Agent skill · writing content · jamditis
academic-writing
Scholarly writing and research compliance. Use for CRediT, preregistration, Plan S, Nelson Memo, preprints, ORCID, LLM disclosure.
Why this skill is useful
Provides detailed methodologies for research design and citation management that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 11k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-02. 356 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Academic writing and research methodology Systematic approaches for scholarly writing, research design, and academic communication. Research design fundamentals Research question development Literature review strategy Citation management Paper structure and writing IMRaD structure (scientific papers) Academic writing style Common writing problems Peer review and revision Responding to reviewers Handling criticism Grant proposals Proposal structure (NSF/NIH style) Budget justification Publishing strategy Journal selection Cover letter template Preprints and persistent identifiers Preprint servers (post a working version, get cited earlier) Preprints are author-submitted manuscripts posted before formal peer review. Most journals now permit (or actively encourage) preprinting; verify the target journal's policy before posting if you're unsure. Server Field Notes -------- ------- ------- arXiv (arxiv.org) Physics, math, CS, quantitative bio, econ, stats Oldest, largest; moderation by section. SSRN (ssrn.com) Social sciences, law, econ, finance Owned by Elsevier since 2016, some authors prefer SocArXiv as an alternative. bioRxiv (biorxiv.org) Biology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; widely cited. medRxiv (medrxiv.org) Health sciences, medicine Light moderation for safety claims; do not preprint clinical-trial results without preregistration. EarthArXiv Earth, planetary, environmental sciences Community-run via the OSF infrastructure. PsyArXiv Psychology + behavioral sciences OSF-hosted. SocArXiv Sociology + social sciences OSF-hosted; Elsevier-independent alternative to SSRN. EngrXiv Engineering OSF-hosted. Why preprint: Faster timestamp on priority claims, citable months before journal acceptance, and broader feedback before final review. (The 2026 OSTP Nelson Memo governs immediate public access to the peer-reviewed version of federally-funded US research at publication, it is not a preprint mandate. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills jamditis/academic-writing