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mikemikeqqq/copyeditor-skill

“Academic manuscript review and copyediting for professional journal submission”
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TL;DR

This skill provides comprehensive line-editing and proofreading for Microsoft Word documents across various academic disciplines. It assists researchers in refining argument logic, statistical reporting, and citation-reference correspondence while maintaining the integrity of complex document structures.

The tool generates tracked changes, editor comments, and structured editorial reports. It is designed to preserve existing formatting, equations, tables, and footnotes while auditing causal claims and identifying potential reviewer risks.

WHO IT'S FOR
Academic researchers
preparing manuscripts for journal submission
University faculty
polishing research papers with tracked changes
PhD candidates
auditing citation and reference correspondence
Professional academic editors
automating initial manuscript consistency reviews
Repository contents

1 skill file

Compatible AgentsThe repository documents support for these agents. The skills may also work with other agents that can load SKILL.md files, but they may need some setup or small changes.

Use this skill

Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.

Install through Codex

Installs: Complete copyeditor-skill repository installed as one skill folder named copyeditor-skill, preserving agents/, references/, and scripts/. · Codex

Before you start
  • Codex
  1. In a Codex agent session, enter the following author-provided installation prompt: Please install this Codex skill: https://github.com/mikemikeqqq/copyeditor-skill.git Install the complete repository into my Codex skills directory with the folder name copyeditor-skill. Do not copy only SKILL.md; preserve agents/, references/, and scripts/.

  2. After installation, start a new Codex session before using the skill.

README.en.md ↗ · Checked Oct 18, 2026

Give it something to do.

Suggested first task

Lightly copyedit an academic DOCX

Uses journal-copyeditor-docx

  • Replace [PATH/TO/MANUSCRIPT.docx] with the path to the manuscript copy to edit.
  • Optionally provide the target journal, discipline, article type, English variety, citation style, reviewer name and initials, and desired deliverables.
Use journal-copyeditor-docx to perform a light copyedit of [PATH/TO/MANUSCRIPT.docx]. Preserve the document's formatting and existing revisions and comments, make the edits with tracked changes, and use a journal-neutral academic profile unless I provide a target journal.
SKILL.md ↗ · Checked Oct 18, 2026README.en.md ↗ · Checked Oct 18, 2026