Paper Agent

Full academic manuscript skill for quantitative-science papers, with journal profiles for Hydrogeology Journal, Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies, Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Research, HESS, Groundwater, Engineering Geology, IEEE TIM, JMBE, and Physiological Measurement, plus a field-agnostic generic profile for any other journal. Six modes: Draft, Review, Revise, Proofread, Audit, and Format. Use whenever the user wants to draft, write, review, revise, polish, proofread, or audit a journal manuscript, or respond to reviewer comments, including when they upload a .docx for feedba

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Install

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

npx skills add Rekin226/paper-agent --skill paper-agent

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Rekin226/paper-agent.git /tmp/paper-agent
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/paper-agent/. ~/.claude/skills/paper-agent

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

From the SKILL.md

# Paper Agent: Academic Manuscript Generator and Reviewer

Generate, review, revise, proofread, audit, or format hydrology and water-resources manuscripts at journal-submission quality. Read project data or existing .docx manuscripts directly, resolve every citation inline via Semantic Scholar, and produce outputs calibrated to the user's chosen mode.

Never produce outlines, summaries, or bullet-point drafts in Draft mode. Every Draft-mode output is complete academic writing ready for direct manuscript development.

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## MODES

This skill supports six distinct modes. The user selects one at startup (Block 0 of the interview). Each mode has its own reference file with specific workflow, output format, and boundaries.

| Mode | Input | Output | Reference file |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Draft** | Project data (CSVs, source code, metadata) | Complete manuscript sections, .docx export | Body of this SKILL.md |
| **Review** | Existing .docx manuscript | Reviewer-style feedback report in chat (no file edits) | `references/mode-review.md` |
| **Revise** | Existing .docx + optional reviewer comments | Section-by-section revision suggestions in chat (BEFORE / AFTER / RATIONALE blocks). Never edits the .docx file directly; the user applies changes themselves. | `references/mode-revise.md` |
| **Proofread** | Existing .docx manuscript | Revised .docx with language-level fixes only. No scientific changes, no restructuring, no new citations. | `references/mode-proofread.md` |

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Details

Skill name: paper-agent
Repository: Rekin226/paper-agent
License: MIT
Repo updated: 3 October 2026

FAQ

What does the Paper Agent skill do?

How do I install the Paper Agent skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add Rekin226/paper-agent --skill paper-agent. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Paper Agent popular?

It lives in Rekin226/paper-agent, which has 8 GitHub stars and 2 forks.

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