Alterlab Scientific Writing

alterlab-ieu/alterlab-scientific-writing

Writes scientific manuscripts in full flowing paragraphs (never bullet points) via a two-stage process — section outlines with key points using research-lookup, then conversion to prose — applying IMRAD structure, citations (APA/AMA/Vancouver), figures/tables, and reporting guidelines (CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA). Use when drafting or revising research papers, journal submissions, or any manuscript section (abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion), or professional/technical reports. For a specific venue's LaTeX template and house style use alterlab-venue-templates; to build a BibTeX bibliography or verify reference metadata use alterlab-citation-mgmt. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-scientific-writing

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take alterlab-ieu/alterlab-scientific-writing from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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