# ml-paper-writing

Turns a research repo into a draft paper for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI or COLM. Citations get fetched and verified through APIs instead of written from memory.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 457 installs · ★ 5906
- Author: Orchestra Research
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/HEAD/skills/ml-paper-writing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/orchestra-research-ml-paper-writing

## What it does

The skill sets an order of operations: lock the operating mode from `references/OPERATING-MODES.md`, read the repo or draft context, then treat `references/citation-workflow.md` as the citation authority. Venue templates and checklists come in only after the main writing path is settled.

Its hardest rule concerns references. BibTeX entries are fetched programmatically from Semantic Scholar, CrossRef and arXiv; Google Scholar is fine for manual discovery but is not the verification source. Anything you cannot confirm stays as `[CITATION NEEDED]` or an explicit placeholder rather than a plausible-sounding paper.

A claim ledger gate sits in front of the prose. Every sentence about contributions, results or related-work contrasts has to trace back to a claim candidate or evidence record, and project plans stay hypotheses until artifacts or verified papers back them. Unsupported statements get marked `[CLAIM NEEDS EVIDENCE]` instead of polished. The skill lists `semanticscholar`, `arxiv`, `habanero` and `requests` as dependencies, and paper search works best with Exa MCP installed separately.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill ml-paper-writing -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill ml-paper-writing -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill ml-paper-writing -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar ml-paper-writing
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ml-paper-writing/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill ml-paper-writing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --path skills/ml-paper-writing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill ml-paper-writing -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/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/HEAD/skills/ml-paper-writing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- draft a paper from a repo full of code and experiment output
- verify that every entry in the bibliography actually exists
- find related work without bloating the section
- keep unproven results out of the contributions list
- prepare a camera-ready version against venue requirements

## Example prompts
- Explore the repo and draft a NeurIPS paper: contribution, method, experiments
- Verify every entry in `references.bib` through Semantic Scholar and flag the ones that fail
- Find related work on sparse autoencoders and add it to the Related Work section

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: ml-paper-writing
description: Write publication-ready ML/AI papers for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, COLM. Use when drafting papers from research repos, conducting literature reviews, finding related work, verifying citations, or preparing camera-ready submissions. Includes LaTeX templates, citation verification workflows, and paper discovery/evaluation criteria.
version: 1.0.0
author: Orchestra Research
license: MIT
tags: [Academic Writing, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, COLM, LaTeX, Paper Writing, Citations, Research]
dependencies: [semanticscholar, arxiv, habanero, requests]
---

# ML Paper Writing for Top AI Conferences

Expert-level guidance for writing publication-ready papers targeting **NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, and COLM**. This skill combines writing philosophy from top researchers (Nanda, Farquhar, Karpathy, Lipton, Steinhardt) with practical tools: LaTeX templates, citation verification APIs, and conference checklists.

## Default operating order

Use this skill in the following order unless the task is unusually narrow:
1. lock the operating mode from `references/OPERATING-MODES.md`,
2. understand the repo or draft context,
3. use `references/citation-workflow.md` as the **canonical citation authority**,
4. load venue- or template-specific references only after the main writing path is clear.

Google Scholar may still help with manual discovery, but it is **not** the canonical verification authority in this skill. Default verification should use programmatic sources such as Semantic Scholar, CrossRef, and arXiv.

## Claim ledger gate

Before a project plan, experiment note, or literature summary becomes manuscript prose:
- identify the Claim Candidate or Evidence Record that supports the sentence,
- preserve allowed wording and forbidden stronger wording,
- keep project plans as hypotheses unless experiment artifacts or verified papers support them,
- do not turn related-work motivation into evidence for the paper's own result,
- mark unsupported claims as `[CLAIM NEEDS EVIDENCE]` instead of polishing them.

If the repo context is clear enough for a first draft, still apply this gate before stating contributions, results, related-work contrasts, or rebuttal-facing claims.

## Core Philosophy: Collaborative Writing

**Paper writing is collaborative, but Claude should be proactive in delivering drafts.**
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