# Tech Paper Template

Structures a technical paper's full logical skeleton using a thinking-template table...

- Repository: https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills (11333 stars)
- Category: Writing
- License: CC-BY-4.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-16
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill tech-paper-template -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill tech-paper-template -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill tech-paper-template -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill tech-paper-template -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Structures a technical paper's full logical skeleton using a thinking-template table (research background, limitations, key idea or goal, challenges, methodology modules, contributions), positions the paper as Technique or New Problem/Setting, and runs a four-point self-consistency check. Use when the user is brainstorming a paper, discussing progress with an advisor, or planning the paper before drafting. Also use for 'paper skeleton', 'paper logic chain', 'thinking template', 'paper-structure planning'.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Tech Paper Template

## Overview

Before drafting any prose, a technical paper needs a full logical
skeleton: the research background, the specific limitations of prior
work, the key idea or research goal, the technical challenges that
prevent a naive solution, the methodology modules that address each
challenge, and the contributions that the paper will claim. This
skill fills in that skeleton via a standardised thinking-template
table, positions the paper type, and runs four self-consistency
checks on the logic chain.

The output is a filled-in thinking template plus a consistency
report. It is suitable for advisor-student brainstorming sessions,
weekly progress meetings, and the final planning step before writing
begins. It does not draft Introduction prose (use `intro-drafter` for
that); it operates at the logical-skeleton layer.

## When to use this skill

- Early brainstorming of a paper project.
- Weekly progress meeting with an advisor or collaborator.
- Pre-drafting planning after `idea-evaluator` returns Strong Accept.
- The paper's logic chain feels incoherent and needs an audit.
- The user asks for 'paper skeleton', 'paper logic chain', 'thinking
  template', or 'paper-structure planning'.
- The user is unsure whether their paper is Technique or New
  Problem/Setting.

## When NOT to use this skill

- The paper is a benchmark paper. Use `benchmark-paper-template` (separate plugin).
- The user needs an Introduction-specific paragraph outline. Use
  `intro-drafter` (typically run this skill first, then
  `intro-drafter`).
- The user has a written draft and wants review feedback. Use
  `pre-submission-reviewer`.
- The idea itself is not yet vetted. Use `idea-evaluator` first.

## Core procedure

### Step 1: Paper-type positioning

See: references/paper-types.md for the positioning criteria and
worked examples.

The rest: https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills/blob/HEAD/skills/tech-paper-template/SKILL.md