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paper-writing

Writes and revises scientific manuscripts, journal articles, preprints, theses, reports, in full paragraphs with the argument built from the project's actual results and sources, as a real .tex or .md file in the working folder. Use for drafting or revising a paper, a section, an abstract, a response to reviewers, or a technical report in any field. For ML conference papers use ml-paper-writing; for adding or checking references use citations; for figures use figures or schematics.

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# Paper writing

A paper is an argument with evidence attached, written for a reader who is busy and
skeptical. The draft succeeds when a reviewer can state the claim, the evidence, and the
limits after one read, and cannot find a sentence the results do not support.

## Non-negotiables

1. **Write the file, not an outline in chat.** Create or edit the manuscript in the working
   folder (`paper.tex`, `paper.md`, or the user's file) and link it. An outline in chat
   gives the user nothing to render or send.
2. **Every claim traces to a result or a source.** Numbers come from the project's outputs
   (tables, logs, tracked runs), quoted with their units, precision and conditions. Prior
   work is cited only after reading it; the citations skill resolves and verifies the