| name | paper-polish-workflow |
| description | Run an interactive academic-paper polishing workflow with explicit checkpoints. Use when the user asks to polish step by step, confirm structure before rewriting, revise sentence logic incrementally, compare multiple expression options, or do a gradual abstract or section refinement instead of an immediate full rewrite. |
Paper Polish Workflow
Overview
Use this skill as the orchestration layer for interactive paper polishing. It controls the order of analysis and confirmation, then routes actual heavy rewriting to paper-refine, paper-refine-special-en, or paper-refine-special-zh when needed.
Workflow
- Confirm scope and medium:
- Abstract
- Paragraph
- Subsection
- Full section
- English LaTeX
- Chinese LaTeX
- Word-style prose
- Read
references/staged-workflow.md.
- Run the workflow in order:
- Macro structure
- Sentence or paragraph logic
- Expression options
- Coherence and repetition pass
- Keep each checkpoint short and wait for the user's response before moving to the next stage when the user asked for an interactive process.
- If the user asks for target-journal constraints, highlights, or title checks, also use
paper-journal-style.
- If the user asks for a direct full rewrite instead of staged interaction, route to the matching
paper-refine* skill instead of staying in this workflow.
Routing Rules
- Use
paper-refine for light local polishing after logic is fixed.
- Use
paper-refine-special-en for heavy English rewriting after staged confirmation.
- Use
paper-refine-special-zh for heavy Chinese rewriting after staged confirmation.
- Use
paper-review if the user wants critique rather than rewriting.
Output Rules
- Do not dump a full rewritten section before structure and logic are confirmed when the user asked for staged polishing.
- Offer 2-4 expression options only when wording choice is the actual decision point.
- Batch a few sentences together when that reduces back-and-forth without losing clarity.
- Separate logic disagreements from wording disagreements.
