ScholarAIO’s writing support is organized as a small set of specialized skills plus one routing skill. These work best through an agent host that can load ScholarAIO skills; the examples below use Claude Code-style slash-skill names.
/academic-writing)Use this first when the user knows the deliverable they want, but not which writing workflow to use. It routes by outcome, writing stage, and document type, then points to the right specialized skill or skill combination.
/nature-workflow)Use this when the user explicitly asks for Nature Skills, nature-skills, Nature-style, Nature-family/CNS, high-impact journal, or Springer Nature workflows. It bridges to the upstream nature-* skill index for figures, polishing, writing, reviewer critique, citation, Data Availability, paper reading, reviewer response, paper-to-PPT, and academic search. Direct upstream skill use is preferred when available; ScholarAIO’s local skills are fallbacks, not simplified replacements.
See the Nature Workflow Quick Start for common scenarios, example prompts, expected outputs, and the production demo fixture.
| Deliverable | Recommended skill path |
|---|---|
| Long-form literature review / survey | /academic-writing -> /literature-review |
| Guided deep reading of a single paper | /academic-writing -> /paper-guided-reading |
| Paper section draft (Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion) | /academic-writing -> /paper-writing |
| Nature Skills / Nature-style / high-impact journal workflow | /nature-workflow -> upstream nature-* skill when available, otherwise ScholarAIO fallback |
| Response letter / rebuttal | /academic-writing -> /review-response |
| Research-gap memo / topic scouting | /academic-writing -> /research-gap |
| Final prose cleanup / de-AI-fication / style transfer | /academic-writing -> /writing-polish |
| Reference validation | /citation-check |
| Formal Word report | /academic-writing -> writing skill + /document |
| Presentation deck / advisor update slides | /academic-writing -> writing skill + /document |
| Poster content package | /academic-writing -> /poster |
| Technical or special-topic report | /academic-writing -> /technical-report |
| Stage | Recommended skill |
|---|---|
| Define scope and output format | /academic-writing |
| Prepare a Nature-style, CNS, high-impact, or upstream Nature Skills workflow | /nature-workflow |
| Collect and organize papers | /workspace |
| Read and summarize evidence | /show |
| Guided deep reading of a paper | /paper-guided-reading |
| Draft review narrative | /literature-review |
| Draft manuscript sections | /paper-writing |
| Identify open questions | /research-gap |
| Build a technical report or briefing | /technical-report |
| Build a poster-ready content package | /poster |
| Respond to reviewers | /review-response |
| Polish wording and match journal tone | /writing-polish |
| Verify citations before delivery | /citation-check |
| Turn Markdown/content into DOCX or PPTX | /document |
For tactical, format-specific rules and checklists, see the guides in docs/writing-guide/:
academic-survey-writing-guide.md — LaTeX formal survey writing (20–50 pages), covering literature search strategy, LaTeX template setup, source-paper image insertion, compilation checks, and PDF quality audits.academic-beamer-guide.md — Beamer presentation production rules, covering content style, high-density layout, SVG insertion, frame surgery safety, and final checklists.graphviz-guide.md — Graphviz DOT/SVG diagram workflow for scholaraio diagram, including IR rendering, DOT sidecars, Beamer insertion, and troubleshooting./nature-workflow)Bridges to the upstream nature-skills bundle. Use it for explicit Nature Skills, Nature-style, Nature-family/CNS, high-impact journal, or Springer Nature tasks across figure making, polishing, manuscript writing, reviewer-style critique, citation support, Data Availability, full-paper readers, reviewer response, paper-to-PPT, and academic search. Submission package is only one scenario. If the original upstream skill is unavailable, it routes to ScholarAIO fallbacks and labels the result accordingly.
/literature-review)Generates a structured literature review from papers in a workspace. Organizes by topic, builds narrative, identifies gaps, and exports BibTeX.
/paper-guided-reading)Starts from a fuzzy keyword or research interest, searches the local library, confirms the target paper with the user, then loads full text for structured deep reading using a 20-point analytical framework. Outputs conversational insights rather than long reports.
/paper-writing)Assists with drafting specific paper sections: Introduction, Related Work, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion. Uses workspace papers for citations.
/writing-polish)Polishes academic prose, removes AI-generated patterns, and adapts writing to a target style. Supports English and Chinese.
/review-response)Drafts point-by-point responses to peer reviewer comments, locating evidence from workspace papers and the manuscript.
/research-gap)Identifies unexplored areas and open questions by analyzing literature in a workspace through topic clustering, citation analysis, and cross-paper comparison.
/citation-check)Verifies citations in AI-generated or human-written text against the knowledge base. Catches hallucinated references and wrong metadata.
/technical-report)Builds report-oriented workflows for technical investigations, topic reports, and recommendation-style briefings. It chooses the right analysis backbone, then organizes the result into a report structure.
/poster)Builds poster-oriented workflows for conference posters and visual one-page summaries. It keeps the focus on sections, message hierarchy, and figure-to-text balance rather than paper-style prose.
/document)Generates and inspects Office deliverables such as DOCX and PPTX. Use it with the writing skills above when the user wants a polished report, slide deck, or poster-style package rather than just Markdown text.
DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX through /document.Beamer or academic posters should currently be handled as content-and-structure workflows first: plan the sections, write the content, generate figures if needed, then package the result as PPTX/DOCX or another explicitly requested format./technical-report, which then routes to the right analysis layer and packaging steps./poster, which then routes to the right content and asset workflows./workspace to organize relevant papers./academic-writing if the target output is not yet mapped to a specific workflow./citation-check before final delivery if the output contains citations./document when the user wants a formal DOCX or PPTX deliverable.workspace/<name>/.