This pair of skills guides philosophy and interdisciplinary scholars through the full arc of academic writing: strategic planning from platform selection through literature gap analysis and optimized outlining, then systematic chapter-by-chapter composition with iterative quality checks at each stage. Built for preprint venues such as PhilArchive and arXiv, the workflow produces a submission-ready manuscript and a complete set of supporting reports. It serves researchers who need structure without losing intellectual control.
Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.
Installs: Complete academic-paper-skills two-skill bundle: academic-paper-strategist and academic-paper-composer. · Claude Code
Run from: Run the copy step from the root of the cloned academic-paper-skills repository.
Clone the repository from the parent directory where you want the academic-paper-skills directory created.
git clone https://github.com/lishix520/academic-paper-skills.git
Change the terminal working directory to the root of the cloned academic-paper-skills repository.
Copy both skill directories into the Claude Code skills directory.
cp -r strategist ~/.claude/skills/academic-paper-strategist cp -r composer ~/.claude/skills/academic-paper-composer
Restart Claude Code to load the installed skills.
Uses academic-paper-strategist
Use academic-paper-strategist to plan a paper on [your research topic]. Guide me through platform selection, literature and gap analysis, and creation of a structured, reviewer-assessed outline.
Uses academic-paper-composer
Use academic-paper-composer with the detailed optimized outline at [outline path or pasted text]. Verify that its chapters, word counts, content guidance, and argument structure are complete, then create the writing progress tracker and stop at Decision Point 1 before drafting.
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