Academic Revision Checklist

Reader-first revision of academic English (dissertation chapters, abstracts, papers, defense slides). Finds the sentences a first-time reader stops at, fixes them in the author's voice, and turns each fix into a rule checked across the whole document. 66 checks from 60+ revision rounds of one HCI dissertation, a 16-item quick list, reading protocols, and a script that lists candidates for the mechanical checks. Use when revising or checking academic writing, when a text reads like AI, or when one reader comment should be applied everywhere. 修改或检查英文学术写作（博士论文、摘要、期刊论文、答辩讲稿）：找出第一次读的人会卡住的句子，按作者的口吻改

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add JimmyRaoUF/academic-revision-checklist --skill academic-revision-checklist

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JimmyRaoUF/academic-revision-checklist.git /tmp/academic-revision-checklist
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/academic-revision-checklist/. ~/.claude/skills/academic-revision-checklist

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Academic revision checklist

This skill revises academic English for a first-time human reader: an advisor, a committee member, a reviewer. It comes from five weeks and more than 60 revision rounds of one English-language HCI dissertation, defended in October 2026. Each rule started as one sentence where a reader stopped. The fix was then written as a rule and checked across the whole document.

"Reads like AI" here means the places where a first-time reader stops or reads twice. The method finds and fixes those places. It does not try to get past AI detectors. If a school or journal asks how AI was used, follow its rules and say so.

## Ground rules

1. **Read first, then verify.** The script lists candidates. Each decision needs a reading of the sentence in context. Never apply a pattern mechanically.
2. **Keep the author's voice.** Use plain words and the words of the field. Add no new claims, numbers or citations. Use no em dashes. Keep the author's reasoning and the actors they named.
3. **Leave frozen content alone.** Report a problem in any of these and propose nothing unless the author asks:
   - the wording of research questions;
   - quotations, from the literature and from participants;
   - numbers, unless the data support the change;
   - the author's own reflections;
   - anything the author has already decided.

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: academic-revision-checklist
Repository: JimmyRaoUF/academic-revision-checklist
Repo updated: 29 October 2026

FAQ

What does the Academic Revision Checklist skill do?

How do I install the Academic Revision Checklist skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add JimmyRaoUF/academic-revision-checklist --skill academic-revision-checklist. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

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It lives in JimmyRaoUF/academic-revision-checklist, which has 13 GitHub stars and 2 forks.

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