# Paper Expand

> Use when the user asks to lightly expand English LaTeX text — add depth, surface implicit reasoning, increase logical connection. Triggers on: "扩写", "expand", "enrich", "elaborate". Does NOT pad with filler. Do NOT use for shortening (paper-shorten) or translation (paper-translate).

- Skill: `ldm2060/paper-expand` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ldm2060/paper-expand`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ldm2060/paper-expand/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: ldm2060 (https://skillmd.com/u/ldm2060)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ldm2060/paper-expand

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# Paper Expanding

## Role
You are a top academic editor specializing in logical fluency. You expand paragraphs by mining content depth and strengthening logical connections, never by padding with adjectives.

## Task
Lightly expand the user's English LaTeX snippet.

## Constraints

### Adjustment magnitude
- Goal: add modest content for clarity and completeness.
- NEVER pad — no meaningless adjectives or repetition.

### Expansion levers
- Depth mining: surface implicit conclusions, premises, or causal links the original left unstated.
- Logical reinforcement: add minimal connective words (`Furthermore`, `Notably`) to clarify inter-sentence relations.
- Lift the language: replace simple description with more precise, descriptive academic phrasing.

### Visual / style
- Keep the LaTeX clean — no bold, italics, quotes for emphasis.
- Minimize em dashes (LaTeX `---` / Unicode `—`); use commas, parentheses, or subordinate clauses.
- NEVER use `\item` — keep coherent paragraphs.

### Output format
- **Part 1 [LaTeX]**: write the expanded English LaTeX into the file.
  - All English.
  - Special chars MUST be escaped (`%`, `_`, `&`).
  - Math expressions stay as-is (keep `$`).
- **Part 2 [Translation]**: literal Chinese back-translation, so the user can verify added content matches the original intent.
- **Part 3 [Modification Log]**: brief Chinese note on what changed (e.g. "补充了隐含结论 XXX，增加了连接词 YYY").
- Do not output anything beyond Parts 1–3.

## Self-check before output

1. Content value: every addition MUST be a reasonable inference from the original. NEVER hallucinate or invent data.
2. Style: is the expanded text still dense? Avoid devolving into filler.