# embodiment-description

Drafts detailed embodiment descriptions for patent specifications. Useful when turning claims and technical disclosures into step-by-step implementations.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 461 installs · ★ 18090
- Author: wanshuiyin
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep/tree/HEAD/skills/embodiment-description/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/embodiment-description

## What it does

The skill writes the detailed description section for patent applications and outputs it to `patent/specification/detailed_description.md`. It relies on pre-drafted files: `patent/INVENTION_DISCLOSURE.md` for feature breakdown and `patent/CLAIMS.md` for claim terms. If figures exist, it also references `patent/figures/numeral_index.md`.

Generation starts by mapping each claim element to at least one embodiment. The preferred implementation comes first, followed by alternative configurations and ranges to support broad claim scope. Reference numerals follow figure series, assigning 100-series numbers to FIG. 1 and 200-series numbers to FIG. 2. For software inventions, it writes algorithmic descriptions and pseudocode rather than raw source code.

This skill discards accuracy percentages, test runs, and experimental tables, because patent offices require instructions on how to practice an invention rather than performance evaluations.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill embodiment-description -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/embodiment-description/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/embodiment-description/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill embodiment-description -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/embodiment-description/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill embodiment-description -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/embodiment-description/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep embodiment-description
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/embodiment-description/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill embodiment-description -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --path skills/embodiment-description
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/embodiment-description/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill embodiment-description -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep/tree/HEAD/skills/embodiment-description/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- draft patent embodiments from claims and disclosure documents
- integrate figure reference numerals into the detailed description
- strip empirical test results and accuracy metrics from patent text
- verify every claim element appears in at least one embodiment

## Example prompts
- Write detailed embodiments for `patent/CLAIMS.md`
- Draft the patent embodiment section from `patent/INVENTION_DISCLOSURE.md`
- Generate detailed description for the algorithm with reference numerals

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: embodiment-description
description: "Write detailed embodiment descriptions for patent specifications. Use when user says \"撰写实施例\", \"write embodiment\", \"实施例描述\", \"detailed description\", or wants to describe how to practice an invention."
argument-hint: "[claims-path-or-embodiment-details]"
allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob
---

# Embodiment Description

Write detailed embodiments for: **$ARGUMENTS**

Embodiments describe HOW to make and use the invention -- they are the patent equivalent of experiment sections, but describe the invention rather than evaluating it empirically.

## Constants

- `MIN_EMBODIMENTS = 1` — At least one complete embodiment required
- `MAX_EMBODIMENTS = 3` — Practical limit; more embodiments strengthen enablement
- `EMBODIMENT_STYLE = detailed` — `detailed` (full working example) or `outline` (sketch)
- `REFERENCE_NUMERAL_PREFIX = 100` — Starting reference numeral for first figure's components

## Inputs

1. `patent/INVENTION_DISCLOSURE.md` — invention decomposition (core/supporting/optional features)
2. `patent/CLAIMS.md` — drafted claims that the embodiments must support
3. User-provided figures (if any) in any directory
4. `patent/figures/numeral_index.md` if it exists (from `/figure-description`)

## Workflow

### Step 1: Plan Embodiments

For each claim category (method, system, etc.), plan at least one embodiment:

| Embodiment | Covers Claims | Type | Key Variations |
|-----------|--------------|------|----------------|
| 1 | Claims 1, X | Best mode / preferred | [primary implementation] |
| 2 | Claims 2, 3 | Alternative | [different parameters/materials] |
| 3 | Claims 4, 5 | Additional alternative | [different configuration] |

### Step 2: Write Each Embodiment

For each embodiment, write a detailed description following this structure:

**Opening paragraph**:
"In one embodiment, [invention summary with reference to what is being described]."

**Component/step-by-step description**:

For method embodiments:
- Describe each step in order
- Reference figure numerals: "As shown in FIG. 1, at step 202, the processor 102 receives the input data 104..."
- Include specific parameters, ranges, and conditions
- Describe what happens at each decision point

For system/apparatus embodiments:
- Describe each component
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