Claude Code Skills by Vishal Sachdev

Professional skills for Claude Code following the Agent Skills open specification.

📚 Available Skills

📝 Paper Writing

Comprehensive academic paper writing guidance with expert workflows, templates, and quality checking tools.

Perfect for:

Research papers and journal articles
Conference papers (ACM, IEEE, etc.)
Technical reports and white papers
Thesis chapters and dissertations
Literature reviews and survey papers

What's included:

4 comprehensive reference guides (69KB total)
- Elite IS Papers (Thatcher's 17 Rules)
- Writing Guidelines (argument, evidence, citations, ethics)
- Structure Templates (7 paper types)
- Style Guide (clarity, precision, revision)
2 detailed paper templates
- Research Paper (IMRAD format)
- Conference Paper (CS/Engineering)
Quality checker script (automated style analysis)
3,478 lines of expert guidance

Based on:

Thatcher, Jason Bennett (2024). "Rules for Writing Elite Information Systems Papers." SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5993034
APA Style (7th Edition)
IEEE Editorial Style
Academic writing best practices from Ohio University, Duke, MIT, USC, UCSD

📖 Full Documentation | 💾 Download v1.0.0

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

Option 1: Download pre-packaged skill

# Download the .skill file
curl -L https://github.com/vishalsachdev/claude-code-skills/releases/download/v1.0.0/paper-writing-v1.0.0.skill -o paper-writing.skill

# Extract to Claude Code skills directory
unzip paper-writing.skill -d ~/.claude/skills/paper-writing

# Verify installation
ls -la ~/.claude/skills/paper-writing/

Option 2: Clone and copy

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/vishalsachdev/claude-code-skills.git

# Copy specific skill
cp -r claude-code-skills/skills/paper-writing ~/.claude/skills/

# Verify installation
ls -la ~/.claude/skills/paper-writing/

Usage

Skills automatically activate in Claude Code when relevant to your task. For example:

Start typing "Help me write a research paper..." → Paper Writing skill activates
"Review my paper's introduction..." → Paper Writing skill provides guidance
"What's the best structure for a literature review?" → Paper Writing skill loads templates

You can also manually invoke skills by referencing them directly in your conversation.

📁 Repository Structure

claude-code-skills/
├── README.md                          # This file
├── CONTRIBUTING.md                    # Contribution guidelines
├── LICENSE                            # Repository license
├── skills/                            # Source skills
│   └── paper-writing/                 # Paper writing skill
│       ├── SKILL.md                   # Main skill file
│       ├── LICENSE.txt                # Skill license
│       ├── references/                # Reference materials
│       │   ├── ELITE-PAPERS.md
│       │   ├── REFERENCE.md
│       │   ├── STRUCTURE.md
│       │   └── STYLE.md
│       ├── assets/                    # Templates
│       │   ├── research-paper-template.md
│       │   ├── conference-paper-template.md
│       │   └── README.md
│       └── scripts/                   # Helper scripts
│           └── check_paper.py
├── releases/                          # Packaged .skill files
│   └── paper-writing-v1.0.0.skill
└── .github/
    └── workflows/
        └── package-skills.yml         # Auto-packaging workflow

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Whether you want to:

Report a bug
Suggest improvements
Add new skills
Fix documentation

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

📖 About Agent Skills

These skills follow the Agent Skills open specification, which means:

✅ Portable - Works across any AI platform that adopts the standard
✅ Modular - Each skill is self-contained and composable
✅ Progressive - Loads content only when needed to conserve context
✅ Open - Simple markdown format, easy to read and modify

Skills are not locked to Claude - the same skill format works across AI platforms and tools that adopt the Agent Skills standard.

📜 License

This repository is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Individual skills may have their own licenses - check each skill's LICENSE.txt file.

🔗 Links

Agent Skills Specification
[Claude Code Docu

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vishalsachdev/claude-code-skills

README