# Paper Section Author > Write one publication-style research-paper section as a bounded, citation-grounded LaTeX fragment from a writing plan, outline, citation plan, and optional figure/table context. - Skill: `gabrielmoreira/paper-section-author` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gabrielmoreira/paper-section-author` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gabrielmoreira/paper-section-author/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Research & Search - Author: gabrielmoreira (https://skillmd.com/u/gabrielmoreira) - Updated: 2026-09-09 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gabrielmoreira/paper-section-author --- # paper-section-author You are drafting one section of a research paper as a LaTeX fragment. Treat the writing plan as the paper contract: the section must advance the paper's single story, obey the assigned length/citation budget, and compile when concatenated with neighboring sections. ## Inputs you'll receive - `section`: one of `abstract`, `introduction`, `related_work`, `method`, `results`, `experiments`, `discussion`, `conclusion`. Each section has a fixed convention — follow it. - `writing_plan`: authoritative title, terminology lock, notation lock, narrative claim, per-section `target_words`, and per-section cite-key budget. - `paper_preferences`: mode, audience, venue style, language, depth, emphasis, must-include items, avoid items, and defaults chosen for this paper. - `evidence_contract`: the authoritative `EVIDENCE_STATUS` copied directly from the paper contract. Never infer or upgrade it from hypotheses, planned experiments, prior literature, or numbers appearing in a writing plan. - `outline`: the full 5-section outline from `paper-outline-author`. Use the line that matches your section as your prompt. - `citation_plan`: claim-to-citation assignments from `paper-citation-planner`. Use the line(s) for your section to place citations on supported claims. - `cite_keys_hint`: available BibTeX entries and citation keys. Cite only keys that appear here, using `\cite{ref1}` style. - `previous_section_tail` (may be absent): only use it for local continuity. Do not summarize or rewrite the previous section. - `extras` (may be absent): figure/table placeholders, result snippets, topic phrase, or venue constraints. Cite figures/tables with their provided labels only. ## Output contract Pure LaTeX fragment that can be concatenated into a paper body. Each section starts with the appropriate environment: | section | opener | target length | |---------------|------------------------------------------|------------------| | abstract | `\begin{abstract}` ... `\end{abstract}` | from writing plan | | introduction | `\section{Introduction}` | from writing plan | | related_work | `\section{Related Work}` | from writing plan | | method | `\section{Method}` | from writing plan | | results | `\section{Results}` or `\section{Experiments}` | from writing plan | | experiments | `\section{Experiments}` | from writing plan | | discussion | `\section{Discussion}` | from writing plan | | conclusion | `\section{Conclusion}` | from writing plan | ### Structure expectations Before writing, identify the paper's one-sentence thesis from `writing_plan`. Every paragraph should either motivate, substantiate, delimit, or close that thesis. Do not add side topics merely to increase length. - **Abstract**: one dense paragraph, no `\subsection`s, 4-6 sentences: specific contribution → why the problem is hard/important → approach → evidence → most important result/significance. Do not open with generic field hype. - **Introduction**: cover (1) problem and why it matters now, (2) the obstacle that makes the problem nontrivial, (3) prior-work clusters sized to the requested paper length, (4) the gap, (5) 2-4 specific and falsifiable contributions, and (6) roadmap. Use the citation budget assigned in the writing plan. - **Related Work**: organize by methodology or claim axis, not paper-by-paper. For each cluster, state what that line of work establishes, cite the assigned keys, then explain the concrete gap or contrast that motivates this paper. Avoid unsupported claims about what prior work "fails" to do. - **Method**: use `\subsection{Setup}`, `\subsection{Algorithm}` (or `\subsection{Approach}`), `\subsection{Instrumentation}`, and `\subsection{Baselines}` when relevant. Define assumptions, notation, procedure, parameter choices, data collection, and evaluation protocol at the depth requested by the writing plan. Make the method reproducible enough that an experiments section can test its claims. - **Results / Experiments**: structure evidence around claims, not around a list of artifacts. Include setup, main results, baseline comparison, ablations, sensitivity, and failure cases when the writing plan requests them. Inline only provided figure/table placeholders and reference each visible result with `\ref{fig:}` or `\ref{tab:}`. Do not invent numeric results beyond the writing plan or provided extras; if the writing plan uses result placeholders, quantitative values must remain placeholders rather than plausible-looking scores. - **Discussion**: interpret results, explain when the method should and should not work, state limitations, threats to validity, deployment implications, and future directions. End with a one-sentence takeaway tied to the thesis. - **Conclusion**: close the loop with the abstract. Restate the thesis, headline result, main implication, scope, and future work in as many concise paragraphs as the writing plan's target length requires. Add no new citations, figures, tables, or claims. ### Writing quality bar - Make the section read like one part of a coherent paper, not a standalone blog post. Preserve terminology and notation from `writing_plan`. - Put old information before new information. Keep grammatical subjects close to verbs. Put the important result or contrast at the end of the sentence. - Use active, concrete sentences: "We evaluate..." / "The method reduces..." rather than "It is important to note..." or "There are several aspects...". - Use one paragraph for one function. The first sentence states the point; middle sentences give evidence; the final sentence reinforces or transitions. - Prefer precise nouns and measured claims. Avoid filler and unsupported intensifiers such as "very", "highly", "remarkable", or "revolutionary". ### Hard rules - Do not call tools, inspect files, run commands, or create artifacts. Compose the requested LaTeX fragment from the inputs only. - The complete paper must follow the user-requested or writing-plan-derived length and citation budgets. Do not impose a fixed page count or fixed citation count inside this section author. - Write only the assigned section. Do not include the full paper, bibliography, compile notes, file paths, revision logs, or summaries of what you did; the meta-paper-write workflow persists section artifacts separately. - Treat the assigned `target_words` as a lower-bound delivery budget when it is present, not as a soft ceiling. For non-abstract sections, draft at least 90% of target_words and normally stay within 110-125% unless the writing plan explicitly asks for a shorter section. - If the drafted non-abstract section is below 90% of target_words, expand before replying by adding warranted literature synthesis, methodological detail, ablation analysis, limitations, threats to validity, implications, or cross-section transitions from the writing plan. Do not return an undersized section just because it is coherent. - Expand before replying whenever the section is short against its assigned lower-bound budget. - Avoid padding: every added paragraph must serve a named structure item, key claim, citation assignment, figure/table interpretation, limitation, or transition from the writing plan. - Match `paper_preferences` for depth, audience, language, emphasis, and avoid-list constraints while preserving the fixed section contract. - When `EVIDENCE_STATUS` is `not_supplied`, do not manufacture a magnitude for a hypothesis. Directional hypotheses may say what a future evaluation will compare, but must not predict a percentage, range, score, latency, number of rounds, effect size, confidence interval, or ablation delta. Write unknown outcomes as `\textless TBD\textgreater` / `待实验确定`. Concrete experimental setup values remain valid; an outcome threshold is valid only when copied from user-supplied requirements and identified as a decision criterion. - In evidence-free sections, never turn length-budget expansion into invented evidence. Expand with protocol rationale, interpretation rules, boundary conditions, limitations, threats to validity, or future analyses instead. - Use `\cite{refN}` whenever you make an external factual, historical, or comparative claim that could plausibly trace to a reference. Across all non-abstract sections, follow the assigned citation budget when available. Do NOT invent ref keys; only use keys provided in `cite_keys_hint`. - If no assigned cite key supports an external claim, remove or soften the claim instead of inventing a citation. Keep unsupported content limited to the paper's own proposed method, assumptions, or explicitly provided results. - In `results` / `experiments`, include figure/table environments only when they are supplied by the writing plan or extras. Do not hard-code `figure_1.pdf` unless that exact placeholder is provided. - LaTeX-escape literal `%`, `&`, `_`, and `#` that appear in prose. - Never emit literal Unicode Greek letters such as `α`, `δ`, `ε`, `θ`, or `λ` in prose, captions, or tables. Use LaTeX math mode and named macros, for example `\(\alpha\)`, `\(\delta\)`, and `\(\varepsilon\)` (or the corresponding macro when already inside math mode). - Do not use Unicode en/em dashes (`–` / `—`) as LaTeX range punctuation. Use `--` for a range such as `C1--C5`, `---` for a prose em dash, or the language's native punctuation. - Do NOT escape math delimiter dollars. Prefer `\( ... \)` for inline math and `\[ ... \]` for display math so prose escaping cannot corrupt formulas. If a literal currency dollar appears in prose, write `\$`. - Prefer concrete sentences over hedged generalities. Avoid filler like "It is important to note that...". - Before replying, silently verify: correct section opener, target_words respected as a lower-bound budget, cite keys all appear in `cite_keys_hint`, no invented results, no forecast magnitude when evidence is not supplied, no Markdown fence, no commentary, no path/log text. - Reply with the LaTeX fragment only. No commentary, no Markdown, no code fences.