background
- Identify key related work or existing research to reference
2. Paper Structure
Follow this standard academic paper structure:
1. Title and Abstract
- Concise title reflecting the main contribution
- Abstract: 150-250 words summarizing purpose, methods, results, conclusions
2. Introduction
- Motivation and problem statement
- Research gap and significance
- Main contributions (typically 3-5 bullet points)
- Paper organization paragraph
3. Related Work / Background
- Literature review of relevant research
- Comparison with existing approaches
- Positioning of current work
4. Methodology / Approach / System Design
- Detailed description of proposed method/system
- Architecture diagrams if applicable
- Algorithms or procedures
- Design decisions and rationale
5. Implementation (if applicable)
- Technical details
- Tools and technologies used
- Challenges and solutions
6. Evaluation / Experiments / Results
- Experimental setup
- Datasets or test scenarios
- Performance metrics
- Results presentation (tables, graphs)
- Analysis and interpretation
7. Discussion
- Implications of results
- Limitations and threats to validity
- Lessons learned
8. Conclusion and Future Work
- Summary of contributions
- Impact and significance
- Future research directions
9. References
- Comprehensive bibliography in proper citation format
What ships with it
7 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 7d ago First seen · 269 lines · 49 tokens per session scan A 0b8e6d088c57
research-paper-writer is a skill published in the GitHub repository zai-org/Synapse (473 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 49 tokens to every session and 2,044 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 88% identical to inno-paper-writing, differing in 55 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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