scientific-writing

Academic manuscript writing with IMRAD structure, citation formatting, and reporting guidelines. Use when drafting or revising research papers.

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-organized, concise instruction-only skill with concrete actionable writing guidance and clear sequenced checklists. It appropriately relies on section structure rather than external references given its compact size.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean, bullet-driven guidance that assumes Claude's competence and avoids explaining basic concepts; a few items restate widely-known writing rules, keeping it just below the 5 'every token earns its place' anchor.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete, specific guidance with worked micro-examples (e.g. "We measured..." not "Measurements were taken...", "It might possibly suggest..." — choose one hedge); as an instruction-only skill it is highly actionable, with only minor gaps in coverage.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	IMRAD structure and the Revision Checklist are both clearly sequenced (1-5) lists, giving a clear workflow; no destructive/batch operations so the validation cap does not apply, but the absence of explicit checkpoints keeps it at 4 rather than 5.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	The body is under 50 lines with no need for external bundle files (none exist) and is organized into well-labeled sections (IMRAD, Paragraph-Level, Citations, Pitfalls, Reporting Guidelines, Revision Checklist), satisfying the simple-skill exception for a 5.	5 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, third-person description that clearly states what the skill does and when to use it with concrete capabilities and natural trigger phrases. Minor room to add more synonyms and tighten distinctiveness against general writing skills.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain ('Academic manuscript writing') plus three concrete capabilities ('IMRAD structure, citation formatting, and reporting guidelines'), which is several specific actions with only minor coverage gaps, fitting the 4 anchor rather than 5's comprehensive multi-action list.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Academic manuscript writing with IMRAD structure, citation formatting, and reporting guidelines') and when ('Use when drafting or revising research papers') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the 5 anchor.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural user phrases ('drafting or revising research papers', 'paper', 'manuscript') with good coverage, but is missing common synonyms and file/section variations, so it sits at 4 rather than 5.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The academic-manuscript niche is mostly distinct with clear triggers, but broad 'writing' overlap risk with general writing/editing skills keeps it just below the 5 anchor.	4 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Validation

100%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: aiming-lab/AutoResearchClaw
Path: .claude/skills/scientific-writing/SKILL.md
Commit: be4ba47

Reviewed: 18 days ago

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