$npx -y skills add bahayonghang/academic-writing-skills --skill latex-paper-enEnglish LaTeX assistant for existing .tex journal or conference papers. Use for compile repair, venue formatting, bibliography/citation checks, section writing, logic, related work, tables, pseudocode, de-AI polish, translation, adaptation, and submission readiness; use latex-the
| 1 | # LaTeX Academic Paper Assistant (English) |
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| 3 | Use this skill for targeted work on an existing English LaTeX paper project. Keep the workflow low-friction: identify the right module, run the smallest useful check, and return actionable comments in LaTeX-friendly review format. |
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| 5 | ## Capability Summary |
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| 7 | - Compile/diagnose LaTeX builds; audit formatting, bibliography, grammar, sentences, logic, figures, tables, captions, and pseudocode. |
| 8 | - Diagnose and rewrite-plan literature reviews (synthesis, comparison, gap derivation) and specific sections (paragraph roles, outlines, claim-evidence maps, self-review). |
| 9 | - Improve expression, translate academic prose, optimize titles, reduce AI-writing traces, and review experiment sections without touching citations, labels, or math. |
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| 11 | ## Triggering |
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| 13 | Use when the user has an existing English `.tex` paper project and wants: compile/build fixes; format or venue compliance; bibliography/citation validation; grammar, sentence, logic, or expression review; literature-review restructuring or gap derivation; section drafting/rewrite planning (Abstract through Conclusion); translation; title optimization; figure/table/caption checks; pseudocode review; de-AI editing; or experiment-section analysis. |
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| 15 | ## Do Not Use |
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| 17 | Not for: drafting a paper from scratch; literature research without a paper project; Chinese thesis structure/template work; Typst-first workflows; DOCX/PDF conversion without LaTeX source; multi-perspective review or scoring/gate decisions (use `paper-audit`); standalone algorithm design. |
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| 19 | ## Module Router |
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| 21 | | Module | Use when | Primary command | Read next | |
| 22 | | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| 23 | | `compile` | Build fails or the user wants a fresh compile | `uv run python -B $SKILL_DIR/scripts/compile.py main.tex` | `references/modules/compile.md` | |
| 24 | | `format` | User asks for LaTeX or venue formatting review | `uv run python -B $SKILL_DIR/scripts/check_format.py main.tex` | `references/modules/format.md` (load `templates/<venue>.md` instead of the full `references/venues/catalog.md` when a venue is named) | |
| 25 | | `bibliography` | Missing citations, unused entries, BibTeX validation | `uv run python -B $SKILL_DIR/scripts/verify_bib.py references.bib --tex main.tex` | `references/modules/bibliography.md` | |
| 26 | | `grammar` | Grammar and surface-level language fixes | `uv run python -B $SKILL_DIR/scripts/analyze_grammar.py main.tex --section introduction` | `references/modules/grammar.md` | |
| 27 | | `sentences` | Long, dense, or hard-to-read sentences |