achemso-latex-manuscript

Overview

Use the bundled achemso assets as the fixed manuscript shell when the writing lane is producing an ACS-style draft. Prefer writing section/body fragments that will be assembled into the template over free-form generation of a full standalone document.

Quick Start

Use when the section should be written against an ACS-style LaTeX template or when the output must stay close to achemso structure.

Read these assets first through the read-only skills mount:

• @writing_skills/achemso-latex-manuscript/assets/achemso-demo.tex
• @writing_skills/achemso-latex-manuscript/assets/achemso-demo.bib

Suggested tools

• apply_aider_edits
• read_research_pack
• review_research_context
• bash

Workflow

1. Read the SKILL.md and the two asset files before drafting the section.
2. Treat the mounted asset as the canonical outer shell and bibliography reference; do not try to edit the read-only mounted asset directly.
3. Write or update section-level .tex fragments under the writable run workspace instead of regenerating the entire manuscript wrapper.
4. Use apply_aider_edits for deterministic SEARCH/REPLACE edits to the working TeX file.
5. Keep bibliography keys and citation commands consistent with the template's BibTeX usage.
6. Treat section_tex and workspace .tex artifacts as the primary output; use section_md only as a concise reviewer shadow when useful.

Template discipline

• Preserve the documentclass, package imports, and global preamble unless the task explicitly requires a change.
• Prefer editing section bodies, captions, and bibliography entries over restructuring the full template.
• Do not emit a second independent paper template when the system is already assembling an achemso outer shell.
• Do not invent BibTeX entries. If a citation key is unknown, leave a clear placeholder or gap note.
• Keep LaTeX macros simple and local; avoid adding fragile custom commands unless necessary.
• The mounted asset is reference-only; any edited TeX should live under the writable run workspace.

Editing rules

• Use comments to mark inserted section blocks only when that helps later assembly or review.
• Keep figures and tables aligned with actual artifact paths and generated files.
• If you create a new .tex helper file, record the path in latex_artifact_refs.
• If the template and the evidence disagree, preserve the evidence and adapt the prose, not the other way around.

Output Contract

Return section-level section_tex as the primary output. If you create or edit a workspace .tex fragment directly, record it in latex_artifact_refs. The outer achemso manuscript wrapper is assembled by the system.

References

• Read ../_references/style-and-revision-checks.md for sentence-level revision and consistency checks.
• Read ../_references/submission-and-editorial-readiness.md before treating the LaTeX section as journal-facing.