Paper Format Agent

Use this skill when a user needs to inspect, score, repair, or regression-test academic paper formatting in DOCX files, especially thesis, journal, or conference documents with a separate format specification. The skill guides Codex through local-first document handling, rule extraction, formatting repair, report review, and contribution-safe validation.

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Install

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

npx skills add zxyasfas/paper_format_agent --skill paper-format-agent

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zxyasfas/paper_format_agent.git /tmp/paper_format_agent
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/paper_format_agent/. ~/.claude/skills/paper-format-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 Format Agent

Use this skill for local-first academic document formatting work. It is designed for `.docx` papers and a separate format specification in `.docx`, `.doc`, or `.txt`.

## Safety Defaults

- Never upload private papers or format guides to external services unless the user explicitly asks for it.
- Treat student papers, manuscripts, reviewer comments, and school templates as sensitive data.
- Do not change academic content unless the user explicitly opts in. Default to formatting-only changes.
- Keep reports and generated documents in a user-provided output directory.

## Standard Workflow

1. Confirm the input files:
   - `--format-file`: format guide or template text.
   - `--paper-file`: source paper, currently `.docx`.
   - `--out-dir`: output directory for reports and generated documents.
2. Run the CLI in formatting-only mode:

```bash
python -m paper_format_agent.cli \
  --format-file "format_guide.docx" \
  --paper-file "paper.docx" \
  --out-dir "./output" \
  --engine auto \
  --strict-required-sections
```

3. Inspect generated artifacts:
   - `formatted_paper_v3.docx`: repaired document.
   - `format_rules.json`: extracted rules.
   - `format_report.json`: machine-readable score and checks.
   - `format_report.html`: human-readable report.
   - `modify_log.json`: formatting operations.
   - `engine_report.json`: post-processing engine result.
4. Check the content guard fields in `format_report.json`:

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: paper-format-agent
Repository: zxyasfas/paper_format_agent
License: MIT
Repo updated: 29 July 2026

FAQ

What does the Paper Format Agent skill do?

How do I install the Paper Format Agent skill?

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

Is Paper Format Agent popular?

It lives in zxyasfas/paper_format_agent, which has 87 GitHub stars and 9 forks.

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