# Paper Polisher

> Use to polish author-owned economics prose in Markdown or LaTeX while preserving meaning, citations, estimates, and identification caveats. Trigger on polish paper, improve prose, deslop, edit abstract, edit introduction, or referee-response wording.

- Skill: `meleantonio/paper-polisher` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add meleantonio/paper-polisher`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/meleantonio/paper-polisher/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: meleantonio (https://skillmd.com/u/meleantonio)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/meleantonio/paper-polisher

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# Paper Polisher

Improve clarity without changing the research claim.

## Checklist

1. Confirm the target text is author-owned, public, or approved for editing.
2. Read nearby context and any research design memo before editing claims.
3. Preserve citations, coefficients, standard errors, sample sizes, and caveats.
4. Cut throat-clearing, repetition, and vague contribution language.
5. Use precise verbs and avoid overstating causality.
6. Mark claims that need citation or human verification.
7. Return a diff-friendly rewrite or apply edits only when asked.

## Output

```markdown
# Prose Polish

## Suggested Rewrite

## Substantive Claims Preserved

## Needs Human Verification
```

## Constraints

- Do not invent references or numbers.
- Do not turn a teaching example into a research finding.
- Do not remove caveats just to make prose smoother.