Aut_Sci_Write

Autonomous Scientific Writer

A modular Claude Code Skills suite for the full academic research lifecycle

🌐 Live Demo · 📦 Install · 📖 中文说明

English

Aut_Sci_Write is a modular collection of Claude Code Skills that automates the entire academic research and writing lifecycle — from literature discovery and deep PDF analysis to figure extraction, review writing, and professional PPT generation.

Install once, use anywhere. Just talk to Claude Code naturally — the skills activate automatically based on what you say.

✨ What It Does

🚀 Installation

One-line install (recommended — installs all 6 skills globally to Claude Code):

npx skills add ShZhao27208/Aut_Sci_Write -9 -y

Update to latest version:

npx skills add ShZhao27208/Aut_Sci_Write -9 -y

Manual install (clone and install Python dependencies):

git clone https://github.com/ShZhao27208/Aut_Sci_Write.git
cd Aut_Sci_Write
pip install -r requirements.txt

⚙️ Configuration

Set environment variables as needed:

# For sci-zotero (optional)
export ZOTERO_API_KEY=your_personal_api_key
export ZOTERO_USER_ID=your_numeric_user_id

# For sci-search — Web of Science (optional but recommended)
# Apply for a free key at: https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-starter
export WOS_API_KEY=your_wos_api_key

# For sci-ppt PDF workflow (choose one)
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...    # Claude API
export MOONSHOT_API_KEY=sk-...         # Moonshot API

# For sci-figure subfigure OCR (optional, Windows example)
export TESSERACT_CMD="C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe"

Get your Zotero API key at: https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys
Get your Web of Science API key at: https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-starter

💬 Usage Examples

Once installed, just type naturally in Claude Code — no commands to memorize:

# Literature search
"Search for recent papers on solid-state electrolytes for lithium batteries"

# Deep paper analysis
"Extract the core findings and experimental parameters from paper.pdf"

# Figure extraction
"Extract Figure 3 from paper.pdf and split subfigures a, b, c"

# PPT generation
"Convert paper.pdf into a group meeting presentation, save as seminar.pptx"

# Literature review
"Write a literature review on graph neural networks in drug discovery"

# Rebuttal writing
"Help me respond to Reviewer 2's comment about missing baselines"

# Zotero sync
"Sync the last 20 items from my Zotero 'Materials' collection"

📁 Repository Structure

Aut_Sci_Write/
├── skills/
│   ├── Aut_Sci_PPt/          # PPT generation engine (templates, layout, parser)
│   ├── sci-extract/          # PDF core content extraction
│   ├── sci-figure/           # Figure detection and cropping
│   ├── sci-review/           # Literature review & rebuttal writing
│   ├── sci-search/           # Paper search with journal metrics
│   └── sci-zotero/           # Zotero library integration
├── scripts/
│   ├── sci_search.py         # Search core logic
│   ├── extract_core_insights.py
│   ├── zotero.py
│   └── journal_db.json       # Journal metrics database (independently updatable)
├── examples/                 # Sample outputs (PDF + Markdown)
├── docs/                     # GitHub Pages site
└── requirements.txt

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Priority areas:

• Add journal metrics to scripts/journal_db.json
• Add writing templates to skills/sci-review/templates/
• Add new PPT slide types to skills/Aut_Sci_PPt/src/aut_sci_ppt/templates/

中文说明

Aut_Sci_Write 是一套专为科研工作者设计的 Claude Code Skills 插件集，将科研写作的各个环节自动化，覆盖从文献发现到成果输出的完整链路。

安装一次，随处可用。直接用自然语言和 Claude Code 对话，技能会根据你说的内容自动激活。

✨ 功能概览

🚀 安装方法

一行命令安装（推荐，将全部 6 个技能全局安装到 Claude Code）：

npx skills add ShZhao27208/Aut_Sci_Write -9 -y

更新到最新版本（重新运行安装命令即可覆盖更新）：

npx skills add ShZhao27208/Aut_Sci_Write -9 -y

手动安装（克隆仓库并安装 Python 依赖）：

git clone https://github.com/ShZhao27208/Aut_Sci_Write.git
cd Aut_Sci_Write
pip install -r requirements.txt

⚙️ 环境变量配置

按需配置以下环境变量：

# sci-zotero 文献管理（可选）
export ZOTERO_API_KEY=你的个人API密钥
export ZOTERO_USER_ID=你的Zotero数字用户ID

# sci-search Web of Science 检索（可选，强烈推荐）
# 免费申请地址：https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-starter
export WOS_API_KEY=你的WoS_API密钥

# sci-ppt 论文工作流（选择其一）
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...    # Claude API
export MOONSHOT_API_KEY=sk-...         # Moonshot API（国内推荐）

# sci-figure 子图 OCR 识别（可选）
# Windows 示例：
export TESSERACT_CMD="C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe"

Zotero API Key 获取地址：https://www.zotero.org/settings/keys
Web of Science API Key 申请地址：https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-starter

💬 使用示例

安装后直接在 Claude Code 中用自然语言对话，无需记忆命令：

# 文献检索
"搜索关于锂离子电池固态电解质的高影响因子论文"

# 深度论文解析
"分析 paper.pdf 的核心发现，提取实验参数和主要结论"

# 图表提取
"从 paper.pdf 中提取 Figure 3 并拆分子图 a、b、c"

# 生成 PPT
"把 paper.pdf 做成组会汇报PPT，输出到 seminar.pptx"

# 文献综述
"帮我写一篇关于图神经网络在药物发现中应用的文献综述"

# 审稿回复
"帮我回复审稿人2关于缺少基线对比实验的意见"

# Zotero 同步
"同步我 Zotero 中 Materials 文件夹的最新20篇文献"

📁 项目结构

Aut_Sci_Write/
├── skills/
│   ├── Aut_Sci_PPt/          # PPT 生成引擎（模板、布局、解析器）
│   ├── sci-extract/          # PDF 核心内容提取
│   ├── sci-figure/           # 论文图表检测与裁剪
│   ├── sci-review/           # 综述写作与审稿回复
│   ├── sci-search/           # 文献检索与期刊指标
│   └── sci-zotero/           # Zotero 文献库集成
├── scripts/
│   ├── sci_search.py         # 检索核心逻辑
│   ├── extract_core_insights.py
│   ├── zotero.py
│   └── journal_db.json       # 期刊指标数据库（可独立更新）
├── examples/                 # 示例输出（PDF + Markdown）
├── docs/                     # GitHub Pages 展示页
└── requirements.txt

🤝 贡献指南

欢迎贡献！优先方向：

• 在 scripts/journal_db.json 中补充期刊指标数据
• 在 skills/sci-review/templates/ 中添加新的写作模板
• 在 skills/Aut_Sci_PPt/src/aut_sci_ppt/templates/ 中新增 PPT 页面类型

📄 License

MIT License — see LICENSE