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Designed for scholars of history, philosophy, and literature, this skill supports the end-to-end process of argumentative writing. It helps researchers sharpen research questions, map readings, and draft complex arguments while ensuring that conceptual distinctions remain intact during the editing process.
The companion is built for high-stakes academic tasks, including reviewing chapters and responding to peer reviewers. It prioritizes the preservation of the author's specific interpretative commitments over generic linguistic smoothing.
WHO IT'S FOR
Humanities scholars
sharpen research questions and draft arguments
PhD candidates and researchers
review chapters and respond to reviewers
Bilingual academic writers
draft and refine scholarship in English or Chinese
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.
Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.
I’m using
Claude Code user-level install with Git
Installs: User-level installation of the complete humanities-writing-companion skill repository. · Claude Code
Before you start
Claude Code
Git
A shell-capable environment
Run this complete block in a terminal. It clones the repository into Claude Code's user-level skills directory and makes the included shell scripts executable.
Installs: Project-level installation of the complete humanities-writing-companion skill repository for the current vault or project only. · Claude Code
Before you start
Claude Code
Git
Run from: The root directory of the vault or project where the skill should be available.
From the project root, run this command in a terminal.
Installs: User-level installation of the complete humanities-writing-companion skill repository without Git. · Claude Code
Before you start
Claude Code
Ability to download and extract a ZIP archive
A shell-capable environment
On the GitHub repository page, select Code → Download ZIP, extract the archive, and manually move the extracted folder to ~/.claude/skills/humanities-writing-companion.
Run this command in a terminal to make the included shell scripts executable.
Installs: Custom-skill upload of the complete humanities-writing-companion skill folder. · Claude desktop app, claude.ai
Before you start
Access to custom-skill upload in Claude settings
Ability to package the directory containing SKILL.md as a ZIP archive
Platform: Claude desktop app or claude.ai; dialogue modes work in chat-only environments, but the scripts toolchain requires Claude Code or another shell-capable agent environment.
Package the skill folder—the directory containing SKILL.md—as a .zip file, then upload it in Claude settings under the capabilities or skills section. The exact menu wording may vary; look for “Skills.”
Optional discipline or surrounding context if it materially affects the revision
Use the humanities-writing-companion skill to revise the academic paragraph below. Preserve its meaning, conceptual distinctions, attribution, degree of certainty, and authorial voice. Provide the focused revision and briefly explain the consequential changes.
Paragraph:
[PASTE ONE PARAGRAPH HERE]
Supplied readings, notes, or source summaries available for grounding
Use the humanities-writing-companion skill to sharpen a research question from the idea and supplied materials below. Give me a small set of provisional candidate questions grounded only in those materials, and identify the one consequential choice I should resolve next.
Idea:
[DESCRIBE THE PAPER IDEA]
Materials already supplied or summarized:
[PASTE OR SUMMARIZE THE MATERIALS]
A short description of the writing bottleneck or the relevant passage
Use the humanities-writing-companion skill to help me get unstuck on the writing situation below. Infer the bottleneck if possible, ask no more than two useful questions only if needed, and give me one manageable next move.
Where I am stuck:
[DESCRIBE THE BOTTLENECK OR PASTE THE RELEVANT PASSAGE]
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