scientific-writing SKILL.md skillA
scientific-writing from jkitchin/knowhow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jkitchin/knowhow/scientific-writing@git:20260307.3e74b2fPins git:20260307.3e74b2f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jkitchin/knowhow
- Path
skills/communication/scientific-writing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260307.3e74b2f, committed Mar 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Nov 6, 2025
- Size
- 14,404 bytes
- Repository stars
- 42
- License
- MIT
Comprehensive scientific writing guidance for research papers, grants, and technical documentation. Covers paper structure (IMRAD), methods writing, results presentation, figure/table design, citation formatting, abstract writing, and revision responses. Use when users are writing scientific papers, formatting manuscripts, responding to reviewers, writing grant proposals, or need help with any aspect of scientific communication. Triggers include 'write a paper,' 'scientific writing,' 'format…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Scientific Writing Systematic guidance for writing research papers, grants, and scientific communications with emphasis on clarity, reproducibility, and adherence to field conventions. ## Scientific Writing Workflow ### 1. Identify Document Type and Requirements Determine what you're writing: - Research article → Full paper with novel findings - Review article → Synthesis of existing literature - Grant proposal → Funding application - Conference abstract → Brief standalone summary - Revision response → Reply to peer reviewers - Technical report → Documentation of work Gather venue requirements: - Target journal/conference/funder name - Word/page limits by section - Citation style required - Figure/table format specifications - Submission guidelines and templates ### 2. Select Structure and Route to Guidance For research articles: - Use IMRAD structure (see references/paper-structure.md) - Introduction: references/introduction-writing.md - Methods: references/methods-writing.md - Results: references/results-writing.md - Discussion: references/discussion-writing.md - Abstract: references/abstract-writing.md For review articles: …
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How to install
mdr add jkitchin/knowhow/scientific-writing@sha256:7f6f8b82b60a76d5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260307.3e74b2f, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Nov 6, 2025 and Mar 7, 2026, about one every 61 days.
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| git:20260307.3e74b2f latest | 2026-03-07 | 3e74b2f | 14,404 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251129.95a69d5 | 2025-11-29 | 95a69d5 | 14,522 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251106.64cfbe3 | 2025-11-06 | 64cfbe3 | 14,708 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
jkitchin/knowhow · 42 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_que2vgl4ypusek2k GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jkitchin/knowhow/scientific-writing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7f6f8b82b60a76d544aaa0af27105f67428e01b70f8b117dc82b7fef1df98aab
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