Paper Sections

paper-sections

Fork of global scientific-writing skill, specialized to the author's voice via paper-style. Absorbs former paper-citation-format skill as section 7 below.

Dependencies

• Load paper-style Mode 1 first. Use its output as hard constraint.

Section playbooks

Introduction (target: 3-5 paragraphs)

1. Topic paragraph - field-level fact opener. Define acronyms parenthetically. Citation density 0.9-1.3 refs/sentence. See STYLE_PROFILE G1.
2. Gap/motivation paragraph - quantitative gap statement, one subordinate clause. See STYLE_PROFILE G2. Consider bridge B1 (Paradox-Pivot) or B3 (Enumerated-Walls) sparingly.
3. Solution/approach paragraph - solution announcement. See STYLE_PROFILE G3.
4. Summary of contributions - In this work, we ... with numbered contributions.

Methods (passive, purpose-forward)

• Every sentence passive. Zero first person.
• Order: materials -> synthesis -> characterization -> computational -> kinetic.
• Parameters in parentheses, not footnotes.

Results (passive + purpose opener)

• Each subsection opens with purpose sentence (see STYLE_PROFILE 4.2).
• Figures referenced parenthetically (Fig. 2a). NEVER As shown in Fig..
• One finding per paragraph. Close with mechanistic consequence.

Discussion (mixed voice, active for claims)

• Open with contribution statement + retrace (see G5).
• we permitted for active mechanistic claims.
• Citation density drops to 0.2-0.4 refs/sentence.
• Consider bridge B3/B4 for multi-limitation synthesis, B5 for close.

Outlook / Conclusion

• Start with In summary, ... or By bridging ... (see STYLE_PROFILE 4.4).
• No hedging adverbs. No rhetorical close.

7. Citation format (absorbed from paper-citation-format)

Default style

Numeric superscript, following Nature Commun / ACS Catal convention.

• Single: text^1
• Range: text^1-4
• List: text^1,3,5
• Mixed: text^1-3,7

No space between word and superscript. Superscripts attach to the concept, not the sentence terminator. Attach before punctuation when the cite scopes the clause, after punctuation when it scopes the sentence.

In-text cite rules (author voice via STYLE_PROFILE)

• Intro: ~1 cite per sentence. Clusters of ^1-4 acceptable.
• Discussion: cite only for specific comparative claims or contradictions to prior art. Mechanistic own-work statements stay uncited.
• Never cite a review when a primary source exists for the specific claim.
• Novelty claim requires contrast cite: Unlike previous work that ...^12, here we ....

Bibliography entry format

When target journal unknown, emit EndNote-style block:

[N] Author, A. B.; Author, C. D. Title. Journal Year, Vol, Pages. DOI.

If journal known:

• Nature Commun: Author, A. B. et al. Title. Journal Vol, Pages (Year).
• ACS: Author, A. B.; Author, C. D. Title. Journal Year, Vol, Pages.

Citation hard rules

• Never fabricate DOI, year, or author list.
• If any required metadata is missing, return FLAG with the missing field name. Do not guess.
• et al. only when author count > 3 in short form journals.

Workflow when invoked

1. Receive args: section_name, optional subsection_identifier, optional existing_text, optional data_pointers.
2. Load STYLE_PROFILE via paper-style Mode 1.
3. Gather minimal context: read only the referenced data files. Do not load the whole manuscript.
4. Draft paragraph(s) following the section playbook above.
5. When inserting citations, use the format in section 7 above.
6. Self-check against STYLE_PROFILE section 12 quick checklist before returning.
7. Return: draft text + list of gaps/assumptions + suggested next command.

Hard rules

• No banned word (STYLE_PROFILE 3.1) may appear.
• Sentence length: 16-22 words mean, 30 word max.
• One subordinate clause per sentence max.
• Active/passive ratio matches section norm.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: s-choung
• Source: s-choung/Research-Skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.