# Q Scholar

> Orchestrate end-to-end academic manuscript preparation following APA 7th edition. Use for writing papers, drafting sections, or academic writing support.

- Skill: `tyrealq/q-scholar` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 4 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tyrealq/q-scholar`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tyrealq/q-scholar/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: tyrealq (https://skillmd.com/u/tyrealq)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tyrealq/q-scholar

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# Q-Scholar

Orchestrates specialized sub-skills for academic manuscript preparation following APA 7th edition standards.

## Script Directory

Agent execution instructions:
1. Determine this SKILL.md file's directory path as `SKILL_DIR`.
2. Sub-skill path = `${SKILL_DIR}/<sub-skill>/SKILL.md`.
3. Shared reference path = `${SKILL_DIR}/references/<ref-name>`.

## Shared References

All drafting sub-skills inherit these:
- **references/apa_style_guide.md** — numbers, statistics, notation, punctuation, formulas
- **references/table_formatting.md** — APA 7th table structure and examples
- **references/appendix_template.md** — shared appendix structure for methods and results

## Sub-Skills

| Skill | Purpose |
|-------|---------|
| q-eda | Exploratory data analysis (measurement-appropriate statistics to CSV + summary) |
| q-intro | Draft or refine introduction sections (phenomenon to theory to contribution) |
| q-litreview | Draft standalone literature reviews (progressive argument to earned RQs) |
| q-methods | Draft methods sections (data collection, analysis, validation procedures) |
| q-multimodal | Multimodal feature extraction (Pillow, openSMILE, Gemini visual semantic analysis) |
| q-results | Draft results sections (findings with APA tables and narrative flow) |
| q-tf | Topic finetuning (raw topics to theory-driven classification) |

## Core Writing Principles

All drafting sub-skills follow these standards:

- Narrative prose; no bullet points, em-dashes, or standalone introductory paragraphs
- Prefer 3-12 sentence paragraphs; merge pre-table intros into the post-table narrative
- No unnecessary bold or italic emphasis in running text
- Follow ../references/apa_style_guide.md for APA formatting, numbers, notation, and formulas
- Use appendices for technical details; placeholders for pending information
- Cross-section coordination: compress in the intro what the lit review elaborates; each section does distinct work