abstract-writing

name	abstract-writing
description	Use when the user wants to draft or revise a paper, conference, or journal abstract for a specific audience, structure, or word limit.

Abstract Writing

Overview

Drafts structured, venue-appropriate abstracts for papers, conference submissions, and journals. Generates multiple variants calibrated to different audiences, word limits, and structural conventions.

When to Use

• User asks "write an abstract for our paper"
• User needs a conference submission abstract (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.)
• User wants a structured abstract for a journal (Background / Methods / Results / Conclusions)
• User has a draft abstract and wants it improved
• Lab needs a short lay summary or public-facing abstract

Key Capabilities

• Generate abstracts from: title + bullet points, draft manuscript, or living review summary
• Structured abstract format: Background, Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusions
• Unstructured narrative format for ML/CS venues
• Lay summary format for public communication or press releases
• Generate multiple variants at different word counts (150, 250, 350 words)
• Calibrate technical density to target audience (expert / general / lay)
• Ensure abstract structure follows IMRaD conventions

Usage Examples

Generate abstract from key points

abstract_writing.from_bullets(
    title="Self-supervised protein language models for low-data fitness prediction",
    key_points=[
        "Problem: fitness prediction is data-scarce",
        "Method: contrastive pretraining on UniRef90",
        "Result: 15% improvement over fine-tuned ESM-2 on low-data benchmarks",
        "Significance: enables fitness prediction for orphan proteins"
    ],
    target_venue="Nature Methods",
    max_words=250
)

Improve an existing abstract

abstract_writing.improve(
    draft_abstract="[paste current abstract]",
    issues=["too vague on results", "no clear contribution statement"],
    max_words=200
)

Generate lay summary

abstract_writing.lay_summary(
    technical_abstract="[paste abstract]",
    audience="science journalist",
    max_words=150
)

Output Format

Returns abstract text ready to paste. Multiple variants returned as a numbered list when requested. Lay summaries avoid jargon and explain all technical terms.

Best Paired With

• language_reviewer for expression-level diagnosis before rewriting
• paper_editor when revising the abstract after claims have already been narrowed

Notes

• For structured abstracts: always include quantitative results in the Results field — reviewers expect them
• NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR abstracts: unstructured, emphasize novelty and significance upfront
• Combine with draft-generation — abstract should be written last, after the paper draft is complete